Chapin,Harry Story Book: Elektra Albums 1972-1978 CD

This six CD box - the first serious, multi-disc reappraisal of Chapin's work - presents the nine albums he issued from 1972 to 1978: Heads And Tales, Sniper And Other Love Songs, Short Stories, Verities And Balderdash, Portrait Gallery, Greatest Stories Live, On The Road To Kingdom Come, Dance Band On The Titanic, and Living Room Suite. After Elektra, Chapin signed with Boardwalk for a final album before dying tragically and prematurely in a car accident in 1981. With 4000-word notes, placing Chapin's career in context, and arguing for his elevation in the cultural hierarchy, by Record Collector contributor, Charles Donovan. Acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter, Harry Chapin, who was born in New York, was a pioneer of the elaborate story-song, a style whose roots lay in folk and country music.

1. Could You Put Your Light on, Please 2. Greyhound 3. Everybody's Lonely 4. Sometime, Somewhere Wife 5. Empty 6. Taxi 7. Any Old Kind of Day 8. Dogtown 9. Same Sad Singer Sniper and Other Love Songs 10. Sunday Morning Sunshine 11. Sniper 12. And the Baby Never Cries 13. Burning Herself 14. Barefoot Boy 15. Better Place to Be 16. Circle 17. Woman Child 18. Winter Song Short Stories 19. Short Stories 20. Wold 21. Song for Myself 22. Song Man 23. Changes 24. They Call Her Easy 25. Mr Tanner 26. Mail Order Annie 27. There's a Lot of Lonely People Tonight 28. Old College Avenue Verities and Balderdash 29. Cat's in the Cradle 30. I Wanna Learn a Love Song 31. Shooting Star 32. 30,000 Pounds of Bananas 33. She Sings Songs Without Words 34. What Made America Famous? 35. Vacancy 36. Halfway to Heaven 37. Six String Orchestra Portrait Gallery 38. Dreams Go By 39. Tangled Up Puppet 40. Star Tripper 41. Babysitter 42. Someone Keeps Calling My Name 43. The Rock 44. Sandy 45. Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails 46. Bummer 47. Stop Singing These Sad Songs 48. Dreams Go By 49. Wold 50. Saturday Morning 51. I Wanna Learn a Love Song 52. Mr Tanner 53. A Better Place to Be 54. Let Time Go Lightly 55. Cat's in the Cradle 56. Taxi 57. Circle 58. 30,000 Pounds of Bananas 59. She Is Always Seventeen 60. Love Is Just Another Word 61. The Shortest Story 62. On the Road to Kingdom Come 63. The Parade's Still Passing By 64. The Mayor of Candor Lied 65. Laugh Man 66. Corey's Coming 67. If My Mary Were Here 68. Fall in Love with Him 69. Caroline 70. Roll Down the River Dance Band on the Titanic 71. Dance Band on the Titanic 72. Why Should People Stay the Same 73. My Old Lady 74. We Grew Up a Little Bit 75. Bluesman 76. Country Dreams 77. I Do It for You, Jane 78. I Wonder What Happened to Him 79. Paint a Picture of Yourself (Michael) 80. Mismatch 81. Mercenaries 82. Manhood 83. One Light in a Dark Alley (An Imitation Spiritual) 84. There Was Only One Choice 85. Dancin' Boy 86. If You Want to Feel 87. Poor Damned Fool 88. I Wonder What Would Happen to This World 89. Jenny 90. It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains 91. Why Do Little Girls 92. Flowers Are Red 93. Somebody Said