HARRY CHAPIN
ALBUMS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN CD FORMAT
Heads and Tales (1972)
Verities & Balderdash (1974)
Portrait Gallery (1975)
Greatest Stories Live (1976)
On the Road to Kingdom Come (1976)
Dance Band on the Titanic (1977)
Living Room Suite (1978)
Sniper and other love songs (1972) was released on CD in June 2002 can be obtained from online suppliers such as
Tower Records
Continuing with this encouraging trend Short Stories (1973) was released on CD in September 2002 can be obtained from most big suppliers, but at an especially cheap price from CD Universe
Sequel (1980)was also recently released as a remastered version and can be obtained through the Chapin family's own website. It includes some additional alternative versions, as well as the original tracks on the original 1980 release. There are also plans to re-release Last Protest Singer in a similar way, although I was lucky enough to pick up the original CD in the Paris Latin Quarter recently:
This leaves only Legends of the Lost and Found awaiting a CD release.
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The following collections have been issued posthumously:
Anthology of Harry Chapin (1985)
Remember when the music (1987)
Bottom Line Encore Collection (1998)
Gold Medal Collection (1988)
Story of a Life (Box Set) (1999)
The CDs listed above can be obtained from internet giants such as CD NOW
In the UK HMV also prices competitively
There are two other albums of interest which can be picked up as LPs or cassettes:
Chapin Music recorded by the Chapin Brothers in 1966 and the Harry Chapin tribute album recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1987, featuring versions of Harry's songs performed by his friends, including contributions from Bruce Springsteen and Pat Benatar.