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Hello people,

I'm new on the net & new to newsgroups but HC music has been with me since I started to think. I held the man's message up as my ideal for many years & I guess I still do.

These days I have my own thoughts about what could happen to this world although I can't write songs or play guitar like he did. I did however put myself through 2.5 years of Uni by playing his songs in coffee shops for a meal & tips. Most people didn't know what I was singing but they seemed to keep coming back & looking thoughtful.

Thanks for being here.

TonyG

PS: I'm having much trouble getting Chapin music here in the land of Oz. I'm in Canberra and Impact Records are the best people in the country so far. Yet they claim they can only do so much.

I have yet to locate a CD of many of his albums; incl: Short Stories, Sniper & other Love Songs, Legends of the Lost & Found.

Also chasing music for these & other albums - Particuarly Danceband on the titanic. Suggestions & assistance please!

-Tony

Harry's Music

Bottom Line Encore Collection       [Amazon] [iTunes] Dance Band On The Titanic*       [Amazon] [iTunes] Essentials       [Amazon] Gold Medal Collection       [Amazon] [iTunes] Greatest Stories Live*       [Amazon] [iTunes] Harry Chapin Tribute       [Amazon] Heads & Tales       [Amazon] [iTunes] Last Protest Singer       [Amazon] Legends Of Lost & Found*       [iTunes] Living Room Suite       [Amazon] [iTunes] On The Road To Kingdom Come       [Amazon] [iTunes] Portrait Gallery       [Amazon] [iTunes] Sequel       [iTunes] Short Stories       [Amazon] [iTunes] Sniper & Other Love Songs       [Amazon] [iTunes] Story of a Life       [Amazon] Verities & Balderdash       [Amazon] [iTunes] * = Highly Recommended

The Latest Release

Sniper & Other Love Songs   [iTunes] In 1972, Harry released Sniper & Other Love Songs. Thirty years would pass before the album would ever reach the CD format. Sniper was finally re-released in June, 2002. Originally given a working title of Sweet City Suite, the album tells the story of various characters one might run into in a city. The album features the original studio versions of Chapin classics "A Better Place to Be" and "Circle." But perhaps more importantly (as those songs are already well-distributed on compilation CDs), the album features seemingly lost Chapin stories, including "And the Baby Never Cries," "Burning Herself," "Barefoot Boy," and "Woman Child." Sniper is for the seasoned Chapin fan. New fans would do better to check out Greatest Stories Live. But for Chapin fans who have reached the level of the Dance Band on the Titanic album, this is the next step. Slightly over-produced and having a little of the "forced" feel that some of Harry's studio albums possess, this album does not capture the powerfully live Harry Chapin. Nonetheless, it captures Harry's great iconoclastic songwriting--Harry takes the story song to new heights here. But the album works best for those ready for it; don't buy it until you are ready to appreciate it!