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Well, I said I'd call, and I did. Unfortunately, my local link to AOL went haywire, and only cleared up today.

I called Elektra, and spoke to a rep in their Sales department, explaining our dilemna. He didn't go into detail, but stated that Legends never did get released on CD. There was some sort of last minute glitch, and the held it out.

They have no current plans to release it, either, but said that if they received enough requests, they would consider it. I know Elektra has a WWW site somewhere, and if I find it, I'll tell you where it is. He also gave me their "snail mail" address, though he didn't specify a department. I'm going to send my request to the head of the marketing department (name unknown) and the president of the company under seperate copy.

I urge all of you to do the same, and tell all your friends at record stores, and radio stations, and anyone without a computer so we can all roar fro the cheap seats to the boardroom! The address is a follows;

Elektra Entertainment 75 Rockerfeller Plaza New York, New York 10019

For anyone who hasn't done this sort of thing before, a few common sense pointers. 1. Keep it short, less than a page, the request is simple, and merely needs a yes/no answer. 2. Be civil--it's real easy to toss unwanted correspondence into the round file. 3. Do give a name and return address, that they may answer you. 4. If you send a petetion, make sure the names are legible, and all have return addresses. We do want to convince them we aren't weaving this out of thin air.

Thanks to all in advance, and remember--you can ALWAYS count on the cheap seats!!!! (and I own my seat, so it's the cheapest...)

poof....

If there's no Chocolate, there's no point....SnoopyFan

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!