Harry Chapin - The Elektra Collection 1971-1978 (2015) 24/192

Recording format/Recording source: [TR24][OF]
Presence of watermarks: No
Year of release/reissue of the disc: 2015
Genre: Folk-Rock, Pop-Rock
Publisher (label): Rhino/Elektra
Duration: 06:26:25

Presence of scans in the distribution content: Only album cover
Container: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: tracks
Bit depth: 24/192
Number of channels: 2.0

Harry Forster Chapin was an American singer-songwriter best known for his folk rock songs. New York singer-songwriter whose story songs delivered in a soulful rasp bewitched 1970s pop radio. Here is the Harry Chapin retrospective collection featuring the albums: Heads & Tales, Sniper & Other Love Songs, Short Stories, Verities & Balderdash, Portrait Gallery, On The Road To Kingdom Come, Dance Band On The Titanic, & Living Room Suite.

Harry Chapin's career as a popular singer/songwriter was cut short by an auto accident in 1981, yet he left behind a series of recordings that his fans continue to treasure decades after his death. Chapin was never a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter. Critics accused him of over-sentimentalizing his subjects and attaching heavy-handed morals to his socially aware story-songs; the heavily orchestrated arrangements that accompanied many of his songs didn't help his case with the critics, either. Nevertheless, Chapin earned a devoted audience during the '70s, through his music and his charity work as a social activist.

Albums:
1972 - Heads & Tales
1972 - Sniper And Other Love Songs
1973 - Short Stories
1974 - Verities & Balderdash
1975 - Portrait Gallery
1976 - On The Road To Kingdom Come
1977 - Dance Band On The Titanic
1978 - Living Room Suite