Story Book: The Elektra Albums, 1972-1978

Tracklist

• CD 1: Heads & Tales / Sniper and Other Love Songs
• 1
  Could You Put Your Light On, Please
  4:29
• 2
  Greyhound
  5:40
• 3
  Everybody's Lonely
  4:06
• 4
  Sometime, Somewhere Wife
  4:54
• 5
  Empty
  2:55
• 6
  Taxi
  6:42
• 7
  Any Old Kind of Day
  4:45
• 8
  Dogtown
  7:26
• 9
  Same Sad Singer
  4:11
• 10
  Sunday Morning Sunshine
  3:50
• 11
  Sniper
  9:55
• 12
  And the Baby Never Cries
  5:10
• 13
  Burning Herself
  3:28
• 14
  Barefoot Boy
  3:29
• 15
  Better Place to Be
  8:37
• CD 2: Sniper and Other Love Songs / Short Stories / Verities & Balderdasj
• 1
  Circle
  3:25
• 2
  Woman Child
  5:27
• 3
  Winter Song
  2:36
• 4
  Short Stories
  4:36
• 5
  W.O.L.D
  5:13
• 6
  Song for Myself
  4:25
• 7
  Song Man
  3:12
• 8
  Changes
  4:31
• 9
  They Call Her Easy
  4:03
• 10
  Mr. Tanner
  5:13
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Mail Order Annie
  4:56
• 12
  There's a Lot of Lonely People Tonight
  3:43
• 13
  Old College Avenue
  4:24
• 14
  Cat's in the Cradle
  3:47
  3.8 ★
• 15
  I Wanna Learn a Love Song
  4:23
• 16
  Shooting Star
  4:04
• 17
  30,000 Pounds of Bananas
  5:45
• 18
  She Sings Songs Without Words
  3:33
• CD 3: Verities & Balderdash / Portrait Gallery / Greatest Stories Live
• 1
  What Made America Famous?
  6:52
• 2
  Vacancy
  4:00
• 3
  Halfway to Heaven
  6:12
• 4
  Six String Orchestra
  5:29
• 5
  Dreams Go By
  4:41
• 6
  Tangled Up Puppet
  3:40
• 7
  Star Tripper
  4:16
• 8
  Babysitter
  4:32
• 9
  Someone Keeps Calling My Name
  6:25
• 10
  The Rock
  4:12
• 11
  Sandy
  2:45
• 12
  Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails
  3:44
• 13
  Bummer
  9:52
• 14
  Stop Singing These Sad Songs
  3:00
• 15
  Dreams Go By
  4:54
• 16
  W.O.L.D
  5:06
• CD 4: Greatest Stories Live / On the Road to Kingdom Come
• 1
  Saturday Morning
  3:09
• 2
  I Wanna Learn a Love Song
  5:02
• 3
  Mr. Tanner
  5:17
• 4
  A Better Place to Be
  9:59
• 5
  Let Time Go Lightly
  4:53
• 6
  Cat's in the Cradle
  4:04
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Taxi
  6:52
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Circle
  7:19
• 9
  30,000 Pounds of Bananas
  10:56
• 10
  She Is Always Seventeen
  4:20
• 11
  Love Is Just Another Word
  4:36
• 12
  The Shortest Story
  2:30
• 13
  On the Road to Kingdom Come
  5:26
• 14
  The Parade's Still Passing By
  3:26
• CD 5: On the Road to Kingdom Come / Dance Band on the Titanic
• 1
  The Mayor of Candor Lied
  8:28
• 2
  Laugh Man
  3:36
• 3
  Corey's Coming
  5:41
• 4
  If My Mary Were Here
  3:30
• 5
  Fall in Love With Him
  3:54
• 6
  Caroline
  3:40
• 7
  Roll Down the River
  4:33
• 8
  Dance Band on the Titanic
  5:13
• 9
  Why Should People Stay the Same
  4:46
• 10
  My Old Lady
  3:51
  3.0 ★
• 11
  We Grew Up a Little Bit
  5:09
• 12
  Bluesman
  5:17
• 13
  Country Dreams
  4:47
• 14
  I Do It for You, Jane
  5:07
• 15
  I Wonder What Happened to Him
  4:09
• CD 6: Dance Band on the Titanic / Living Room Suite
• 1
  Paint a Picture of Yourself (Michael)
  3:53
• 2
  Mismatch
  5:00
• 3
  Mercenaries
  5:45
• 4
  Manhood
  3:48
• 5
  One Light in a Dark Alley (An Imitation Spiritual)
  3:23
• 6
  There Was Only One Choice
  14:11
• 7
  Dancin' Boy
  3:54
• 8
  If You Want to Feel
  4:56
• 9
  Poor Damned Pool
  4:36
• 10
  I Wonder What Would Happen to This World
  3:34
• 11
  Jenny
  4:53
• 12
  It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains
  4:49
• 13
  Why Do Little Girls
  5:12
• 14
  Flowers Are Red
  4:31
• 15
  Somebody Said
  5:19

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Release credits

• Allan Schwartzberg
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Arthur Jenkins
  percussion [5.8-15, 6.1-6]
• Betse Wager
  background vocals [12]
• Bill Payne
  organ [8]
• Bob Cowsill
  electric guitar [8]
• Bob Smith
  body percussion [12]
• Bob Springer
  body percussion [12], castanets [12], chimes [12], congas [12]
• Bruce Morgan
  engineer [2.1-3, 1.1-15], mix [3.15-16, 4.1-9]
• Buzz Branner
  tenor saxophone [8]
• Cheryl Ferrio
  body percussion [12]
• Chris Waite
  tambourine [2]
• Christine Faith
  background vocals [12]
• Chuck Plotkin
  producer [7-15]
• Dave Armstrong
  harmonica [11]
• Dave Kondziela
  background vocals [12]
• Don Payne
  bass [12]
• Doug Walker
  acoustic guitar [5.8-15, 6.1-6], background vocals [4.1-9, 3.15-16], bass guitar [9], electric guitar [3.15-16, 6.1-6, 4.1-9, 5.8-15], slide guitar [6.1-6, 5.8-15], vocal [6.1-6, 5.8-15]
• Elliott Randall
  acoustic guitar [5.11, 6.1]
• Ernie Watts
  clarinet [8], flute [8], oboe [8], saxophone [8]
• Frank Simms
  background vocals [12]
• Fred Kewley
  producer [4.1-9, 2.1-3, 1.10-15, 3.15-16]
• George Simms
  background vocals [12]
• Harry Chapin
  acoustic guitar [12], guitar [5.8-15, 6.1-6], lead vocals [3.15-16, 4.1-9, 4.12], vocal [6.1-6, 5.8-15]
• Harry DiVito
  trombone [8]
• Herbert Rhoad
  vocal [10]
• Howie Fields
  drums (drum set) [4.1-9, 6.1-6, 3.15-16, 5.8-15]
• Jac Holzman
  producer [1-9]
• Jack Malken
  recording [7-15]
• James Keyes
  body percussion [12]
• Joe Russell
  vocal [10]
• John James Stewart
  engineer [4.13-14, 5.1-7]
• John Tropea
  electric guitar [12]
• John Wallace
  background vocals [3.15-16, 4.1-9, 4.12], bass [3.15-16, 4.1-9], bass guitar [5.8-15, 6.1-6], vocal [5.8-15, 6.1-6]
• Kathy Ramos
  background vocals [12]
• Ken Caillat
  engineer [4.1-9, 3.15-16]
• Ken Smith
  body percussion [12]
• Kim Scholes
  cello [5.8-15, 6.1-6]
• Mary Mundy
  background vocals [12]
• Michael Barry
  recording [7-15]
• Mike Masters
  cello [4.1-9, 4.12, 3.15-16]
• Neil Jason
  bass guitar [8]
• Paul Gabriel
  body percussion [12]
• Paul Leka
  arranger [2.14-18, 3.1-4, 3.6, 4.12], clavinet [12], piano [12], producer [4.12, 3.1-4, 3.6, 2.14-18]
• Roger Mayer
  assistant [5.1-7, 4.13-14]
• Ron Bacchiocchi
  body percussion [12], clavinet [12], synthesizer [12]
• Scott Spray
  body percussion [12]
• Stephen Chapin
  background vocals [3.15-16, 4.1-9], guitar synthesizer [4.1-9, 3.15-16], keyboard [6.1-6, 5.8-15], piano [4.1-9, 4.12, 3.15-16], producer [6.1-6, 5.1-15, 4.1-9, 4.13-14, 3.15-16], synthesizer [12], vocal [5.8-15, 6.1-6]
• Steve Gadd
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Sue White
  background vocals [12]
• Terry Dunavan
  assistant [3.15-16, 4.1-9]
• The Dixie Hummingbirds
  vocal [10]
• Tim Moore
  piano [12]
• Tom Chapin
  acoustic guitar [4.1-9, 5.12, 3.15-16], background vocals [4.1-9, 3.15-16], banjo [3.15-16, 4.1-9], electric guitar [3.15-16, 4.1-9], vocal [1]
• Tom Smith
  body percussion [12]
• Tony Beecher
  assistant [4.1-9, 3.15-16]
• Wally Heider
  recording [3.15-16, 4.1-9]
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  Story Book: The Elektra Albums, 1972-1978

  6x CD
  2022