The Elektra Collection (1971-1978)

Compilation by Harry Chapin

Released 9 October 2015

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Tracklist

1
Could You Put Your Light on, Please
4:28
2
Greyhound
5:40
3
Everybody’s Lonely
4:07
4
Sometime, Somewhere Wife
4:54
5
Empty
2:55
6
Taxi
6:46
7
Any Old Kind of Day
4:47
8
Dogtown
7:28
9
Same Sad Singer
4:12
10
Sunday Morning Sunshine
3:44
11
Sniper
9:58
12
And the Baby Never Cries
5:09
13
Burning Herself
3:30
14
Barefoot Boy
3:29
15
A Better Place to Be
8:34
16
Circle
3:24
17
Woman Child
5:24
18
Winter Song
2:31
19
Short Stories (single)
4:34
20
W*O*L*D*
5:09
21
Song for Myself
4:25
22
Song Man
3:12
23
Changes
4:31
24
They Call Her Easy
4:03
25
Mr. Tanner
5:10
2.0 ★
26
Mail Order Annie
4:55
27
There’s Alot of Lonely People Tonight
3:39
28
Old College Avenue (single)
4:27
29
Cat’s in the Cradle
3:48
3.8 ★
30
I Wanna Learn a Love Song
4:24
31
Shooting Star
4:07
32
30,000 Lbs. of Bananas
5:45
33
She Sings Without Words
3:32
34
What Made America Famous?
6:51
35
Vacancy
4:00
36
Halfway to Heaven
6:10
37
Six String Orchestra
5:25
38
Dreams Go By
4:44
39
Tangled Up Puppet
3:42
40
Star Tripper
4:19
41
Babysitter
4:36
42
Someone Keeps Calling My Name
6:30
43
The Rock
4:14
44
Sandy
2:48
45
Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails
3:48
46
Bummer
9:55
47
Stop Singing These Sad Songs
3:00
48
On the Road to Kingdom Come
5:26
49
The Parade’s Still Passing By
3:26
50
The Mayor of Candor Lied
8:27
51
Laugh Man
3:33
52
Corey’s Coming
5:42
53
If My Mary Were Here
3:32
54
Fall in Love with Him
3:54
55
Caroline
3:38
56
Roll Down the River
4:28
57
Dance Band on the Titanic
5:15
58
Why Should People Stay the Same
4:47
59
My Old Lady
3:52
3.0 ★
60
We Grew Up a Little Bit
5:10
61
Bluesman
5:18
62
Country Dreams
4:47
63
I Do It for You, Jane
5:08
64
I Wonder What Happened to Him
4:07
65
Paint a Picture of Yourself (Michael)
3:52
66
Mismatch
5:00
67
Mercenaries
5:46
68
Manhood
3:48
69
One Light in a Dark Valley (An Imitation Spiritual)
3:26
70
There Only Was One Choice
14:11
71
Dancin’ Boy
3:55
72
If You Want to Feel
4:56
73
Poor Damned Fool
4:36
74
I Wonder What Would Happen to This World
3:33
75
Jenny
4:54
76
It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains
4:47
77
Why Do Little Girls
5:12
78
Flowers Are Red
4:30
79
Somebody Said
5:18

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Release credits

Arthur Jenkins
percussion [57-70]
Bill Payne
organ [72]
Bob Cowsill
electric guitar [72]
Bruce Morgan
engineer [2-18]
Buzz Branner
tenor saxophone [57]
Chris Waite
tambourine [66]
Chuck Plotkin
producer [71-79]
Dave Armstrong
harmonica [26]
Doug Walker
acoustic guitar [57-70], bass guitar [58], electric guitar [57-70], slide guitar [57-70], vocal [57-70]
Elliott Randall
acoustic guitar [60, 65]
Ernie Watts
clarinet [72], flute [72], oboe [72], saxophone [72]
Fred Kewley
producer [10-18]
Harry Chapin
guitar [57-70], vocal [57-70]
Harry DiVito
trombone [57]
Herbert Rhoad
vocal [74]
Howie Fields
drums (drum set) [57-70]
Jac Holzman
producer [2-9]
Jack Malken
recording [71-79]
Joe Russell
vocal [74]
John James Stewart
engineer [48-56]
John Wallace
bass guitar [57-70], vocal [57-70]
Kim Scholes
cello [57-70]
Michael Barry
recording [71-79]
Neil Jason
bass guitar [57]
Paul Leka
arranger [29-37, 39], producer [29-37, 39]
Roger Mayer
assistant [48-56]
Stephen Chapin
keyboard [57-70], producer [48-70], vocal [57-70]
Steve Gadd
drums (drum set) [57]
The Dixie Hummingbirds
vocal [74]
Tom Chapin
acoustic guitar [61], vocal [65]

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The Elektra Collection (1971-1978)
Digital Media
9 October 2015