Greatest Stories Live |
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Live album by Harry Chapin |
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Released |
April 23, 1976 |
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Recorded |
November 7, 1975 (San Diego Civic Auditorium, San Diego, CA) November 8, 1975 (Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA) November 9, 1975 (Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA) |
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Genre |
Pop/rock |
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Length |
70:32 |
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Label |
Elektra |
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Producer |
Stephen Chapin, Fred Kewley, Paul Leka |
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Harry Chapin chronology |
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Professional ratings |
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Review scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic | [1] |
Greatest Stories Live is the first live album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, recorded over three nights at three California venues, and released in 1976. Certain elements had to be re-recorded in the studio due to technical problems with the live recordings. The original LP release featured three new studio tracks, two of which ("She Is Always Seventeen" and "Love Is Just Another Word") were excluded from the CD release. "A Better Place to Be" was released as a single, and did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The album is popular for its extended cut of "30,000 Pounds of Bananas", infamous for Chapin's recounting of his brothers' remarks after hearing the original ending: "Harry...it sucks." The quote became so popular with Harry Chapin fans that concert shirts were sold with the quotation on it.
Personnel
- Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
- Ron Bacchiocchi - synthesizer, percussion, clavinet
- Ed Bednarski - clarinet
- Stephen Chapin - synthesizer, piano, vocals
- Tom Chapin - guitar, banjo, vocals
- Christine Faith - vocals
- Cheryl Ferrio - vocals
- Howie Fields - drums
- David Kondziela - vocals
- Paul Leka - piano, clavinet
- Michael Masters - cello
- Tim Moore - piano
- Mark Mundy - vocals
- Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals
- Don Payne - bass
- Kathy Ramos - vocals
- Tim Scott - cello
- Allan Schwartzberg - drums
- Frank Simms - vocals
- George Simms - vocals
- Ken Smith - percussion
- Bob Springer - percussion
- John Tropea - guitar
- Betsy Wager - vocals
- Doug Walker - bass, guitar, vocals
- John Wallace - bass, vocals
- Sue White - vocals
Charts and certifications
Certifications
Region |
Certification |
Sales |
United States |
2x Platinum |
2,000,000 |
Canada |
Platinum |
100,000 |
References
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- Mike Masters
- Doug Walker
- Howie Fields
- Ron Evanuik
- Kim Scholes
- Yvonne Cable
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