Harry Chapin - Verities & Balderdash (1974) Original US Terre Haute Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Harry Chapin - Verities & Balderdash
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 800mb & 200mb
Mastered At Elektra Sound Recorders By Terry Dunavan
Label: Elektra/7E-101 | Released: 1974 | Genre: Country-Pop
A1 Cat’s In The Cradle 3:44
A2 I Wanna Learn A Love Song 4:19
A3 Shooting Star 4:02
A4 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas 5:45
A5 She Sings Songs Without Word 3:31
B1 What Made America Famous? 6:53
B2 Vacancy 4:00
B3 Halfway To Heaven 6:10
B4 Six String Orchestra 5:25
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Published By – Story Songs, Ltd.
Recorded At – Connecticut Recording Studios
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders
Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Credits
Art Direction – Glen Christensen
Backing Vocals – Dave Kondziela, Frank Simms, George Simms
Bass – Don Payne
Choir – The Bridgeport Memorial Choir
Concertmaster – Irving Spice
Design – Shiah Grumet
Drums – Allan Schwartzberg
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar – John Tropea
Illustration – Bill Hoffman (3)
Management – Fred Kewley
Management [Road] – Jeff Gross, John Hart (2), Mike Solomon
Mastered By Terry Dunavan
Photography By – Ruth Bernal
Piano, Electric Piano, Harpsichord – Don Grolnick
Producer, Arranged By – Paul Leka
Synthesizer – Ron Bacchiocchi
Vocals [Angelic Female] – Zizi Roberts
Written-By – Harry Chapin
Notes
11×11 special 4-page lyric sheet enclosed.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Etched): 7E 1012 A-2 CSM SX CTH ESR-TD-7-23-74 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Etched): 7E 1012-B4CTH ESR TD-12-9-74 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Etched – Variant 1): 7E 1012A-1 CSM Sx CTH ESR-TD-7-23-74 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Etched – Variant 1): 7E 1012-B-1 CSM SxCTH ESR-TD 7-23-74 B- Ƨ
Rights Society: ASCAP
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 800mb & 200mb
Mastered At Elektra Sound Recorders By Terry Dunavan
Label: Elektra/7E-101 | Released: 1974 | Genre: Country-Pop
A1 Cat’s In The Cradle 3:44
A2 I Wanna Learn A Love Song 4:19
A3 Shooting Star 4:02
A4 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas 5:45
A5 She Sings Songs Without Word 3:31
B1 What Made America Famous? 6:53
B2 Vacancy 4:00
B3 Halfway To Heaven 6:10
B4 Six String Orchestra 5:25
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Published By – Story Songs, Ltd.
Recorded At – Connecticut Recording Studios
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders
Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Credits
Art Direction – Glen Christensen
Backing Vocals – Dave Kondziela, Frank Simms, George Simms
Bass – Don Payne
Choir – The Bridgeport Memorial Choir
Concertmaster – Irving Spice
Design – Shiah Grumet
Drums – Allan Schwartzberg
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar – John Tropea
Illustration – Bill Hoffman (3)
Management – Fred Kewley
Management [Road] – Jeff Gross, John Hart (2), Mike Solomon
Mastered By Terry Dunavan
Photography By – Ruth Bernal
Piano, Electric Piano, Harpsichord – Don Grolnick
Producer, Arranged By – Paul Leka
Synthesizer – Ron Bacchiocchi
Vocals [Angelic Female] – Zizi Roberts
Written-By – Harry Chapin
Notes
11×11 special 4-page lyric sheet enclosed.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Etched): 7E 1012 A-2 CSM SX CTH ESR-TD-7-23-74 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Etched): 7E 1012-B4CTH ESR TD-12-9-74 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Etched – Variant 1): 7E 1012A-1 CSM Sx CTH ESR-TD-7-23-74 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Etched – Variant 1): 7E 1012-B-1 CSM SxCTH ESR-TD 7-23-74 B- Ƨ
Rights Society: ASCAP
Harry Chapin - Verities & Balderdash (1974) Original US Terre Haute Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Harry Chapin - Verities & Balderdash (1974) Original US Terre Haute Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Harry Chapin - Verities & Balderdash (1974) Original US Terre Haute Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
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Vinyl Condition: NM-
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Verities & Balderdash is a very strange and wonderful album. “Cat’s in the Cradle” was the driving force behind the album’s sales, but there’s a lot more to appeal to listeners, along with enough personal, topical material to make it seem a bit didactic at the time, but Chapin was cultivating a politically committed audience. Verities & Balderdash walked several fine lines, between topical songwriting and an almost (but not quite) pretentious sense of its own importance, humor and seriousness, and balladry and punditry, all intermingled with catchy, highly commercial ballads such as “I Wanna Learn a Love Song” (which is about as pretty a song as he ever wrote). Chapin is in good voice and thrives in the more commercial sound of this album, which includes lots of electric guitars and overdubbed orchestra and choruses. He still loves to tell stories — most are like little screenplays, with “Shooting Star” offering details and textures and a sense of drama akin to a finished film (in the manner of “Taxi”). The “haunt count” on this album is extremely high, boosted by gorgeous ballads like “She Sings Songs Without Words.” “What Made America Famous” may be the one song that comes off as dated, a parable — perhaps reflecting the near-meltdown of politics surrounding the Nixon resignation of 1974 — about long-haired teens and crew-cutted firemen who discover a mutual dependence and respect for each other and reconciliation; it seems like ancient history and probably will be incomprehensible to anyone born after 1968. Chapin also lapses into excessive dramatics in the finale, which shamelessly borrows a couple of lines from one song out of the musical 1776. The album also offers a pair of humorous numbers on “30,000 Pounds of Bananas” and “Six String Orchestra,” not the most significant songs in Chapin’s repertory, but both adding balance to the mood. Producer Paul Leka (the commercial genius behind Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”) retained some elements of the relatively lean sound that characterized Chapin’s debut album, embellishing it only enough to give the album some potentially wider commercial appeal. Even the cover art seems to reflect the two delightfully contradictory thrusts of this album: an image of Chapin posed like Uncle Sam on the military recruiting poster with a wry smile on his face.Review by Bruce Eder, allmusic.com
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