1972-1981
"But the new game plan that the owners had made
Meant that win or lose there would be a trade..."
Harry Chapin
Johnny Carson Appearances (1972-79) 2 discs Grade - A
Harper College - Palatine, Il (4/13/73) 2 discs Grade - A-
Set List: Sunday Morning Sunshine, Greyhound, Empty, Talkin' About Love, Better Place To Be, Lesson #18, Experience # 9, Pigeon Run, And The Baby Never Cries, We Call Here Easy, Mr. Tanner, Could You Put Your Light On Please, Burning Herself, Any Old Kinda Day, Ron Palmer (Untitled), Greasy Spoon, & Sniper
Clarkson College - Pottsdam, NY (2/4/73) 2 discs Grade - B+
Set List: Sunday Morning Sunshine, Greyhound, Talkin' About Love, Better Place To Be, Lesson #18, Experience #9, Burning Herself, Ron Palmer (Untitled), And The Baby Never Cries, Greasy Old Spoon, Taxi, Sniper, Blues Song, & Circle
The Night That Made America Famous Demos (1974) 1 disc Grade- A-
This disc includes 13 tracks Harry recorded for a Broadway show "The Night That Made America Famous". Very nice collection of songs written, and performed by Harry himself.
Mike Douglas Show (1974-78) 1 disc Grade A
Set List: Dancin' Boy, Jenny, W.O.L.D., Flowers Are Red, Better Place To Be, Poor Damned Fool, Taxi, Interview, Circle, & Sunday Morning Sunshine
Avery Fisher Hall, NYC (3/15/74) - A
This is a great show in New York. I will update track List information
The Book Of Chapin (1974) 1 disc Grade - A
Set List: What Made America Famous?, W*O*L*D, Mr. Tanner, Six String Orchestra, Mail Order Annie, Cat's In The Cradle, Taxi, Sniper, & She Sings Her Songs Without Words
Cowtown Ballroom - Kansas City (1974) 2 discs Grade - A
Set List: Sunday Morning Sunshine, Greyhound, Talkin' About Love, Better Place To Be, Pigeon Run, Lesson #18, Experience #9, Twelve String Orchestra, W*O*L*D, Hillbilly Medely, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Lesson #21, Experience #36, Taxi, Old Greasy Spoon, Mr. Tanner, Empty, Sniper, Circle, & What Made America Famous?
Allison Steele Interview (1974) 1 disc Grade - A+
Interview With Harry Chapin
The Frankford Tapes Kentucky (2/9/74) 2 discs Grade - B
Sunday Morning Sunshine, WOLD, Greyhound, Talkin' About Love, A Better Place To Be, Lesson #18, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Six String Orchestra, Mr. Tanner, They Call Her Easy, Halfway To Heaven, Hillblly Melody, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Mail Order Annie, Lesson #21, Taxi, & Sniper
Rider College - Lawrenceville, NJ (3/2/74) 2 discs Grade A+
Set List: Sunday Morning Sunshine, W*O*L*D, Mr. Tanner, Six String Orchestra, Better Place To Be, Lesson #18, Experience #9, Lesson #12, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Mail Order Annie, Taxi, Sniper, & What Made America Famous?
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (1975) 1 disc Grade - A
Dreams Go Bye, Cat's In The Cradle, A Better Place To Be, Just Another Story, Ladies Of The Line, Six String Orchestra, W*O*L*D, New York City, & Bummer
University Of Illinois (1976) 1 disc Grade - A+
Set List: Corey's Coming, W*O*L*D, They Call Her Easy, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, On The Road To Kingdom Come, Cat's In The Cradle, Taxi, Someone Keeps Callin' My Name, & Circle
Westchester Primere Theater - Westchester, NY (1976) 2 disc Grade - A
Set List: Dreams Go Bye, W*O*L*D, Better Place To Be, Six String Orchestra, Tangled Up Puppet, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Mr. Tanner, Let Time Go Lightly, Cat's In The Cradle, Taxi, Circle, & Sniper
Omaha, NE (6/5/76) - B+
This was a solo performace. It's a great show!
Bridgeport University - Bridgeport, Ct. (10/10/76) 1 disc - B-
Set List: Babysitter, Greyhound, Corey's Coming, Bluesman, W*O*L*D, If My Mary Were Here, They Call Her Easy, I Wanna Learn A Love Song, Greasy Old Spoon, Let Time Go Lightly, Better Place To Be, Six String Orchestra, The Hornest Drummer, Taxi, Circle
Don Kirshner Rock Concert (1976) 1 disc Grade - A
Set List: If My Mary Were Here, Corey's Coming, Jenny, Moment In The Sunlight, The Mayor Of Candor Lied, Take Me Home, Southern Night, Let Time Go Lightly, Bluesman, & Taxi
Rollins College Winter Park Fl. (11/76) 1 disc Grade - C
Rehearsal, and Interview
Avery Fisher Hall New York, NY (11/12/76) 2 discs Grade - B
WOLD, Shooting Star, Coreys Coming, Sunday Morning Sunshine, Bluesman, Caroline, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Babysitter, Dreams Go Bye, A Better Place To Be, Cat's In The Cradle, Six String Orchestra, On The Road To Kingdom Come, They Call Her Easy, Mr. Tanner, The Mayor Of Candor Lied, Tangled Up Puppet, Let Time Go Lightly, Mail Order Annie, Hornest Drummer, Taxi, & Someone Keeps Callin' My Name
London England (9-3-77) 2 discs Grade - A+
I Wonder What Happened To Him, Happy Birthday Big John, Mercenaries, My Old Lady, Mr. Tanner, W*O*L*D, Halfway To Heaven, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Tangled Up Puppet, Taxi, Sniper, There Only Was One Choice, Cat's In The Cradle, Bluesman, Odd Job Man, Dogtown, Mail Order Annie, Let Time Go Lightly, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Dance Band On The Titanic, & Circle.
Wings Stadium - Kalamazoo, Mi (2/20/77) 3 discs Grade - A-
Paint A Picture Of Yourself, Shooting Star, Better Place To Be, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Caroline, W*O*L*D, Bluesman, Halfway To Heaven, Dreams Go Bye, Let Time Go lightly, Six String Orchestra, Babysitter, The Rock, Odd Job Man, Tangled Up Puppet, Corey's Coming, Dirty Old Man, If My Mary Were Here, Mail Order Annie, The Horniest Drummer, Blow-up Woman, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Taxi, Cat's In The Cradle, Flowers Are Red, Sequel, You Are The Only Song, & Circle.
Brooklyn Academy Of Music Brooklyn, Ny (3/15/77) 2 discs Grade - A-
Paint A Picture Of Yourself, Shooting Star, A Better Place To Be, Odd Job Man, W*O*L*D, Bluesman, Mr. Tanner, Dirty Old Man, If My Mary Were Here, Six String Orchestra, Tangled Up Puppet, The Hornest Drummer, Blow-up Woman, Cat's In The Cradle, Taxi, & Circle
Good Evening Germany Essens, Germany (4/12/77) 2 discs Grade - A
Shooting Star, W*O*L*D, Mr. Tanner, Dance Band On the Titanic, Taxi, Six String Orchestra, Corey's Coming, Bluesman, Mail Order Annie, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Cat's In The Cradle, Circle, Odd Job Man, & I Want To Learn A Love Song
Rein Main AFB Frankfurt, Germany 7/8/77 - A
This is solo performance at an U.S. Air Force Base in Germany.
Warwick, RI (7/24/77) 3 discs Grade - B+
Medley Of Misses, Corey's Coming, Dirty Old Man, If My Mary Were Here, Mercenaries, W*O*L*D, Odd Job Man, Tangled Up Puppet, Dogtown, Mail Order Annie, Bluesman, Taxi, Babysitter, Mr. Tanner, My Old Lady, Mismatch, Six String Orchestra, Better Place To Be, Cat's In The Cradle, Let Time Go Lightly, Horniest Drummer, Blow-up Woman, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Dance Band On The Titanic, & Circle.
Jacksonville, Fl (9/16/77) 1 disc Grade - B+
Taxi, Odd Job Man, Bluesman, Cat's In The Cradle, Six String Orchestra, Mail Order Annie, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, And The Baby Never Cries, Paint A Picture Of Yourself, Mr. Tanner, Mismatch, I Want to Learn A Love Song, & W*O*L*D
Syracuse, New York (10/11/77) 1 disc Grade - B
Intro, And The Baby Never Cries, Coreys Coming, Dirty Old Man, If My Mary Were Here, WOLD, Odd Job Man, Tangled Up Puppet, Cats In The cradle, A Better Place To Be, Paint A Picture Of Yourself, Mr. Tanner, & I Wonder What Happened To Him
Omaha, Nb (10/12/77) 2 discs Grade - A-
Intro, Paint A Picture Of Yourself, Shooting Star, Babysitter, They Call Her Easy, Mismatch, Mercenaries, Dirty Old Man, If My Mary Were Here, Odd Job Man, Halfway To Heaven, Caroline, & Let Time Go Lightly.
Olmypia Stadium - Detroit, Mi (10/15/77) 3 discs Grade - B+
Harry Chapin, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, & James Taylor
University Of Arlington (11/15/77) 2 discs Grade - A
Intro, Paint A Picture Of Yourself (Michael), Shooting Star, Better Place To Be, Dirty Old Man, If My Mary Were Here, Odd Job Man, Mismatch, W*O*L*D, They Call Her Easy, Halfway To Heaven, Mr. Tanner, Dance Band On The Titanic, Mail Order Annie, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Cat's In The Cradle, Taxi, Circle, & Corey's Coming
Fordham University - Bronx, Ny (11/27/77) 3 discs Grade - A+
Dance Band On The Titanic, Babysitter, Mr, Tanner, Paint A Picture Of Yourself, I Wonder What Happened To Him, W*O*L*D, It's Only Love, Crystal Green, Magic Man, We Grew Up A Little Bit, And The Baby Never Cries, Odd Job Man, Burning Herself, Let Time Go Lightly, Six String Orchestra, Cat's In THe Cradle, Monday Sun Don't Shine, Saturday Morning, My Name Is Morgan, Make A Wish, Turn Around, Bluesman, Mail Order Annie, Love Is Not In Season, The Horniest Drummer, Blow-up Woman, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Taxi, & Circle
Norfolk, Va (12/16/77) 2 discs Grade - A-
Dreams Go Bye, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Taxi, Greyhound, Sunday Morning Sunshine, Flowers Are Red, And The Baby Never Cries, W*O*L*D, Greasy Old Spoon, Mr. Tanner, Let Time Go Lightly, Cat's In The Cradle, Mail Order Annie, & Bluesman.
The Dave Patterson Show (1978) 1 disc Grade - A
Cat's In The Cradle, Flowers Are Red, Interview, Tangled Up Puppet, I Want To Learn A Love Song, & Circle
Syracuse, Ny (2/26/78) 2 discs Grade - B
Dancin' Boy, Flowers Are Red, Paint A Picture Of Yourself, Band Intro, Mr. Tanner, Poor Damned Fool, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Jenny, Odd Job Man, Corey's Coming, Mercenaries, Tangled Up Puppet, Hunger Talk, Cat's In The Cradle, Winter Song, Manhood, Mismatch, A Better Place To Be, W*O*L*D, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Circle, & Any Old Kind Of Day.
Atlanta, Ga (5/13/78) 3 discs Grade - B
Dancin' Boy, Flowers Are Red, Paint A Picture Of Yourself, Babysitter, Dreams Go Bye, Burning Herself, A Better Place To Be, The Mayor Of Candor Lied, Star Tripper, They Call Her Easy, Halfway To Heaven, Love Is Not In Season, Sniper, W*O*L*D, Dirty Old Man, If My Mary Were Here, Old Greasy Spoon, Caroline, Mr. Tanner, I Wonder What Happened To Him, Tangled Up Puppet, Six String Orchestra, Taxi, Dance Band On The Titanic, Any Old Kind Of Day, & Jenny.
City Hall - Sheffield, England (5/25/78) 2 discs Grade - A+
Dancin' Boy, Flowers Are Red, Babysitter, We Grew Up A Little Bit, Mr. Tanner, Corey's Coming, Bummer, Poor Damned Fool, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Bluesman, Cat's In The Cradle, Shooting Star, Mismatch, Any Old Kind Of Day, & Greyhound
Besgen Park - Newark, NY (8/12/78) 2 discs Grade A-
Bluesman, Mr. Tanner, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Cat's In The Cradle, Dance Band On The Titanic, Love Is Not In Season, Odd Job Man, W*O*L*D, Harry's Blues, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Taxi, & Circle.
Central Park - New York (8/23/78) 2 discs Grade A-
Shooting Star, If You Want To Feel, W*O*L*D, Poor Damned Fool, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Flowers Are Red, Bummer, Cat's In The Cradle, Love Is Not In Season, Tangled Up Puppet, Why Do The Little Girls, Mr. Tanner, They Call Her Easy, Halfway To Heaven, Caroline, My Old Lady, A Better Place To Be, Bluesman, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Taxi, & Circle
Westbury Music Fair - Westbury, Ny (8/78) 1 disc Grade - A
Halfway To Heaven, Poor Damned Fool, It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Bummer, The Rock, Country Dreams, I Wonder What Happened To Him, Mercenaries, Dance Band On The Titanic, & Let Time Go Lightly
E.J.Thomas Hall - Akron, Oh. (10/16/78) 2 discs Grade - B
Shooting Star, Greyhound, And The Baby Never Cries, We Grew Up A Little Bit, Mr. Tanner, Salt & Pepper, Mercenaries, Love Is Not In Season, Dirty Old Man, Bluesman, Six String Orchestra, Poor Damned Fool, Flowers Are Red, Why Do The Little Girls, & Cat's In The Cradle
Capitol Theater - Passaic, NJ (10/21/78) - A
This is a solo performace that was a benefit for Bill Bradly. It includes a appearance from Chevy Chase.
Bucsh Gardens - Virginia (1979) 1 disc Grade - B
Shooting Star, Copper, Mr. Tanner, Mismatch, Flowers Are Red, Cat's In The Cradle, Tangled Up Puppet, Bluesman, W*O*L*D, & Taxi
Norwich, Ct. (1979) 2 discs Grade - B+
I Want To Learn A Love Song, Ladies In The Line, Flowers Are Red, Traveling Man, Get On With It, It's Just Another Story, Cat's In The Cradle, Song For Bonnie, Mail Order Annie, Saturday Morning, The Day The Factory Closed Down, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Taxi, Sequel, & Circle
Memorial Auditorium - Knoxville, Tenn. (3/7/79) 3 discs Grade - A
Poor Damned Fool, Corey's Coming, If My Mary Were Here, Tangled Up Puppet, Mail Order Annie, Old Folkie, The Day They Closed The Factory Down, Get On With It, Copper, Cat's In The Cradle, Flowers Are Red, Salt & Pepper, Stranger With The Melodies, Pretzel Man, Legends Of The Lost And Found, Love Is Not In Season, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Odd Job Man, Taxi, You Are The Only Song, & Circle
University Of Oaklahoma (4/7/79) 2 discs Grade - B+
Jenny, Legends Of The Lost And Found, We Were Three, Cat's In The Cradle, Get On With It, Old Folkie, Mr. Tanner, Pretzel Man, Copper, Mail Order Annie, Salt And Pepper, Let Time go Lightly, W*O*L*D, & Sniper
Star Special BBC Radio (8/79) 2 discs Grade - A-
Harry DJ's on BBC Radio.
Uptown Theater - Kansas City (10/12/79) 2 discs Grade - A
Oh God Babe You've Been Good To Me, Story Of A Life, Taxi, Copper, The Day They Closed The Factory Down, Mr. Tanner, We Were Three, Old Folkie, Bluesman, Cat's In The Cradle, If My Mary Were Here, Let Time Go Lightly, Mail Order Annie, W*O*L*D, A Better Place To Be, & 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas
Cleveland, Oh (12/5/79) 1 discs Grade - A+
Oh God Babe You've Been Good To Me, W*O*L*D, Cat's In The Cradle, Flowers Are Red, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Odd Job Man, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, & Taxi
Midnight Special (1980) 1 disc Grade - A
Harry With His Trumpet, Remember When The Music, Dancin' Boy, Taxi, Sequel, Story Of A Life, & Remember When The Music (reprised)
Civic Auditorium Grand Rapids, Mi. (2/15/80) 1 disc Grade - A-
30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Taxi, Cat's In The Cradle, Flowers Are Red, Sequel, You Are The Only Song, & Circle
Pittsburgh, Pa (4/19/80) 1 disc Grade - B-
Stranger With The Melodies, Jenny, Band Intro, They Call Her Easy, Halfway To Heaven, & I Want To Learn A Love Song
Lively Arts Festival - Huntington, New York (6/8/80) - B
Another great solo performance in Harry's hometown which is only about 15 minutes from me.
Ontario, Canada (8/19/80) 2 discs Grade - A
Story Of A life, Shooting Star, Taxi, Mr. Tanner, W*O*L*D, A Better Place To Be, Cat's In The Cradle, Flowers Are Red, Dreams Go Bye, Mail Order Annie, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Sequel, You Are The Only Song, & Circle
Westbury Music Fair Westbury, Ny (8/27/80) 2 discs Grade - B+
Shooting Star, Harry Talks, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Halfway To Heaven, They Call Her Easy, Mr. Tanner, W*O*L*D, Corey's Coming, Cat's In The Cradle, Tangled Up Puppet, Dreams Go Bye, Hunger Talk, Sniper, Dancin' Boy, Taxi, Flowers Are Red, & A Better Place To Be
Greensburg, Pa (11/7/80) 2 discs Grade - B-
Salt & Pepper, Story Of A Life, W*O*L*D, Corey's Coming, Cat's In The Cradle, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, & Sequel
Auburn, NY (11/23/80) 1 disc Grade - B-
Mail Order Annie, Intro To A Better Place, A Better Place To Be, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Cat's In The Cradle, Taxi, Sequel, & Circle
Mill Run Theater - Niles, Ill. (12/14/80) 2 discs Grade - A
The Stranger With The Melodies, Up On The Shelf, Dogtown, W*O*L*D, Mercenaries, Cat's In The Cradle, Corey's Coming, Mr. Tanner, The Mayor Of Candor Lied, Taxi, A Better Place To Be, Story Of A Life, Flowers Are Red, Let Time Go Lightly, Sequel, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Remember When The Music, & Circle
The Bottom Line 1,999th Concert NY, NY (1/8/81) 1 disc Grade - C+
I Miss America, Story Of A Life, W*O*L*D, Flowers Are Red, A Better Place To Be, Mr. Tanner, Taxi, & Sequel
The Bottom Line 2,000 Concert NY, NY (1/9/81) 2 discs Grade - A
Mr. Tanner, W*O*L*D, Cat's In The Cradle, Mismatch, Let Time Go Lightly, Remember When The Music, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Sequel, Story Of A Life, I Miss America, Mercenaries, A Better Place To Be, I Want To Learn A Love Song, & Up On The Shelf
BBC Radio Interview (2/81) 1 disc Grade - A
Harry's last interview on BBC (U.K.) Radio.
Dominion Theater - London England (2/9/81) 1 Disc Grade - B
Boston University - Boston, Mass (4/1/81) 2 discs Grade A
They Call Her Easy, I Want To Learn A Love Song, Mr. Tanner, Cat's In The Cradle, Remember When The Music, Dreams Go Bye, Taxi, Corey's Coming, Flowers Are Red, Mail Order Annie, Let Time Go Lightly, A Better Place To Be, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, Sequel, You Are The Only Song, & Circle
Valley Forge Music Fair - Devon, Pa (4/81) 1 discs Grade B+
Cat's In The Cradle, Story Of A Life, Taxi, Corey's Coming, Mail Order Annie, Let Time Go Lightly, 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, & Sequel
The John Davidson Show (1981) 1 disc Grade - A
Remember When The Music, Interview, & Story Of A Life
