Greatest Stories Live

Greatest Stories Live

Infobox Album |
Name = Greatest Stories Live
Type = Live Album
Artist = Harry Chapin

|Album cover
Released = April 23, 1976
Recorded = November 9, 1975
Genre = Singer-songwriter
Length = 70:32
Label = Elektra Records
Producer =Stephen Chapin, Fred Kewley, Paul Leka
Reviews =
*Allmusic:Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3tkpu3t5anok]
Last album ="Portrait Gallery" (1975)
This album =Greatest Stories Live (1976)
Next album ="On the Road to Kingdom Come" (1976)

"Greatest Stories Live" is the first live album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, 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" & "Love Is Just Another Word") were omitted 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.

Track listing

#"Dreams Go By" – 4:54
#"W*O*L*D" – 5:04
#"Saturday Morning" (Tom Chapin) – 3:05
#"I Want To Learn A Love Song" – 5:04
#"Mr. Tanner" – 5:17
#"A Better Place to Be" – 9:59
#"Let Time Go Lightly" (Steve Chapin) – 4:56
#"Cat's in the Cradle" – 4:04
#"Taxi" – 6:53
#"Circle" – 7:21
#"30,000 Pounds of Bananas" (Extended with two alternate endings) – 11:28
#"The Shortest Story" (Studio track) – 2:25

"She Is Always Seventeen" and "Love Is Just Another Word" appear between "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" and The Shortest Story" on side 4 of the original 1976 vinyl release.

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


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