Harry Chapin September 3 1977 Rainbow Theater London UK full concert audio

[@miketocci]

****HARRY CHAPIN live @ The Rainbow Theater, London England (Sep. 3, 1977)**** This is a long show and a really a great one too! ("----------" below denotes end of 1st Half/start of 2nd Half of the concert with SNIPER) 1.) I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM 00:00 2.) Introductions & Happy Birthday, Big John 06:40 3.) Mercenaries intro 08:20 4.) MERCENARIES 08:45 5.) The cheap seats & My Old Lady intro 04:50 6.) MY OLD LADY 16:24 7.) MR. TANNER 20:33 8.) W*O*L*D* 26:19 9.) Getting older & Halfway To Heaven intro 31:33 10.) HALFWAY TO HEAVEN 33:59 11.) I Wanna Learn A Love Song intro & Chinese tuning 39:23 12.) I WANNA LEARN A LOVE SONG 40:05 13.) Tangled Up Puppet intro & screwing around 44:38 14.) TANGLED UP PUPPET 46:17 15.) TAXI 50:50 16.) End of 1st half: rasing money to fight world hunger & intro to Sniper 57:23 17.) SNIPER 1:02:12 ---------- 18.) THERE ONLY WAS ONE CHOICE 1:12:00 19.) CAT'S IN THE CRADLE 1:26:50 20.) Bluesman intro 1:30:51 21.) BLUESMAN 1:32:09 22.) Odd Job Man intro 1:38:20 23.) ODD JOB MAN 1:39:15 24..) The Bicentennial Medley & Dogtown intro 1:43:47 25.) DOGTOWN 1:46:02 26.) Mail Order Annie intro 1:53:52 27.) MAIL ORDER ANNIE 1:54:34 28.) Let Time Go Lightly intro 2:00:45 29.) LET TIME GO LIGHTLY (by Steve Chapin) 30.) 30,000 Lbs. Of Bananas intro 2:05:55 31.) 30,000 POUNDS OF BANANAS 2:07:11 32.) DANCEBAND ON THE TITANIC 2:20:48 33.) Circle intro 2:26:53 34.) CIRCLE 2:27:37 I labeled this (and time stamped it) the way I labeled my original CDs of this show, a long time ago. This version of Halfway To Heaven still knocks me out, it's just so damn good (and it rings more true all the time!). And W*O*L*D* is always fun to sing along with. The inclusion here of some rarities; with the plaintive cries of Halfway To Heaven and the driving beat of Dogtown make this a really rollicking, thoughtful & rocking concert. Brother Steve, as usual, sounds in excellent form singing and tinkling the ivories. Old friends mean much more to me, indeed. By the time we start pushing on through those shortening miles of the concert, we wind down through the depot of our joy and we sing...Of BANANAS!!!) and sing it with balls (that's a technical term used in the music industry, usually in reference to anything but the Osmonds). We may chant "Harry, it sucks!" but we live for every note cause these songs keep it all going. And while Harry's voice may falter just a little towards the end of the show, his enthusiasm and the reciprocal energy of the crowd never does. Not counting a few of the quiet and not quite liberated ladies in this audience. Big John and Harry banter along the friendly edge of a sword and we all laugh with appreciation of the camaraderie and wit of these entertainers. The band swells and they sell as they reach a final crescendo and we all close the circle once more. It sure sounds like everyone had a great time that night. I sure do, every time I go back there.

[@lisaperry7297]

Thank you for recording this and saving it so we can listen to it now. I still remember exactly where I was when I heard my first Chapin song and who I was with. That was over 50 years ago!!!! I loved it then and still do now!

[@miketocci]

This is a great show, one of my favorites. I've had a copy of this, obtained from Howie Fields two decades ago, and have enjoyed it since then. The quality is great for a bootleg radio broadcast and Harry and the guys sound awesome. Thanks for posting it here, hopefully it gets plenty of plays

[@JasonColannino]

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[@johnash826]

I saw Harry live on that tour when he played a gig in Glasgow. It was a rare opportunity in the UK! 👍

[@superblindeye1]

Do you have the 1974 Avery Fisher Hall show? I would love to hear that recording.

[@JasonColannino]

I do have the Avery Fischer show have not gotten around to putting it on KZbin yet

[@mandysebeck9629]

Thanks for this. RIP Harry you were a true legend ❤ ❤

[@marykral6463]

One of my favorites, I Wonder What Happened to Him. Miss you Harry.

[@randykopf5930]

He died in a car accident on the Long Island expressway. Truck hit him from behind