Melody Maker
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Melody Maker was a UK-based magazine that focused on rock and indie music. The magazine published a number of articles on Harry Chapin in the 1970s. The magazine went out of business in the 1990s. None of the content is available in official archives.
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Notable articles (Partial list)
1972
- November 4 - "Chapin joins the winners' circle" features an interview with Harry (and Sandy). The article starts with a great line - "..The first time you listen to a song by Harry Chapin, let me give you a bit of advice: close your eyes and let the pictures come.".[1]
- December 30 - Album Review "Harry Chapin: Sniper and Other Love Songs" observes "Chapin has the ability and character to become one of next year's big saviours."[2]
1974
- February 9 - Album review "Harry Chapin: "Short Stories" observes "it should be deemed a case of criminal neglect that Harry Chapin's "W.O.L.D." is not in the top ten"[3]
- May 11 - "Short Stories of Harry Chapin" features an interview with Harry Chapin and observes "Chapin has, in fact, created a little category for himself over the past two years. A 'Harry Chapin' song speaks for itself."[4]
- October 5 - In Harry Chapin: "Verities and Balderdash" Colin Irwin has a rather harsh take on the album while linking Halfway to Heaven he panned the rest of the album with "The rest generally as an underlying tinge of sadness hidden behind a catchy chorus line and a bright tune, yet the lyrics are so bare, and spelled out with such blatancy, it's hard to take it all too seriously.". e[5]
- December 14 - Article just titled "Harry Chapin" was a review was performance of the December performance at Avery Hall. Watts wrote a rather upbeat review commenting that "Harry is a nice person. Really. You could take your mother and she wouldn't throw up."[6]
1975
- March 22 - "Chapin Up!" features an interview with Harry and a review of the The Night That Made America Famous.[7]
1976
- December 11 - "Harry Chapin: On The Road To Kingdom Come: is panned in Chris Welch's review. The last line of his review says it all. "A work of rare artistry for some, utter tedium for the rest of us."[8]
References
- ↑ Davis, Karl (November 4, 1972). "Chapin joins the winners' circle". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-04 .
- ↑ Means, Andrew (December 30, 1972). "Harry Chapin: Sniper and Other Love Songs". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-04 .
- ↑ Watts, Michael (February 9, 1974). "Harry Chapin: "Short Stories"". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-04 .
- ↑ Charlesworth, Chris (May 11, 1974). "Short Stories of Harry Chapin". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-05 .
- ↑ Irwin, Colin (October 5, 1974). "Harry Chapin: "Verities and Balderdash"". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-05 .
- ↑ Watts, Michael (December 14, 1974). "Harry Chapin". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-05 .
- ↑ Charlesworth, Chris (March 22, 1975). "Chapin up!". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-05 .
- ↑ Welch, Chris (December 11, 1976). "Harry Chapin: On the Road to Kingdom Come". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2012-02-05 .
External links
- Short Stories - Andy Langran's Chapin site
