The Gold Medal Collection
1988 compilation album by Harry Chapin
The Gold Medal Collection | ||||
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Compilation album by Harry Chapin | ||||
Released | September 13, 1988 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 2:20:13 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Sandy Chapin & Charles J. Sanders | |||
Harry Chapin chronology | ||||
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The Gold Medal Collection is a 1988 two-CD compilation album featuring various songs and interviews by singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. It was released by Elektra Records to commemorate Chapin for being posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work and campaigns to end hunger.[2] The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1 million copies.
Track listing
Disc 1 (1:08:22):
- "Taxi" - 6:44
- "Sunday Morning Sunshine" - 3:30
- "Old College Avenue" - 4:25
- "Dirty Old Man" - 1:25
- "I Wanna Learn a Love Song" - 4:19
- "Cat's in the Cradle" - 3:44
- "Tangled Up Puppet" - 3:42
- "Dancing Boy" - 3:40
- "Thanksgiving Hunger Drives" - 0:47
- "Flowers Are Red (Live)" - 5:01
- "She Sings Songs Without Words" - 3:31
- "Shooting Star" - 4:02
- "Winter Song" - 2:30
- "Story of a Life" - 5:15
- "Commitment and Pete Seeger" - 1:47
- "There Only Was One Choice" - 14:00
Disc 2 (1:11:51):
- "A Better Place to Be" - 7:35
- "Mail Order Annie" - 4:52
- "Performing" - 0:30
- "W*O*L*D (Live)" - 4:46
- "Mr. Tanner (Live)" - 4:45
- "Corey's Coming" - 5:38
- "A Child Is Born" - 0:30
- "Sniper" - 9:50
- "Calluses" - 0:41
- "The Rock" - 4:15
- "Dance Band on the Titanic" - 5:11
- "I Wonder What Would Happen to This World" - 3:28
- "Sequel" - 6:35
- "My Grandfather" - 1:45
- "Remember When the Music (Reprise)" - 3:50
- "Circle (Live)" - 7:30
References
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- Ron Palmer
- Tim Scott
- John Wallace
- Stephen Chapin
- Tom Chapin
- Mike Masters
- Doug Walker
- Howie Fields
- Ron Evanuik
- Kim Scholes
- Yvonne Cable
- Heads & Tales
- Sniper and Other Love Songs
- Short Stories
- Verities & Balderdash
- Portrait Gallery
- On the Road to Kingdom Come
- Dance Band on the Titanic
- Living Room Suite
- Sequel
- Remember When the Music
- The Gold Medal Collection
- Story of a Life
- Onwards and Upwards
- Rockpalast Live
- Remember When: The Anthology
- "Taxi"
- "Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
- "Sunday Morning Sunshine"
- "A Better Place to Be"
- "W.O.L.D."
- "Cat's in the Cradle"
- "I Wanna Learn a Love Song"
- "What Made America Famous?"
- "Dreams Go By"
- " A Better Place to Be (Live)"
- "Dance Band on the Titanic"
- "Flowers Are Red"
- "Sequel"
- "Remember When the Music"
- "Story of a Life"
- "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"
- "Corey's Coming"
- "Circle"
- "Halfway to Heaven"
- "The Mayor of Candor Lied"
- "Mr. Tanner"
- "Six String Orchestra"
- "Sniper"
- Discography
- The Night That Made America Famous
- Cotton Patch Gospel
- Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something