Michael Chapman (singer)
English musician (1941–2021)
Michael Chapman (24 January 1941 – 10 September 2021)[1] was an English folk singer-songwriter and guitar player. Chapman originally began playing guitar with jazz bands. He was born in Hunslet, Leeds, England. His career began in 1966.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Chapman |
| Born | 24 January 1941 Hunslet, Leeds, England |
| Died | 10 September 2021 (aged 80) |
| Genres | Folk, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, piano, percussion |
| Years active | 1966–2021 |
| Labels | Mooncrest Records Secret Records Secret Records limited Harvest, Deram, Criminal, Black Crow, Strange Fruit, Mooncrest, Demon Records, Rural Retreat Records, Secret Records, Market Square Records, Blast First Petite, Tompkins Square |
| Website | www |
Chapman died on 10 September 2021 at the age of 80.[2]
Discography
change- Rainmaker (1969) – Harvest
- Fully Qualified Survivor (1970) – Harvest – UK No. 45[3]
- Window (1970) – Harvest
- Wrecked Again (1971) – Harvest
- Millstone Grit (1973) – Deram / Decca
- Deal Gone Down (1974) – Deram / Decca
- Pleasures of the Street (1975) – Nova
- Savage Amusement (1976) – Deram / Decca
- The Man Who Hated Mornings (1977) – Deram
- Play Guitar The Easy Way (1978) – Criminal Records
- Life on the Ceiling (1979) – Criminal Records
- Looking For Eleven (1980) – Criminal Records
- Almost Alone (1981) – Black Crow Records
- Original Owners (1983) – Konnexion
- Heartbeat (1987) – Coda
- Still Making Rain (1991/3) – Self Release 1991 / Making Waves 1993
- Navigation (1995) – Planet Records
- Dreaming Out Loud (1997) – Demon Records
- Michael Chapman Black And White (1998) – Rural Retreat Records
- BBC Sessions 69–75 (1998) Strange Fruit Records
- The Twisted Road (1999) – Mystic UK
- Growing Pains (2000) – Mooncrest Records
- Growing Pains 2 (2001) – Mooncrest Records
- Americana (2001) – Apropos / reissued on Blueprint
- Live And Unhinged (2001) – Rural Retreat Records
- Kule 2 B Blue with Alamo Leal (2001) – Rural Retreat Records
- Americana 2 (2002)
- Dogs Got More Sense (2004) – Secret Records
- Journeyman Live DVD (2004) – Secret Records
- 27 06 05 Live in Brighton (2005) – Rural Retreat Records
- Plaindealer (2005) – Rural Retreat Records
- Lost (2005) – Rural Retreat Records
- Words Fail Me (2007)
- Vanity and Pride (2008) – self release – limited edition – Michael Chapman and Ursa
- Sweet Powder (2008) – Rural Retreat Records
- Time Past & Time Passing (2008) – Electric Ragtime
- And Then There Were Three Live in Nottingham 1977 (2010) – Market Square Records
- Wrytree Drift (2010) – Rural Retreat Records
- Trainsong: Guitar Compositions, 1967–2010 (2011) – Tompkins Square Records
- Fully Qualified Survivor (reissue) (2011) – Light in the Attic Records[4]
- Rainmaker (reissue) (2012) – Light in the Attic Records[4]
- Wrecked Again (reissue) (2013) – Light in the Attic Records[4]
- Window (reissue) (2014) – Light in the Attic Records[4]
- The Resurrection and Revenge of The Clayton Peacock (2011) – Blastfirst Petite
- Pachyderm (2012) – Blastfirst Petite
- The Polar Bear (2014) – Blastfirst Petite
- Live At Folk Cottage, Cornwall 1967 (2014) – TreeHouse44
- Fish (2015) – Tompkins Square Records
- 50 (2017) – Paradise of Bachelors
- EB=MC2 (2017) (Ehud Banai & Michael Chapman) – Nana Disc
- True North (2019) – Paradise of Bachelors
- Plaindealer + Twisted Road (2020) Double album – Mooncrest
- Michael Chapman Americana LP Vinyl (2020) Mooncrest
- Michael Chapman - Sweet Powder & Wrytree Drift Double CD (2020) Mooncrest
- Michael Chapman - The Decca Years 1974-77 - 8 Panel Digipack (2021) Mooncrest
References
change- ↑ McDonald, Steven. "Biography by Steven McDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
- ↑ Helman, Peter (10 September 2021). "Folk guitar great Michael Chapman dead at 80". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records. p. 100. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Fully Qualified Survivor Info Page". Lightintheattic.net.
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