Michael Chapman
Fully Qualified Survivor
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"Although not as well known as his peers (Roy Harper, John Marytn, and Bert Jansch), the name Michael Chapman is an important one in the linage of English folk rock guitarists and singer/songwriters of the late '60s/early '70s. For those unfamiliar with Chapman's work, Roy Harper might be his closest musical cousin (and both artists were signed to EMI's seminal stoner record label Harvest -- also home to Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett). Like other Harvest artists, Chapman's music contains a slightly drugged out feel, sublime guitar playing and intense lyrics. Chapman recorded 4 albums for Harvest between 1968 and 1972, of which 1970's Fully Qualified Survivor is hands down considered the classic amongst the whole highly coveted bunch. What makes Fully Qualified Survivor such a special album (besides being a vehicle for a young Mick Ronson's mind-blowing guitar heroics) are the layers of beautiful acoustic guitars, deranged vocals, floating conga drums, and the cello of one Paul Buckmaster -- the same man who provided the intense strings on Elton John's dark masterpiece 'Mad Man Across The Water.' Fully Qualified Survivor is very much an 'album' more than a collection of songs as they seem to link together seamlessly, and in 2011 it's hard to find words to do them justice... File this record between Roy Harper's Flat Baroque and Berserk, John Martyn's Inside Out, and Bert Jansch's Jack Orion and you'll be fine. The perfect album for a blissful day and a joint."
Details
Cat. number: LITA 060
Year: 2011
Release notes
Gatefold digipak with a 32-page booklet of liner notes. Originally released in March 1970 as Harvest SW-816. Recorded at Regent Sound Studios in August 1969. Remastered at Sound Mastering, London. Licensed from Tuesday Productions Ltd.
Tracklist
| 1 | Aviator | 9:31 | |
| 2 | Naked Ladies And Electric Ragtime | 2:42 | |
| 3 | Stranger In The Room | 5:37 | |
| 4 | Postcards Of Scarborough | 5:19 | |
| 5 | Fishbeard Sunset | 0:39 | |
| 6 | Soulful Lady | 4:14 | |
| 7 | Rabbit Hills | 4:10 | |
| 8 | March Rain | 3:46 | |
| 9 | Kodak Ghosts | 3:20 | |
| 10 | Andru's Easy Rider | 2:08 | |
| 11 | Trinkets And Rings | 5:03 |
Credits
- Rick Kemp
- Bass
- Kate Peterson
- Coordinator [Project Coordinator]
- Strath Shepard
- Design [Re-release Design]
- Barry Morgan
- Drums, Congas
- Tom Allom
- Engineer
- Josh Wright
- Executive-Producer [Re-release]
- Mick Ronson
- Guitar
- Mick Houghton
- Liner Notes
- Paul Bradshaw
- Photography By
- Gus Dudgeon
- Producer, Scraper
- Pat Thomas
- Reissue Producer, Coordinator [Project Coordinator]
- Matt Sullivan
- Reissue Producer, Executive-Producer [Re-release]
- Nick Robbins
- Remastered By
- Michael Chapman
- Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Percussion [Rhythm Foot], Composed By, Design, Photography By
