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"Beyond technique and range, Chapman’s playing has a spellbinding narrative quality that flows with his mercurial fusions of various folk and blues traditions"

Steve Dollar Time Out Chicago

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1960's - 1970's - 1980's -1990's - 2000's - 2010's - Compilations - Covers

Here is an attempt at the definitive Michael Chapman discography. All albums, singles, original issues, reissues, compilations and guest appearances are included. Where they are known about world wide issues have been included.

Where possible whether the album is available or unavailable has been indicated. Please check the internet links page for direct links to labels and sites selling Michaels albums

As time allows covers of Michaels material by other artists will also be included. If we have missed anything out please let us know.

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1967
Live At The Folk Cottage
Treehouse44
TH44CD0201
CD/LP
recorded 1967 released 2014
 

1969
Rainmaker
Harvest/EMI
SHVL 755
LP
deleted
available on cd
It Didn't Work Out / Mozart Lives Upstairs
Harvest/EMI
HAR 5002
7" single
deleted
available on cd
Solo Guitar
English Standard Library
ESL 103
LP
deleted
unavailable
           
fqs reissue sleeve

1970
Fully Qualified Survivor
Harvest/EMI
SHVL 764
LP
deleted
available on cd

1971
Window
Harvest/EMI
SHVL 798
LP
deleted
available on cd
           
Window
CBS Spain
S 64302
LP
deleted
available on cd
           
Window
Phillips France
6397 019
LP
deleted
available on cd
Wrecked Again
Harvest/EMI
SHVL 786
LP
deleted
available on cd
Wrecked Again
Polydor Germany
2310 192
LP
deleted
available on cd

1973
Millstone Grit
Gamma/Decca

1974
  Deal Gone Down
Gamma Decca  
 
SML1114
LP
   
deleted
available on cd
Banjo Song / Dumplings
Gamma Decca
7" single
   
deleted
 
available on cd
   

1975
    Pleasures of the Street (live in Europe)
Nova
  Nova 622321
LP
   
deleted
 

tracks available on cd

     

1976
    Savage Amusement
Gamma Decca
   
LP
deleted
available on cd
     
                             
    Savage Amusement
Gamma Nova
  Nova 622499
LP
deleted
available on cd
     
                             
    Diversion Salvaje Gamma Decca Spain SKL 5242
LP
   
deleted
 
available on cd
     
 
    Lovin Dove / Steel Bonnets
Gamma Decca
 
7" single
deleted
available on cd
 
     

1977
    The Man Who Hated Mornings
Gamma Decca
 
Decca SKL-R 5290
LP
deleted
available on cd
 
                             
    The Academicals - Time Is Tight / Ee By Gum Its Cold
Electric Records
 
WOT10
7"
   
deleted
 
available on Originals compilation
     
                             
    The Academicals - Time Is Tight / Ee By Gum Its Cold
Electric Records
 
203 097
7"
   
deleted
 
French release
     
         
                 
    The Academicals - Time Is Tight / Ee By Gum Its Cold
Cube Records
2016 090
7"
deleted
 
Italian release
     
     

1978
    The Man Who Hated Mornings
Criminal
 
Steal 1
LP
deleted
available on cd
 
 
    While Dancing The Pride of Erin / The Man Who Hated Mornings
Criminal
 
Swag1
7"
deleted
picture sleeve
available on cd
     
                             
    Playing Guitar The Easy Way
Criminal
 
Steal 2
LP
   
deleted
 
reissued on CD 2014
     
     

197?
    Guitars Standard Music Library  
ESL 146
LP
deleted
unavailable
 
                             
    Michael Chapman Lived Here
Cube
 
GNAT 01
LP
   
deleted
 
reissued on cd
     
                             
    Rainmaker
Intercord / Cube
INT 146.306
LP
deleted
different cover
     
     

 


1979
    Life On The Ceiling
Criminal
 
Steal 5
LP
deleted
unavailable
 
                             
    Life On The Ceiling
Criminal/Pacific Arts
 
PAC7-138
LP
   
deleted
unavailable
     
                             
Life On The Ceiling
Intercord
INT 145.602
LP
   
deleted
 
unavailable
     
                     
    Blue Season / Theme From The Movie Of The Same Name
Criminal
 
Swag ?
7"
   
deleted
 
tracks available on LP
     
     
 
                     
    Lescujack 12 inch
(with two live tracks off Pleasures Of The Street: Wrecked Again / Deal Gone Down)
Criminal
  Swag
12"
   
deleted
 
tracks available on LP & live tracks on cd
     

1980
    Looking For Eleven
Criminal
Steal
LP
deleted
available on cd
     
                             
    Michael Chapman
Criminal / Polygram
Steal
LP
deleted
Canadian compilation of tracks from Play Guitar, Life On The Ceiling & Looking For Eleven the 3 Criminal records. Sleeve was a variation on Looking For Eleven. This compilation was also released in USA on different label.

1981
    Almost Alone
Black Crow
  CRO LP    
deleted
 
available on cd
     


1982
    Fully Qualified Survivor (r)
Cube
  HI FLY37 LP    
deleted
 
available on cd
     
                             
    Guitar Solo
April Music
  APR 1004 LP    
deleted
         

1983
    Original Owners
Konnexion
    LP    
deleted
 
unavailable
     
 
    All Day And All Night / Geordies Down The Road
Konnexion
    7"    
deleted
 
unavailable
     

1987
    Catwalk Homemade Records            
deleted
 
unavailable
     
                                   
    Heartbeat
Coda
      LP/CD/MC    
deleted
 
available on cd
     

198?
    Ancient & Modern Homemade Records       cassette    
deleted
         
                               
    Whispered Evidence         cassette    
deleted
         
                               
    Wood And Wire         cassette    
deleted
  tracks available on cd      
                               
    Fully Qualified Survivor (r)
Victoria (Spain)
      LP    
deleted
  tracks available on cd      

1990
    Navigation (1)
SBS
      CD    
unreleased
  see lost      
     
                       
    Fully Qualified Survivor (r)
C5 Records
      CD    
deleted
         

1992
    Still Making Rain Homemade Records       cassette    
deleted
  tracks available on cd      

1993
    Still Making Rain
Making Waves / Celtic Music
    CD    
deleted
  available on cd      


1995
    Navigation (2)
Planet Records
    CD                
                               
    Navigation (2)
KDC Records Germany
    CD & LP                
                               
    Warts And All
Journeyman
          legal cassette bootleg - deleted          

1997
    Dreaming Out Loud
Demon
           
deleted
         
     
           
         
    Life On The Ceiling (r)
Edsel
      CD    
deleted
         
     
           
         
    Looking For Eleven (r)
Edsel
      CD    
deleted
  plus extra tracks      
     
                       
    Navigation (2)
SDC
      LP    
deleted
  ltd edition vinyl      

1998
    At The BBC
Strange Fruit
      CD                
                               
    Michael Chapman B n W
Home made
      CD     available only at gigs & via website      


1999
    The Twisted Road
Mystic UK
      CD    
MYS CD 139
   
     
                 
    Rainmaker (r)
Repertoire
      CD         plus extra unreleased tracks
     
                       
    Fully Qualified Survivor(r)
Repertoire
      CD                

2000
    Americana
Siren
      CD    
SRNACD402
  deleted reissued      
     
                       
    Growing Pains
Mooncrest
      CD    
deleted
  deleted      
     
           
         
    Pleasures Of The Street (r)
Mooncrest
      CD    
deleted
  plus extra tracks      

2001
    Heartbeat (r)
Blueprint
      CD    
BP315CD
         
   
                       
    Growing Pains 2
Mooncrest
      CD    
deleted
  deleted      
     
           
         
    Live And Unhinged
Rural Retreat
      CD    
available only at gigs & via website
     
     
                   
    Kule 2 B Blue
Homemade
      CD    
with Alamo Leal deleted
     
                           
    Kule 2 B Blue Live
Homemade
      CD    
with Alamo Leal deleted
     

2002
    Americana 2
Voiceprint
      CD    
VPRR1CD
         

2003
    Still Making Rain (r)
Voiceprint
      CD    
VPRR3CD
  extra tracks      
   
                       
    Journeyman live on the tweed
Secret
      DVD         live DVD      

2004
    Dogs Got More Sense Secret / Shakedown       CD / DVD Box    
Shakebx124Z
  reissue of Deal Gone Down, Savage Amusement, Man Who Hated Mornings      
                               
    Almost Alone (r)
Voiceprint
      CD    
VPRR2CD
  extra tracks      
     
           
         
    Dangerous When Sober
Sanctuary
      CD    
CMDDD 993
  compilation of Mooncrest released material      
     
           
         
    Rainmaker / Fully Qualified Survivor (r)
 BGO
      Dbl CD    
BGOCD554
         
     
           
         
    Window / Wrecked Again (r)
BGO
      Dbl CD    
BGOCD555
         
                               
    That Time Of Night         CD    
PR014 / LC01
  promo only small run cd of gigs at Les Cousins in 11/04 & Bush Hall 02/05      

2005
    Plaindealer Rural retreat       CD         buy it now      
                               
    Fully Qualified Survivor (r) Only Classic Rock and Roll Edition CD         Russian reissue      
                         
    Live At The White Swan   CD                

2006
    Words Fail Me Rural retreat     Dbl CD                
                               
    Lost Rural retreat       CD         reissue of lost album recorded in 1990.      
                               
    The Twisted Road (r) Rural retreat       CD                
                               
    Americana & Americana 2 (r) Voiceprint       DBL CD                
                               
    Millstone Grit (r) BGO       CD                


2007
    The Wedding Band Rural Retreat       CD         buy it now      
                               
    Plaindealer(r) Voiceprint       CD         buy it now      

sweet powder


2008
    Sweet Powder Rural Retreat       CD         buy it now      
                               
    Time Past And Time Passing Electric Ragtime       CD         US release available as download or on import      

2010
    And Then There Were Three Market Square       CD         buy it now      
                               
    Wrytree Drift Rural Retreat       CD         buy it now      
                               

2011
    Trainsong Guitar Comps Tompkins Square       CD                
                               
The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock
Estatic Peace LP ltd edition 500 copies only
                               
Blue Season Rural Retreat CD      
Verite Alexandra, Alex Warnes, Michael Chapman perform album of Chapman songs
     
Fully Qualified Survivor (r) Light in the Attic CD/LP      
                               
    Growing Pains volume 3 Market Square       CD                
                               
    Birthday Album Rural Retreat       CD                
    initially Birthday album was a present to Michael and limited to 50 copies which were distributed to artists involved in the project. This was then developed into te Tribute album Oh Michael Look What You've Done on Tompkins Square

2012
    The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock (r)                  
    Blast First Petite CD                
                   
    Rainmaker (r) Light in the Attic CD/LP                
                             
    Pachyderm Blast First Petite       CD/LP                
                               
    Plaindealer (r) MYSTRA       LP         limited edition LP reissue. Beautiful embossed hand coloured sleeve.      

2013
    Wrecked Again (r) Light in the Attic       CD/LP                


2014
    Live At The Folk Cottage Treehouse44       CD/LP                
                               
    Playing Guitar The Easy Way (r) Light In The Attic       CD/LP                
                               
    Polarbear Blast First Petite       CD/LP                

2015
    Live At The Rockpalast Repertoire CD / DVD
                               
    Window (r) Light In The Attic       CD/LP                
                               
    Savage Amusement (r) Secret Records       CD                
                               
    Fish Tompkins Square       CD/LP                
                               
    Deal Gone Down (r) Secret Records       CD                
                               
    No Hat No Picture Three Lobed Rec       LP     Michael recorded 1 side Hiss Golden Messenger recorded the other. LP available as part of Parallelogram 5 LP set. Limited number sold at gigs and via ebay      

2016
    Savage Amusement (r) Secret Records       LP     Limited release for Record Shop Day      
                               
    Solo Acoustic Vol 11 VDSQ       LP     Instrumental album as part of their Solo Acoustic series, Michael's album of homages to his heroes is volume 11 in an ongoing series      
                           
    Lescudjack / Lescudjack Emotional Rescue       10"     Lexx remix of Lescudjack from 1979      

2017
    50 Paradise of Bachelors CD / LP            

Compilations - Chapman Material

1970's
    Michael Chapman Lived Here
Cube
      LP     197?   tracks recorded for Harvest albums. Session details and nifty insert sheet      
                               
    Michael Chapman Lived Here
Victoria (Spain)
      LP     198?   tracks recorded for Harvest albums. Session details and nifty insert sheet      
                               
    Lady On The Rocks
Nova
      LP     197?  

tracks recorded for Harvest German compilation.

     
                               
    Pop Spectacular
BBC
   
CN 2631
LP     1976   30min set from The Michael Chapman Band from BBC In Concert backed with set from Colosseum II      

1980's
    Michael Chapman
Criminal Records
   
Crime 1
LP     1980   Canadian compilation of material from Play Guitar, Life On The Ceiling & Looking For Eleven      
 
    The Best Of 1969 - 1971 See For Miles    
SEE-CD-230
CD / LP     1989   expanded reissue of Lived Here      

2000's
    Dangerous When Sober Castle / Sanctuary    
CMDDD 993
DBL CD     2004   tracks from the three Mooncrest CDs      
                               
    Originals         DBL CD     2006  

repackaging of Dogs Got More Sense without the DVD

     
                               
    Sixty Minutes With Voiceprint CD     2007   tracks from albums released through voiceprint      

Various Artist Compilations with exclusive Michael Chapman tracks
    Fylde Acoustic Trailer    
LER 2105
LP     1977 deleted   Tracks recorded on Fylde acoustic instruments, version of English Music      
                               
    Bompilation Bare Knuckle Records    
BKRO4089901
CD     2004 deleted   instrumental atmospheric run through of Rabbit Hills      
                               
    Front Room Masters 1966 - 1973 Fairview Studios       DBL CD     2008   early demo versions circa 1966-67 (my guess unless anyone knows better) of On My Way Again and Goodbye To Monday Night      
    Trades Roots Live Trades Club       CD     2009  

buy it now

recorded live at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge with a great version of Cowboy Phase

     

Covers of Michael Chapman Material


1960's
    Derek Brimstone                          
    Fire And Brimstone Fontana       LP     1968   Version of You Say      

1970's
    Famous Jug Band                          
    Chameleon Liberty     LBS 83355 LP     1970   version of March Rain      
                               
    Derek Brimstone                          
    Very Good Time Rubber Records     RUB 05 LP     1972   version of March Rain      
                               
    Crowdy Crawn                          
    No Song To Sing Sentinel             1974   version of No Song To SIng      
    Crowdy Crawn were Brenda Wootton and Robert Bartlett                  
                       
    John The Fish                          
    Coelacanth Sweet Folk & Country     SFA 014 LP     1975   version of Goodbye To Monday Night      
                               
    Derek Brimstone                          
    Shuffleboat River Farewell Rubber Records     RUB 017 LP     1976   version of Shuffleboat River Farewell      
                               
    Peter Ratzenbeck                          
    Straight & Ragged Roots       LP     1977   version of Champion      
                               

1980's
    Peter Ratzenbeck                          
    Sugar & Spice Ariola       LP     1980   versions of Champion & Wellington the Skellington      
                               
    Peter Ratzenbeck                          
    Refuge Ariola       LP     1982   version of Among The Trees      
                               
    Peter Ratzenbeck                          
    Blue Balance Die Muhle       LP     198?   Version of In The Valley      

1990's
    Peter Ratzenbeck                          
    Over The Years Shamrock       CD     1990   version of Wellington The Skellington      
                               
    John McCormick                          
    Mercury's Well Phantom Records       CD     1992   version of Kodak Ghosts      
                               
    Maggie Holland                          
    By Heart Rhiannon Records     RHYD5008 CD     1995   version of Postcards of Scarborough      
                               
    Ragtime Millionaires                          
    Life Is Good Sometimes Fellside       CD     1996   version of Andru's Easy Rider      
                               

1999
    Famous Jug Band                          
    Sunshine Possibilities (r) Wooded Hill     HILLCD25 CD     1999   version of March Rain off Chameleon album      
                               
    Peter Ratzenbeck                          
    Resonances Woodcraft       CD     1999   versions of The Twisted Road and That Time Of Night Michael also produces, plays and sings on this album      

2000's
    Show of Hands                          
    Covers         CD     2000   live version of No Song To SIng      
                               
    Show Of Hands                          
    No Song To SIng Delta Music       CD     2001   live version of No Song To SIng      
                               
    John McCormick                          
    Live At The Freight Phantom Records       CD     2002   live Kodak Ghosts      

2012
    Oh Michael Look What You've Done Tompkins Square       CD     2012  
reimagining of the Birthday album UK and US fans and friends play Chapman songs
     
                               
    Kurt Vile Meg Baird                          
    Just Another Story Matador    
OLE 987-7
7"     2012   ltd edition 750 copies      
                               
    Lucinda Williams                          
   
That Time Of Night
Tompkins Square       10"     2012  
backed with Michaels version this was a limited edition release for RSD 2012
     
    Bridget St John                          
    Ask Me No Questions / Rabbit Hills Shagrat    
ORC 07
7"     2016   B side is reissue of Bridget St John track off 2012 Tompkins Square compilation      

session work to come

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