MICHAEL CHAPMAN Window LP HARVEST 1970 UK 1st Press+foc SHVL 786 w/RICK KEMP

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with P. HAROLD FATT, RICK KEMP, RICHIE DHARMA, 

ALEX PATTERSON, JOHNNY VAN DEREK

A former art and photography teacher, Michael Chapman emerged from the folk scene in Yorkshire, England, 

gaining a reputation as one of England's finest original singer/songwriters. 

A deal with the fledgling Harvest label (EMI's "underground" boutique) led to the release 

of Rainmaker in 1969. The album featured the support of Rick Kemp (who went on to provide 

bass for Chapman for many years) and Danny Thompson. Window followed in short order, 

with Fully Qualified Survivor completing a debut triptych that sent waves of critical appreciation 

through the music industry, with influential BBC disc jockey John Peel 

supporting Chapman whenever possible 

"WINDOW"

Produced by Gus Dudgeon for Tuesday Productions

1970     LP     HARVEST RECORDS      STEREO   SHVL 786

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL COPY    1ST PRESSING

WITHOUT boxed EMI Logo and with 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' at 6 o'clock on the label

This version: Issued on green/yellow Harvest label (without boxed EMI logo) 

in a lightly textured on the outside gatefold sleeve

and with both Harvest and EMI logos on the front and on the inside panel to the right

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  HARVEST -  GREEN/YELLOW LABEL and without boxed 'EMI' - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) SHVL 786: (inside): SHVL 786 (1E 062 ? 91956)

Catalog on labels: SHVL 786 (SHVL.786A / SHVL.786B) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SHVL 786 A -2U

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SHVL 786 B -2U

On labels: "Made in Gt. Britain" (on the labels appears at 6 o'clock)

?1970 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 9 o'clock circa)

Produced by Gus Dudgeon for Tuesday Productions

Rights Society: Essex International. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB

On Inside Sleeve: File under POPULAR : Male Vocal.

Album conceived, written and designed by Michael Chapman

Music published by Essex Music International

Photographs by Barry Nettleton and Richard Emery

the "6.15" accompanied by the massed voices of the dean teagarden singers 

featuring the screaming skull, the bombay banger and arthur dogg

?1970

E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd)

Made and Printed in Great Britain

7012 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. SHVL 786

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: LADY ON THE ROCKS/SONG FOR SEPTEMBER

LAST LADY SONG - AMONG THE TREES - AN OLD MAN REMEMBERS

Side B: IN THE VALLEY - FIRST LADY SONG - LANDSHIPS

A SCHOLARLY MAN - SHE CAME IN LIKE THE "6.15" AND MADE A HOLE IN THE WALL

  grading

RECORD (Side A) VG(+) but (please, read above description)

(Side B) VG but (please, read above description) 

SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)

One of the most understated but spectrally beautiful of all Michael Chapman's albums, Window evidences 

just why producer Gus Dudgeon was in such demand during the early '70s, as he allows the idiosyncratic 

Chapman to weave each and every one of his musical moods through the sequence, without the record 

ever appearing to lose its grip. At the time of release, most attention was on the closing craziness 

of "She Came in Like the '6:15' and Made a Hole in the Wall," as performed (says the sleeve)

 by the Massed Voices of the Dean Teagarden Singers, 

featuring the Screaming Skull, the Bombay Banger, and Arthur Dogg. 

However, there are equal (if less lunatic) joys to be drawn from the reflective "An Old Man Remembers," 

while the opening "Lady on the Rocks/Song for September" pairing and the disused bookends 

of "First Lady Song" and "Last Lady Song" all rate among the young Chapman's most engaging works....(AllMusic)