MICHAEL CHAPMAN Rainmaker LP HARVEST 1969 UK 1stPress+foc w/AYNSLEY DUNBAR

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with AYNSLEY DUNBAR, DANNY THOMPSON, RICK KEMP, ALEX DMOCHOWSKI

BARRY MORGAN, CLEM CLEMPSON, NORMAN HAINES

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 

"RAINMAKER"

Produced by Gus Dudgeon for Tuesday Productions

1969     LP     HARVEST RECORDS      STEREO   SHVL 755

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 fully laminated on the outside gatefold sleeve

and with both Harvest and EMI logos on the front/rear 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: (rear) SHVL 755

Catalog on labels: SHVL 755 (SHVL.755A / SHVL.755B) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SHVL 755 A -2G

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SHVL 755 B -1G

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

?1969 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 3 o'clock)

Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists

Produced by Gus Dudgeon for Tuesday Productions

Rights Society: Essex Music International. Mecolico. MCPS. BIEM. NCB

On Inside Sleeve: Album conceived, written and designed by Michael Chapman

Photography - Jim Marshall

Publishing - Essex Music International

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

Tuesday Productions

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: IT DIDN'T WORK OUT - RAINMAKER - YOU SAY

THANK YOU P.K. 1944 - NO-ONE LEFT TO CARE - SMALL STONES

Side B: NOT SO MUCH A GARDEN-MORE LIKE A MAZE - ONE TIME THING

ONE TIME THING - SUNDAY MORNING - GOODBYE TO MONDAY NIGHT - P 1969

  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)

In 1969 British singer/songwriter Michael Chapman took the U.K.'s folk-rock world by surprise with his debut album, 

Rainmaker, on the Harvest label. In an era when each week garnered a new surprise in the music world, 

gathering serious and widespread critical acclaim wasn't easy, and finding a buying public near impossible. 

Rainmaker showcases a new talent who holds nothing back for himself. Every songwriting principle and trick, 

killer guitar riff, and songwriting hook in his bag makes an appearance here (something he would never do again). 

As a result, there are several truly striking things about the album that makes it stand out from the rest 

of the Brit folk-rock slog from the late '60s. One of them is Chapman's guitar playing. 

A true stylist in his own right, he holds a middle line between John Martyn and Bert Jansch with the provocative 

electric rock funkiness of Martyn juxtaposed against the rock solid folk traditional so wonderfully espoused by Jansch. 

Another is Chapman's lean, carved, sleek lyrical style, preferring the starkness of poetry to the lush elements 

of the song styles usually found on records of this type. Both are put to fine use on the opener, 

"It Didn't Work Out," a gorgeous broken love ballad with a philosophical bent, along with Chapman's 

doleful resigned vocal; the electric guitars cascade over fingerpicked acoustics, and acoustic 

and electric basses -- courtesy of Rick Kemp and Danny Thompson....(AllMusic)