Portrait Gallery

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Portrait Gallery
Portrait Gallery cover
Studio album by Harry Chapin
Released September 27, 1975
Recorded  ?
Genre Singer-songwriter
Length 47:42
Label Elektra Records
Producer(s)  ?
Professional reviews
Harry Chapin chronology
Verities & Balderdash
(1974)
Portrait Gallery
(1974)
Greatest Stories Live
(1975)


Portrait Gallery is the fifth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1975. (see 1975 in music).

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Dreams Go By" – 4:46
  2. "Tangled Up Puppet" – 3:45
  3. "Star Tripper" – 4:19
  4. "Babysitter" – 4:36
  5. "Someone Keeps Calling My Name" – 6:30
  6. "The Rock" – 4:16
  7. "Sandy" – 2:48
  8. "Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails" – 3:48
  9. "Bummer" – 9:55
  10. "Stop Singing These Sad Songs" – 2:59

[edit] Trivia

An early version of "Someone Keeps Calling My Name" done in a folk-rock vein reminiscent of The Byrds appeared on the obscure 1966 album Chapin recorded with his brothers, Chapin Music!. The main guitar riff (and entire arrangement) in this version is strikingly similar to The Blue Things' equally obscure 1966 track "Doll House."

[edit] Personnel

  • Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
  • Murray Adler - violin
  • Ron Bacchiocchi - synthesiser, percussion
  • Ed Bednarski - clarinet
  • Gene Bianco - harmonica
  • George Bohannon - trombone
  • Bud Brisbois - trumpet
  • Steve Chapin - piano, clavinet, vocals
  • Tom Chapin - vocals
  • Rita Coolidge - vocals
  • Assa Drori - violin
  • Jesse Ehrlich - cello
  • Joan Fishman - vocals
  • Joe Flood - vocals
  • Ronald Folsom - violin
  • James Getzoff - violin
  • Jeff Gross - vocals
  • Jim Horn - saxophone
  • Paul Hubinon - trumpet
  • Bill Hymanson - strings
  • Armand Kaproff - cello
  • Jackie Kelso - saxophone
  • David Kondziela - vocals
  • Kris Kristofferson - vocals
  • Paul Leka - piano, celeste, harpsichord
  • Betty MacIver - vocals
  • Pete MacIver - vocals
  • Michael Masters - cello
  • Marti McCall - vocals
  • Jay Migliori - saxophone, flute
  • Tim Moore - keyboards, clavinet
  • Todd Mulder - vocals
  • Alexander Neiman - viola
  • Gareth Nuttycombe - viola
  • Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals
  • Geoff Parker - vocals, choir, chorus
  • Judi Parker - vocals
  • Don Payne - bass
  • Donald Peake - synthesizer
  • Stanley Plummer - violin
  • Katherine Anne Porter - vocals
  • Frank Porto - accordion
  • Kathy Ramos - vocals
  • Henry Roth - violin
  • Alan Schwartzberg - drums
  • Tim Scott - cello
  • Jack Shulman - violin
  • Frank Simms - vocals
  • George Simms - vocals
  • Ken Smith - flute, mandolin
  • Bob Springer - percussion
  • Billy Swan - vocals
  • John Tropea - guitar
  • Sheila Turner - vocals
  • Christopher Von Koschembahr - vocals
  • John Wallace - bass, vocals
  • Rob White - whistle
  • Susan White - vocals
  • Carolyn Willis - vocals