Fully Qualified Survivor [Import]

Fully Qualified Survivor [Import]

Track Listings

1. Fishbeard Sunset

2. Soulful Lady

3. Rabbit Hills

4. March Rain

5. Kodak Ghosts

6. Andru's Easy Rider

7. Trinkets & Things

8. Aviator

9. Naked Ladies and Electric Ragtime

10. Stranger in the Room

11. Postcards of Scarborough

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1997 reissue on Repertoire of the British folk rocker's 1970album, originally released on Harvest & featuring 'PostcardsOf Scarborough'. Guests include Mick Ronson, Barry Morgan and Rick Kemp. 11 tracks total.

Tracks:

Fishbeard Sunset
Soulful Lady
Rabbit Hills
March Rain
Kodak Ghosts
Andru's Easy Rider
Trinkets & Things
Aviator
Naked Ladies and Electric Ragtime
Stranger in the Room
Postcards of Scarborough

Album Description

1997 reissue on Repertoire of the British folk rocker's 1970album, originally released on Harvest & featuring 'PostcardsOf Scarborough'. Guests include Mick Ronson, Barry Morgan and Rick Kemp. 11 tracks total.

Album Details

Reissue of Classic 70's Folk Rock Album with Guests Mick Ronson and Paul Buckmaster.

Customer Reviews:

Evocative, well crafted, esoteric. .......2007-01-22

Folk, electric, and slide guitar melded together with hightly evocative lyrics and creative, original songwriting. British; melancholy but uplifting. A quality album - the songs and themes flow very well together. Should have brought much greater stardom for Michael Chapman.

Incomprehensively Slipped Through The Cracks.......2003-04-10

You would think that by the 1970's the music industry would be fairly efficient, in the sense that every spectacularly-talented musician could be heard by everyone who would recognise his/her talent for what it was.

Not so, and Michael Chapman is the proof. Oh sure, his voice is a little styled, when the fashion at the time was for "completely natural" voices like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor et al. News for you, kiddies: Michael Chapman was just a tiny little bit more styled than those paragons of naturalness.

Also incomprehensible is how his unique guitar work slipped under the radar: he owns an entire branch of the Tree Of What Can Be Done With The Guitar, and it is all on display on this album. There isn't a dud track anywhere, but the 4-song sequence that starts with "Rabbit Hills," is a 15-minute arc of pure guitar/vocal beauty.

And when he decides to rock, he rocks. Bringing in Mick Ronson was a touch of genius, because most of the album is quiet, but then the two of them go at it...

Definitely one of the top ten albums of the 1970's. Just a mystery that it is so unknown.

Incomprehensively Slipped Through The Cracks.......2003-04-10

And when he decides to rock, he rocks. Bringing in Mick Ronson was a touch of genius, because most of the album is quiet, but then the two of them go at it...

Definitely one of the top ten albums of the 1970's. Just a mystery that it is so unknown.

Incomprehensibly Slipped Through The Cracks.......2003-04-10

You would think that by the 1970's the music industry would be fairly efficient, in the sense that every spectacularly-talented musician would be heard by everyone who would recognise his/her talent for what it was.

And when he decides to rock, he rocks. Bringing in Mick Ronson (shortly before he became the lead Spider From Mars) was a touch of genius, because most of the album is quiet, but then the two of them go at it...

Definitely one of the top ten albums of the 1970's. Just a mystery that it is so unknown.

Tough & Tender Brit-Folk Classic.......2000-06-21

Ace guitarist Chapman growls his way through his strongest collection of songs here..."Postcards of Scarborough", "Kodak Ghosts" and "Rabbit Hills" are etched deep with lonliness and regret; "Stranger in the Room" and "Soulful Lady" are tougher rock pieces with killer guitar from future Spider Mick Ronson (Rick Kemp is in there on bass), while the opening "Aviator" is a doomy masterpiece with fine orchestration by Paul Buckmaster. You also get a couple of nimble ragtime guitar tunes to lighten the tone. All of Michael Chapman's albums are good - this one is superb.

Average customer rating:

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Michael Chapman
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000094BZG
Release Date: 2004-09-27

Tracks:

Aviator
Naked Ladies and Electric Ragtime
Stranger in the Room
Postcards of Scarborough
Fishbeard Sunset
Soulful Lady
Rabbit Hills
March Rain
Kodak Ghosts
Andru's Easy Rider
Trinkets and Rings

Album Description

UK remastered reissue combines the British folk act's 1968 & 1970 albums. Updated packaging includes extensive sleeve notes & a slipcase. BGO Records. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Hull Folk Rocker's First Two Albums Compiled to a Single CD as Originally Released on the Harvest Label.