MICHAEL CHAPMAN Fully Qualified Survivor LP HARVEST 1970 UK 1stPress MICK RONSON
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MICHAEL CHAPMAN

with RICK KEMP, BARRY MORGAN, MICK RONSON, GUS DUDGEON, 

JOHNNY VAN DEREK, PAUL BUCKMASTER

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 

"FULLY QUALIFIED SURVIVOR"

Produced by Gus Dudgeon for Tuesday Productions

1970     LP     HARVEST RECORDS      STEREO   SHVL 764


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 gatefold sleeve laminated on the outside 

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 764; (inside): SHVL 764 (1E 062 ? 90988)

Catalog on labels: SHVL 764 (SHVL.764A / SHVL.764B) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SHVL 764 A-1U

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SHVL 764 B-1U

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 8 o'clock circa)

Produced by Gus Dudgeon for Tuesday Productions

Rights Society: Essex International. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB

On Inside Sleeve: Album conceived, written and designed by Michael Chapman apart from the lyric

to Trinckets And Rings which was written by Miss Andru Makin

Music published by Essex Music International

Photography by David Wills and Barry Nettleton

Strings arranged by Paul Buckmaster

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

7003   TPS   Printed and made by the E.J. Day Group, London and Bedford   SHVL 764

Made and Printed in Great Britain

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tracklisting

Side A: AVIATOR - NAKED LADIES AND ELECTRIC RAGTIME

STRANGER IN THE ROOM - POSTCARDS OF SCARBOROUGH

Side B: FISHBEARD SUNSET - SOULFUL LADY - RABBIT HILLS

MARCH RAIN - KODAK GHOSTS - ANDRU'S EASY RIDER - TRINKETS AND RINGS

  grading

RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description) 

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

After the critical acclaim Michael Chapman received for Rainmaker in 1969, he followed up quickly in early 1970 

with Fully Qualified Survivor, a record more adventurous and haunting than its predecessor, with added 

production flourishes and equally strong songs. Fully Qualified Survivor is the album that established 

Chapman as a folk troubadour. Leaving the guitar pyrotechnics largely locked in a shed, Chapman 

concentrated instead on his songwriting skills, and the sacrifice -- for this record anyway -- paid off. 

Leaving the lead guitar credits to a fellow Hull-man, Mick Ronson (who got his gig with David Bowie 

as a result of his playing on this album), with Rick Kemp making a return as bassist and Barry Morgan on drums, 

Chapman relied on no less than Paul Buckmaster -- then beginning to work with Elton John, 

among others -- to employ and arrange a small string section to fill out the songs.

The disc's opener, "Aviator," is the song that best embodies the spirit of the songwriter and album 

better than anything else on it. Aviator begins with a lilting violin entwined around a cello and a strummed guitar. 

Chapman intones his lyrics as a world-weary traveler who has come to the end of his days and looks back 

on the things he has seen, loved, and lost. The song has no refrain, and is sung like a poem, 

with stunning violin fills swooping and sweeping all over the place, and with the cello and Kemp's bass 

playing counterpoint to one another in a melancholic melody full of pathos and verve...(AllMusic)

 


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