30th May 2012: v/a Oh Michael, Look What You've Done : Friends Play Michael Chapman / Interview with Josh Rosenthal (Tompkins Square) / Playlist

Featured: v/a Oh Michael, Look What You've Done : Friends Play Michael Chapman (Tompkins Square)

Michael Chapman began his career on the Cornish folk circuit in 1967. Signed to the Harvest label, home to Pink Floyd and Deep Purple, he recorded four quasi-legendary albums. The influential 'Fully Qualified Survivor' was John Peel's favorite record of 1970, and featured future Bowie collaborator Mick Ronson. After decades of recording and touring, Chapman remained an obscure figure in the States until his profile was raised by a lengthy 2009 interview with big fan Thurston Moore in Fretboard Journal.

He toured extensively with the late guitarist Jack Rose, and more recently, with Bill Callahan. Seattle-based indie label Light in the Attic began a reissue campaign of his Harvest work, and Tompkins Square released the internationally acclaimed double disc, 'Trainsong : Guitar Compositions, 1967-2010'.

All this has brought newfound attention to a singular guitarist and songwriter.

'Oh Michael, Look What You've Done : Friends Play Michael Chapman', compiled by Michael's wife Andru and Tompkins Square's Josh Rosenthal, features artists who have shared a stage with Michael, or share a personal connection. These include some of his contemporaries like Bridget St. John, Maddy Prior, and longtime cohort Rick Kemp (Steeleye Span), as well as young guns inspired by Michael's legacy.

Tompkins Square

Radio Playlist 30th May 2012 (HERE)


John Fahey - In Christ There Is No East Or West ['Night Ride' BBC - May 28, 1969]
Jack Rose - Sunflower River Blues [Kensington Blues]
Michael Chapman - So Young / Fahey's Flag [Live on KEXP Seattle, WA - June 22, 2011]
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Meg Baird - No Song To Sing [v/a Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Sing Michael Chapman]
Michael Chapman - Slowcoach [Words Fail Me Vols.1 & 2]
Lucinda Williams - That Time Of Night [v/a Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Sing Michael Chapman]
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Max Ochs - Imaginational Anthem (1969) [Tompkins Square/Fonotone 7"]
Max Ochs - Ain't Nobody High Raga [Hooray For Another Day]
John Fahey - Oh Holy Night [v/a Imaginational Anthem Vol.1]
Jack Rose - Crossing The North Fork II [v/a Imaginational Anthem Vol.2]
Michael Chapman - Leaving The Apple [v/a Imaginational Anthem Vol.2]
Son House - Dry Spell Blues [v/a People Take Warning]
Charlie Patton - Mississippi Boll Weevil [v/a People Take Warning]
Michael Chapman - Caddo Lake [Words Fail Me Vols.1 & 2]
Max Ochs - Imaginational Anthem (2004) [v/a Imaginational Anthem Vol.1]
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Mark Fosson - Wind Through A Broken Glass [The Lost Takoma Sessions]
Ben Reynolds - Here Toucheth Blues (#) [v/a Imaginational Anthem Vol.1]
Hiss Golden Messenger - Fennario [v/a Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Sing Michael Chapman]