MICHAEL CHAPMAN - Dangerous When Sober: A Potted History Of Michael Chapman, 1966-1980. Castle Music CMDDD 993. UK release. SEALED 2-CD SET. Issued in 2004. 26 live tracks + 8 studio demo tracks. TRACKS, Disc 1:  Key To The Highway*, See See Rider*, Let Me Go Home Whiskey*, Parchman Farm*, Rockport Sunday, Andru’s Easy Rider, Indian Queens, Not So Much A Garden (More Like A Maze), Anniversary, It Didn’t Work Out, Thank You P.K. 1944, Melody-Daisy Bell/Naked Ladies & Electric Ragtime, Reason To Believe, Wrecked Again, Rabbit Hills, and A Scholarly Man (*denotes studio demo, the rest are live). DISC 2:  Party Pieces, Among The Trees, In The Valley, Shuffleboat River Farewell, Time Enough To Spare, Firewater Dreams, Wrecked Again, Deal Gone Down, Sea Of Wine, Hero Returns, Time Enough To Spare, Devastation Hotel, The Secret Of The Locks, How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live, Here We Go Again*, Running For Cover*, Lonely By The Mile*, and Dangerous When Sober* (*denotes studio demo, the rest are live). DESCRIPTION:  It's true that Michael Chapman and sobriety haven't often been boon companions, but it makes for a good title to what's accurately billed as an alternate history. And it starts out truly early with some 1966 demos recorded while he still lived in Hull, before he became professional musician, running through some old blues pieces his first love. He was one of the early signings to EMI’s Harvest label and issued his debut album in 1969. Much of the first CD is live, either with band or in a duo, including some stinging guitar playing, and crisp writing, with that gravelly voice perfect on a wonderful version of Wrecked Again, one of his greatest songs. The second disc focuses on the mid‘70s, including a wonderful Sea Of Wine from a Hamburg gig with Keef Hartley on drums. It all closes with more demos, this time from 1980, with Chapman embracing reggae on the title cut an unusual mix, but one that works far better than it ought. Sometimes he can get a bit too self-indulgent. At 15 minutes, A Scholarly Man goes on a good 10 minutes too long. But as a portrait of Chapman that fills out that of his studio albums, this is excellent stuff.  

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