Harry Chapin - Verities and Balderdash (1974) Vinyl & LP • Cat's in the Cradle

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Fold-out lyric/photo insert included. Vinyl plays with occasional crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; some scuffing, discoloration with darker discoloration spots (front/back); small surface impressions on back. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is mostly crisp with signs of light use and divots, slightly heavier towards center. Butterfly label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Cats In The Cradle
2. I Wanna Learn A Love Song
3. Shooting Star
4. 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas
5. She Sings Songs Without Words
6. What Made America Famous?
7. Vacancy
8. Halfway To Heaven
9. Six String Orchestra

About The Record:

Verities & Balderdash by Harry Chapin, peaked at No. 4 on Billboard 200 and has been certified 2X platinum by RIAA. Cat's in the Cradle was Chapin's highest charting single, finishing at No. 38 for the year on the 1974 Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only No. 1 hit song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin's recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.The follow-up single, I Wanna Learn a Love Song, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart at No. 44, and Billboard Adult Contemporary at No. 7. A promotional single, What Made America Famous?, was released to radio stations as a 45. The album was advertised with the slogan: "As only Harry can tell it." The album was the only work by Chapin to exclusively use professional studio musicians, rather than his touring band, as had been the case in previous projects.