Harry Chapin - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 8-1-1974

The "PBS Soundstage" TV program ran from 1974 to 2018, with some big gaps of years without any episodes. But I think the most interesting ones are from the 1970s, resulting in high quality audio and video of some musical acts that we otherwise don't have lots of other live recordings at that quality level. Singer-songwriter Harry Chapin is a case in point. Here's his episode, from 1974.

Today, Chapin is best known for his song "Cat's in the Cradle," which was a Number One hit in the U.S. in 1974. Unfortunately, this concert took place two months before that song was released as a single. I checked at setlist.fm, and it turns out he performed it in concert as far back as October 1973. So I guess it's just bad luck that it wasn't included yet. But it could be he didn't realize how popular it would become.

However, although "Cat's in the Cradle" isn't here, probably his next two biggest hits are, "W.O.L.D." and "Taxi." Additionally, Chapin had a reputation for interesting banter between songs, and he definitely lived up to that in this concert. 

This unreleased album is 59 minutes long.

01 talk (Harry Chapin)
02 Sunday Morning Sunshine (Harry Chapin)
03 talk (Harry Chapin)
04 W.O.L.D. (Harry Chapin)
05 talk (Harry Chapin)
06 Mr. Tanner (Harry Chapin)
07 talk (Harry Chapin)
08 Six String Orchestra (Harry Chapin)
09 talk (Harry Chapin)
10 Better Place to Be (Harry Chapin)
11 talk (Harry Chapin)
12 The Ballad of Jed Clampett [Instrumental Version] (Harry Chapin)
13 Mail Order Annie (Harry Chapin)
14 Taxi (Harry Chapin)
15 What Made America Famous (Harry Chapin)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/jGUG28xz

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/XcwNLYa36Xn4w31/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. I took a screenshot from a rather low-res video. So I had to use the Krea AI program to improve the quality some.