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After parting ways with Harvest, Chapman signed with Deram Records where he experimented with electric guitar and harder rhythms in his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1980s marked a quieter period for Chapman as he continued recording for smaller record labels and performing on the folk and club circuits. However, towards the late 1990s, he experienced a rebirth in his career receiving critical acclaim for his albums and earning praise from performers like Thurston Moore and Supergrass. In addition to song-based sets, Chapman also explored instrumental albums rooted in his guitar playing background during the 2000s.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"plaindealer","title":"Plaindealer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe true definition of a guitarist's guitarist, \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Chapman\u003c\/strong\u003e could turn his hand to seemingly any style of music, drawing on jazz, rock, and even Indian traditions in order to create a truly unique sound among Britain's late-60s folk scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gonzo","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50380152766795,"sku":"2216394","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_a7d01959_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726209522"},{"product_id":"50-1","title":"50","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter five decades of recording and touring, veteran British songwriter and guitar sage Michael Chapman has finally made what he calls his \"American record,\" and the aptly titled 50 now stands as his late career masterwork, a moving legacy statement by a legend. Backed by a collaborative group of friends and acolytes - Steve Gunn (who also produced), Nathan Bowles (Pelt, Black Twig Pickers), James Elkington (Jeff Tweedy, Richard Thompson), Jason Meagher (No-Neck Blues Band), Jimy SeiTang (Rhyton), and fellow UK songwriting luminary Bridget St John - Chapman tears into both bold renderings of new songs and radical reinterpretations of material from his revered catalog, the crack band adeptly scaling the same rarefied sonic heights of classic Harvest albums like \u003ci\u003eFully Qualified Survivor\u003c\/i\u003e, guided by a true survivor's instinct, wit, and wisdom. The result is a sublime chiaroscuro self-portrait, more shadow than light, as an invigorated Chapman wrestles with weighty themes of t ravel, memory, mortality, and redemption, his world-weary whispers assuming the incandescent power of prophecy. The deluxe LP package includes tip-on jacket, printed inner sleeve, lyrics, and download card with two bonus tracks; the CD features a gatefold jacket, lyrics, and two non-LP bonus tracks. The album includes both radical reinterpretations of obscure material from Michael’s catalog as well as three new compositions: \u003ci\u003eSometimes You Just Drive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoney Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRosh Pina\u003c\/i\u003e. A longstanding but freshly urgent preoccupation with (as Michael sings in a beloved early tune) “time past and time passing” is evident straightaway, from the album title and the first line of the first song through the final lyric of the record. Never before in his storied career has Chapman gazed so steadily into the abyss of time lost and regained; never before has he engaged so intimately with his legacy and the changing meanings of his own music over time. That he manages to do so without succumbing to nostalgia or sentimentality bears testament to the steely fortitude of his ruminative, tough-minded songs, which survey both inscape and landscape with the same stoical detachment. With 50, Chapman faces mortality with both guitar and chainsaw in hand, and endures. 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This authoritative set of predominantly new, and utterly devastating, songs hews to a more intimate sonic signature—more atmospheric, textural, and minimalist than \u003ci\u003e50\u003c\/i\u003e, stately and melancholy in equal measure. Recorded in rural West Wales, \u003ci\u003eTrue North\u003c\/i\u003e unflinchingly surveys home and horizon, traveling from the Bahamas to Texas to the Leeds of Chapman’s childhood, haunted by the mirages of memory and intimations of mortality. Joining him on this introspective journey is a cast of old friends and new disciples: once again Steve Gunn produces and plays guitar, and fellow UK song writing hero Bridget St John sings, collaborating with cellist Sarah Smout and legendary pedal steel player BJ Cole, who has accompanied everyone from John Cale to Scott Walker, Elton John to Terry Allen, Felt to Björk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas \u003ci\u003e50\u003c\/i\u003e featured two new songs among radical reinterpretations of material from Chapman’s deep catalogue, \u003ci\u003eTrue North\u003c\/i\u003e includes twice as many new numbers among its quiver of eleven arrows - \u003ci\u003eIt’s Too Late, Eleuthera\u003c\/i\u003e, the fiery \u003ci\u003eBluesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and slow-rolling album centre piece \u003ci\u003eTruck Song \u003c\/i\u003e- confirming the exultant return of Chapman the songwriter. The other songs were selected from various obscure corners of Chapman’s vast catalogue (\u003ci\u003eYouth Is Wasted on the Young\u003c\/i\u003e was previously recorded with Thurston Moore and Jim O’Rourke for a compilation, for example.) 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At the time Chapman was being billed as \"exciting new blues artist\" and that is reflected in some of the material captured in these recordings (\"Baby Please Don't Go\", \"Parchman Farm\" and \"Kansas City\") but there is also the odd surprise in store for Chapman fans, including a cover of Buddy Holly's \"That'll Be The Day\" as well as three original instrumentals that highlight the emergence of Chapman's innovative and instantly recognisable guitar style that we know today. 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