The Gold Medal Collection

The Gold Medal Collection
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Compilation album by Harry Chapin
Released	September 13, 1988
Genre	Folk rock
Length	2:20:13
Label	Elektra
Producer	Sandy Chapin & Charles J. Sanders
Harry Chapin chronology
Remember When the Music (1987)Remember When the Music1987 The Gold Medal Collection (1988) The Last Protest Singer (1998)The Last Protest Singer1998

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The Gold Medal Collection is a two-CD compilation of various songs from Harry Chapin's career, released to honor Chapin being posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work and campaigns to end hunger. Released in 1988, the album also featured recordings of Chapin speaking about various things, such as alleviating hunger, Pete Seeger, his grandfather, and his early music.

Track listing

Disc 1 (1:08:22):

1. "Taxi" - 6:44
2. "Sunday Morning Sunshine" - 3:30
3. "Old College Avenue" - 4:25
4. "Dirty Old Man" - 1:25
5. "I Wanna Learn A Love Song" - 4:19
6. "Cat's in the Cradle" - 3:44
7. "Tangled Up Puppet" - 3:42
8. "Dancing Boy" - 3:40
9. "Thanksgiving Hunger Drives" - 0:47
10. "Flowers Are Red" - 5:01
11. "She Sings Songs Without Words" - 3:31
12. "Shooting Star" - 4:02
13. "Winter Song" - 2:30
14. "Story of a Life" - 5:15
15. "Commitment and Pete Seeger" - 1:47
16. "There Only Was One Choice" - 14:00

Disc 2 (1:11:51):

1. "A Better Place to Be" - 7:35
2. "Mail Order Annie" - 4:52
3. "Performing" - 0:30
4. "W*O*L*D" - 4:46
5. "Mr. Tanner" - 4:45
6. "Corey's Coming" - 5:38
7. "A Child Is Born" - 0:30
8. "Sniper" - 9:50
9. "Calluses" - 0:41
10. "The Rock" - 4:15
11. "Dance Band on the Titanic" - 5:11
12. "I Wonder What Would Happen to This World" - 3:28
13. "Sequel" - 6:35
14. "My Grandfather" - 1:45
15. "Remember When the Music (Reprise)" - 3:50
16. "Circle" - 7:30