Greatest Stories Live

Greatest Stories Live is a 1976 greatest hits live album by the American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. It was recorded over three nights at three California venues in November 1975. Certain elements had to be re-recorded in the studio due to technical problems with the live recordings. The original LP release featured three new studio tracks, two of which ("She Is Always Seventeen" and "Love Is Just Another Word") were excluded from the CD release. "A Better Place to Be" was released as a single, and did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The album is notable for its extended version of "30,000 Pounds of Bananas", infamous for Chapin's recounting of his brothers' remarks after hearing the original ending: "Harry...it sucks." The quote became so popular with Harry Chapin fans that concert shirts were sold with the quotation on it.

Track listing (CD release)

 * "She Is Always Seventeen" and "Love Is Just Another Word" appear between "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" and "The Shortest Story" on side 4 of the original 1976 vinyl release.

Personnel

 * Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals
 * Ron Bacchiocchi - synthesizer, percussion, clavinet
 * Ed Bednarski - clarinet
 * Stephen Chapin - synthesizer, piano, vocals
 * Tom Chapin - guitar, banjo, vocals
 * Christine Faith - vocals
 * Cheryl Ferrio - vocals
 * Howie Fields - drums
 * David Kondziela - vocals
 * Paul Leka - piano, clavinet
 * Michael Masters - cello
 * Tim Moore - piano
 * Mark Mundy - vocals
 * Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals
 * Don Payne - bass
 * Kathy Ramos - vocals
 * Tim Scott - cello
 * Allan Schwartzberg - drums
 * Frank Simms - vocals
 * George Simms - vocals
 * Ken Smith - percussion
 * Bob Springer - percussion
 * John Tropea - guitar
 * Betsy Wager - vocals
 * Doug Walker - bass, guitar, vocals
 * John Wallace - bass, vocals
 * Sue White - vocals
 * Christopher von Koschembahr - vocals