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Since then, the song has assumed its own separate identity. With Ashokan Farewell as the centerpiece, more than 200,000 copies of the series sound track have been sold, and the album (on Elektra Nonesuch) is making its way into the higher reaches of the hit charts. The single, released Nov. 30, is receiving regular play on country stations...
RUBAIYAT, ELEKTRA'S 40th ANNIVERSARY (Elektra). If a company has to give itself an anniversary toast, this is an intrepid -- and often amusing -- way to do it. Thirty-eight current Elektra artists (from Tracy Chapman to Metallica) polish up some tunes from Elektra's past and take them out for a Sunday drive. Surprise is constant on this 2-CD set, satisfaction frequent, and transcendence (as on Jackson Browne's version of First Girl I Loved) available on request...
...like it than not." Still, he is often willing to gamble on something different. He eagerly signed a politically conscious black singer- songwriter who was a classmate of his son's at Tufts. The result was an SBK success story: Tracy Chapman, whose hits the firm produced for the Elektra label...
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: FLOOD (Elektra). When they're good, they're winningly whimsical and goofy. When they're off the mark (as in their current cover of the old novelty item Istanbul, Not Constantinople), you just want to lock these guys in their room so they can't come out and play...
...imagined that Chapman would be so big a success so soon. In 1988 Elektra Records released Tracy Chapman, eleven spare, well-crafted folk songs by a 24-year-old Tufts University graduate. Some were about unrequited love, yes, but others spoke of homelessness, racism and revolution. The album became Billboard's No. 1 pop album and sold 10 million copies. Chapman won three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist. Last year, on the Amnesty International tour, she crisscrossed the globe with Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Peter Gabriel, performing before stadiums of cheering fans on five continents. In May she will...