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.
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