The new Bottom Line Archive Series, which launched earlier this year with volumes from The Brecker Brothers, Willie Nile, and Kenny Rankin, continues on June 30 with a new wave of titles all recorded at the late, great New York venue once located on West 4th Street in Greenwich Village.  Concerts from Harry Chapin and Janis Ian, plus two various-artists compilations, will be released on Bottom Line Records on that date.

Legendary singer-songwriter Harry Chapin's January 1981 set at The Bottom Line was released as a 2-CD set in 1998 as part of The Bottom Line Encore Collection series.  Now, in anticipation of the concert's 35th anniversary, the Archive Series is reissuing and remastering the original title and adding a third disc premiering a previously unreleased 88-minute show.  (Due to the limitations of CD space, the first two discs have been reconfigured, so the new concert actually begins on the second CD here.)  The label explains that, "to demarcate the second show, we've started with the club's pre-show room ambience - exactly what you would have heard sitting in the audience, moments before the band took the stage. It's another riveting performance and as always, the band gives their impeccable all. Harry's voice may show some wear 'n tear by the time they come around to 'Circle,' but it only adds to this vivid snapshot of an incredible artist who, having given his all, shows that there's still something there left to give."

The late Chapin's release is joined by that of another folk hero, the great Janis Ian.  The "At Seventeen" singer-songwriter's 1980 Bottom Line stand was chronicled on a 1999 Encore Collection release.  Now, that edition has been remastered for its 35th anniversary, and as before, the release contains two bonus tracks culled from Ian's 1991 performances at the club.   Country and bluegrass artist Kathy Mattea writes in 2015 of the new reissue, "This is the great Janis Ian, in her prime, live, and at a legendary venue. The voice is timeless and instantly identifiable, conversational, totally unique. The musicianship is impeccable, as always. The songwriting is far beyond her years, like channeling some wisdom born of lifetimes of experience. For those of us who couldn't be there, this is a rare gift - a memorable evening captured in time, so that we can go back and have a glimpse, a small taste of a very special performance. How lucky are we?"

The Bottom Line Archive Series rounds out its June 30 offerings with two volumes of In Their Own Words.  The first volume, hosted by radio personality Vin Scelsa, was originally issued on CD in 1994.  Its performances, all prefaced by introductions, features intimate recordings by an eclectic group including Jimmy Webb ("Wichita Lineman"), Dion ("King of the New York Streets"), Joey Ramone ("I Wanna Be Sedated"), Lucinda Williams ("Positively 4th Street"), Ric Ocasek ("Just What I Needed") and Richard Thompson ("I Feel So Good").  In Their Own Words Volume 2, from 1996, arrives with a similarly genre-bending roster of artists such as Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, David Johansen, Jill Sobule, John Cale and Pete Seeger.  Vin Scelsa again hosts.

All four releases from The Bottom Line Archive Series are due on June 30, and can be pre-ordered at the links below!

Harry Chapin, The Bottom Line Archive Series: Live 1981 (Bottom Line, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

1. Taxi
2. Story of a Life
3. I Miss America
4. Mercenaries
5. A Better Place to Be
6. I Want to Learn a Love Song
7. Tanner
8. WOLD
9. Mismatch
10. Old Folkie
11. Let Time Go Lightly

CD 2

1. Cat's in the Cradle
2. Remember When the Music
3. 30,000 Pounds of Bananas
4. Sequel
5. Up on the Shelf (Intro)
6. Up on the Shelf
7. Star Trippers
8. Intro/Tuning
9. If My Mary
10. Bluesman

CD 3

1. Flowers Are Red (Intro)
2. Flowers Are Red
3. Halfway to Heaven (Intro)
4. Halfway to Heaven
5. Paint a Picture of Yourself
6. Mail Order Annie (Intro)
7. Mail Order Annie
8. The Audience Button
9. Dreams Go By
10. Poor Damn Fool (Intro)
11. Poor Damn Fool
12. Sniper (Intro)
13. Sniper
14. You Are the Only Song
15. Circle

CD 2, Tracks 5-10 & all tracks CD 3, previously unreleased

Janis Ian, The Bottom Line Archive Series: Live 1980 (Bottom Line, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

1. From Me to You
2. Night Rains
3. I Would Like to Dance
4. Jesse
5. The Other Side of the Sun
6. In the Winter
7. Silly Habits
8. Memories
9. Fly Too High
10. At Seventeen
11. Stars
12. Society's Child (Bonus Track)
13. At Seventeen (Bonus Track)

All tracks previously released.

Various Artists, The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words, Volume One (Bottom Line, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

1. King of the New York Streets - Dion
2. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Barrett Strong
3. I Wanna Be Sedated - Joey Ramone
4. I Feel So Good - Richard Thompson
5. Just What I Needed - Ric Ocasek
6. Wichita Lineman - Jimmy Webb
7. Andersonville - Dave Alvin
8. Anna - Arthur Alexander
9. Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian - Fred Koller
10. I Need Love - Luka Bloom
11. Positively 4th Street - Lucinda Williams
12. No Woman, No Cry - Graham Parker
13. That's the Way Love Goes - Shawn Colvin
14. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Bobby Whitlock

Various Artists, The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words, Volume Two (Bottom Line, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

1. Songwriter's Song - Gordon Gano
2. Mustang Solo - Sir Mack Rice
3. To Have and Have Not - Billy Bragg
4. Luka - Suzanne Vega
5. Born Under a Bad Sign - William Bell
6. Sometimes Love Ain't Enough - Patty Smyth
7. Paris 1919 - John Cale
8. Lookin' For a Kiss - David Johansen
9. Silver Wheels - Bruce Cockburn
10. Patches - General Johnson
11. Get Up and Go - Pete Seeger
12. Electric Trains - Glenn Tilbrook
13. Louisiana 1927 - Marcia Ball
14. Fever - Don Dixon
15. I Will Survive - Jill Sobule
16. Pay Bo Diddley - Gary Nicholson