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Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold Audio CD

A fair review of the Gordon Lightfoot "Gord's Gold" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Gordon Lightfoot reviews here, or go back to the Gordon Lightfoot tabs.

Gordon Lightfoot Band: Gordon Lightfoot
Title: Gord's Gold
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Medley: I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness 2: Song for a Winter's Night 3: Canadian Railroad Trilogy 4: Softly 5: For Lovin' Me/Did She Mention My Name 6: Steel Rail Blues 7: Wherefor and Why 8: Bitter Green 9: Early Morning Rain 10: Minstrel of the Dawn 11: Sundown 12: Beautiful 13: Summer Side of Life 14: Rainy Day People 15: Cotton Jenny 16: Don Quixote 17: Circle of Steel 18: Old Dan's Records 19: If You Could Read My Mind 20: Cold on the Shoulder 21: Carefree Highway

Remaster in order
Love the re-records but wish they had included 8th Ave on the cd. Been a GL fan for decades and learned to play guitar with every songbook I could get my hands on. I got around this by taking it off the vinyl and compiling my own cd. Looking forward to a remaster of GG which I will immediately buy.


Amazed.
What I am amazed by is the sheer number of excellent songs Lightfoot has written over the years. This CD does leave off Affair on Eighth Avenue, which is fine by me, it not being one of my favorite songs anyway.
And a great many of them are on this compilation. It doesn't really matter to me if he decides to redo some songs, that's ok. . they're HIS songs. Upon reading the inside of the booklet and seeing in bold type ALL SELECTIONS WRITTEN BY GORDON LIGHTFOOT, I was kicked in the head by the man's output through the years. Absolutely astounding. How did he do it?
How does one mind come up with so many great songs? And the most astounding thing is, this album was released BEFORE Summertime Dream, Shadows, Endless Wire, Shadows, etc. etc.
Sometimes a Greatest Hits compilation means that artist has reached reached the end of the line, but not so with Lightfoot. He kept on going.
Gord's Gold. . . absolutely amazing.


Please Add "Affair on Eighth Avenue" When Remastering This One
Besides greatest hits, there are best ofs, anthologies, esstentials, all-time greatest hits, very best ofs, completes, golds, definitives, classics, favorites, proper introductions to, etc. Let me say that one of my pet peeves in life is the sheer number of ways our friends at the record companies have found to release slightly different versions of an artist's greatest hits. I'm sure anyone who reads this can think of other terms. Having said that, this CD reissue of what was originally a two-LP set of "Gord's Gold" is an excellent starting point for fans of the man. As other reviewers have noted, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is not present because it was recorded after this set was released. So if you must have that song or anything else Mr. Lightfoot recorded after about 1974, look elsewhere. The reason this set does not get five stars from me is the glaring omission of "Affair on Eighth Avenue," a great song that was on the original records. Because of space limitations, it was omitted from the CD so that Reprise Records could issue this collection on a single disc. Mr. Lightfoot originally had the song on one of his United Artist albums from the late 1960s. But he re-recorded it for "Gord's Gold," and to the best of my knowledge, the newer version has never appeared on any other CD. I was hoping it would be on the excellent 4-CD box set covering Mr. Lightfoot's entire career that was released by Rhino Records a few years ago. But it wasn't. Nor was it a bonus track when Rhino put out Mr. Lightfoot's four studio albums _ "Old Dan's Records," "Dream Street Rose," "Shadows" and "Salute" _ that hadn't been on CD before. It could have been. What a shame it wasn't. So this is a plea to Rhino/Reprise/Warner Brothers: Please, if you ever get around to digitally remastering "Gord's Gold," restore "Affair on Eighth Avenue" to it. I believe the technology has improved to the point that a single CD can hold up to 80 minutes now, which would easily accomodate the extra track. .


A true folk musician!
I enjoy driving down the road and singing along with Gordie!.


Some thoughts on half of a great album....
I have thoroughly enjoyed this recording. Since 1968, I have followed this masterful singer songwriter. That being said,it is frustrating that Warner/Reprise has not remastered Gord's Gold, because one can hear how blurred the sound is, especially the UA material. You can HEAR the difference in the sound, if one has the 4 CD Songbook, regarding the remainder. This may sound like heresy, but I suggest skipping Gord's Gold, Vol 2. That is the only disappointing rerecordings of the incomparable originals.


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