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Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain: The Best of Gordon Lightfoot Audio CD

A fair review of the Gordon Lightfoot "Early Morning Rain: The Best of Gordon Lightfoot" 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.

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Title: Early Morning Rain: The Best of Gordon Lightfoot
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Release Date: 1995-11-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Early Morning Rain 2: Wherefor and Why 3: Last Time I Saw Her 4: Ribbon of Darkness 5: I Want to Hear It from You 6: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 7: Did She Mention My Name 8: Way I Feel 9: Mountains and Maryann 10: I'm Not Sayin' 11: Does Your Mother Know 12: For Lovin' Me

Elements of Greatness
It is not as good as Gord's Gold but has elements of greatness. I was given this by someone who knows I like Lightfoot. The arrangements are simpler but Gord's guitar picking and voice are stronger. (He whistles, too, in Ribbon Of Darkness. ) He has backing that includes a second guitar for lead runs, and a bass. Some songs have strings, or simple percussion from a tamborine. I Want To Hear It From You gives us a horn section and sounds out of place. No steel guitar, and drums are used very sparingly. His singing and guitar are front and centre. I heard some of his most beautiful songs for the first time. Some of them are way too sweetly sentimental but he was younger then, wasn't he? And that was part of his appeal, and the times when this was sung - the mid to late sixties. I found the production uneven at times (too much reverb on his voice, the string section too loud, etc. ) but you find that with a greatest hits collection. Overall, a good overview of his early songs. Digitally re-mastered with Super-bit Mastering.


A CD that's worth it for 12 songs rather than 49 songs
If you buy the 2 CD set you'll get even more of his great UA work including the protest song, "Black Day In July. Although I do not have this CD, this is worth it for those looking for a few of his early recordings rather than the slightly more expensive 2 CD UA Collection which you are better off getting as the 2 CD set is more complete while this does contain 12 of his UA best including "Last Time I Saw Her," "Wherefore and Why," "I'm Not Sayin'," "Ribbon of Darkness," etc. " For the budget minded, this is a great collection [for the price, but as] I said earlier, you can get all 4 UA albums in their entirety on the "United Artists Collection" which is the better bargain. Either way, you can get lots of great music and it's the music that counts after all.


Contains Gordon's best song ever
The price of this vintage album is worth it for this song alone. Although it never gained commercial success, The Last Time I Saw Her is my favorite GL song, has been for a quarter century.


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