Gord's Gold

Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 075992722544
EAN: 0075992722544
ASIN: B000002KCH

Release Date: 1990-10-17

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Tracks:

Medley: I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
Song for a Winter's Night
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Softly
For Lovin' Me/Did She Mention My Name
Steel Rail Blues
Wherefor and Why
Bitter Green
Early Morning Rain
Minstrel of the Dawn
Sundown
Beautiful
Summer Side of Life
Rainy Day People
Cotton Jenny
Don Quixote
Circle of Steel
Old Dan's Records
If You Could Read My Mind
Cold on the Shoulder
Carefree Highway

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Customer Reviews:

A true folk musician!.......2007-01-15

I enjoy driving down the road and singing along with Gordie!

Some thoughts on half of a great album...........2006-08-07

Since 1968, I have followed this masterful singer songwriter.I have thoroughly enjoyed this recording. 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.

A true work of Art.......2006-07-12

Gordon Lightfoot, a remarkable pioneer of Canadian music and culture, gives us a magnificent "best of" with this beautiful album, "Gord's Gold". Originally released in 1975 for LP, it gave you 22 tracks of beautiful Canadian heritage. Re-released in 1992 for c.d. fans still get 21 tracks(minus "Affair on 8th Avenue" -it states on c.d. back cover) of intelligently wrote and recorded material from one of Canada's best.

Track 1, is a 2 track combo (for it's similar sound), I'm Not Sayin', and "Ribbon of Darkness". These are beautiful, thought provoking songs of friendship and personal findings, not sad tales of despair heartache, and loss.

Tracks 11 - "Sundown", 14 - "Rainy Day People", 19 - "If You Could Read My Mind", and 21 - "Carefree Highway" are songs that people the world over recognize due to their beautiful sounds, and wordplay that radios over the last 35 years have been loving to play due to such a high demand for the love and respect for human life, brought forth by Gordon Lightfoot.

All in all, every track is a gem, and should not be taken lightly. Gordon Lightfoot, stood up for the Native Canadians long before anyone cared to pay attention, hence his " Canadian Railroad Tilogy", and it's strong Native ties for an understanding of what the white man did to Native soil. He mentioned in an interview that our Countries anthem does have the words, " Our home and NATIVE LAND" in it. He demonstrates on this album, the fact that, whether or not you are white, black, native, etc. the universal language, and color, is music.

Where is Affair on 8th Avenue?!?!?.......2006-04-19

Of course this is one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite artists - I wore my mothers record out when I was a kid, so I was thrilled to get it on CD... and then I noticed that one of my all-time favorite songs was not on it! Affair on 8th Avenue was cut from this album for space. Although I think a version of it is available on other CDs, the version on Gord's Gold was by far the best, most beautiful, and most haunting.
So, whomever put this CD out should definately re-release it with that song back on it - I'd not only pay more money for another copy that HAS that song, but I'd buy them for my friends, most of whom are now also huge Lightfoot fans, thanks to my incessant playing of his music.

Wow Thw Memories!.......2006-01-06

When I was growing up, my first girlfriend and I had the song "If You Could Read My Mind" as our song. I never thought to buy the album though. When I was in the military, about 1984, a friend gave me a self recorded cassette recording of Gord's Gold. I listened to that tape until it broke. It outlasted the first girlfriend though. I have been looking for it on CD. Now that I have it, I remember how crisp and solid these folk songs are. I am imnpressed at how many of the words I still know. It is always good to hear great songs that the oldies radio stations seem to overlook.

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