This double CD contains all four of the Toronto singer/songwriter's '60s studio albums (the live LP Sunday Concert, not included here, was also released in the '60s). On these records, his resonant vocals, lyrical ambition, and melodic strengths produced as close a rival to Bob Dylan as Canada ever fashioned during that decade, and foreshadowed work by other major Canadian singer/songwriters of the late '60s, such as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen. "Early Mornin' Rain" (covered by fellow Canadian folkies Ian & Sylvia), the folk-rock protest number "Black Day in July," the epic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," and his cover of Ewan McColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" are all present, and are among the most popular tracks Lightfoot has issued during his long career. Featuring both acoustic and folk-rock recordings, this neatly bundles Lightfoot's early work into a listenable and fairly inexpensive package.
For the longest time, I kept hearing about this song, but I kept forgetting to look for it when I came across Gordon Lightfoot LPs. Finally, I found it in a collection and played it instead of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" or "Early Morning Rain." It richly deserves it's reputation as an epic song, as it shifts gears like a train climbing varying terrain. Here is the "Canadian Railroad T...
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A song about the 12th Street Riot, "banned" from US radio (click here to hear Gord's take on the situation).
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For the longest time, I kept hearing about this song, but I kept forgetting to look for it when I came across Gordon Lightfoot LPs. Finally, I found it in a collection and played it instead of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" or "Early Morning Rain." It richly deserves it's reputation as an epic song, as it shifts gears like a train climbing varying terrain. Here is the "Canadian Railroad T...
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