Gordon Lightfoot Complete Singles 1970-80
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Topic: Gordon Lightfoot Complete Singles 1970-80
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Subject: Gordon Lightfoot Complete Singles 1970-80
Date Posted: 09 January 2019 at 7:09pm
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Gordon Lightfoot – The Complete Singles 1970-1980 2CD
Gordon Lightfoot is a genre unto himself. Neither pop nor folk nor country nor rock, his music is unvarnished, direct, a statement from one heart to another (as Lightfoot has stated, “I like to keep things simple. I don’t like to make them complicated”). And this uncompromising stance has not only made him a legend (particularly in his native Canada, where he is a full-fledged icon), but also, somewhat paradoxically, brought him huge commercial success (which, ironically, has in turn caused some to discount his prodigious songwriting talent). For Gordon Lightfoot never set out to be a “popular” singer-songwriter. When he signed with Warner Bros. and began working with producer Lenny Waronker, Lightfoot thought of himself as an album artist, and, indeed, the Lightfoot-Waronker songwriter-producer partnership (with a brief period with Joe Wissert as producer) yielded nine charting albums—and that’s not even counting the compilations—highlighted by a #1 slot for 1974’s Sundown. But, starting with 1970’s “If You Could Read My Mind,” Lightfoot also reeled off 13 Pop chart singles including 4 Top Tenners during the ‘70s, as well as a host of Adult Contemporary and Country chart appearances, which is again testimony to his ability to transcend musical styles. Now, Real Gone Music has for the first time ever compiled the A and B-sides of ALL the singles Lightfoot recorded with Waronker and Wissert for the Reprise and Warner Bros. labels, 34 sides in all featuring all the hits and hard-to-find B-sides. Lightfoot collectors will find much to feast on here; the rare single version of “Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” plus the CD debut of “Rainy Day People” are included, as well as six other songs that appear in their mono single versions on CD for the first time (many of the early ‘70s singles were issued in both mono and stereo, sometimes one format for promo and another for commercial, “stock” 45s; we have used the “stock” version in all cases and gone with the one for which we had the best sources in those cases where commercial 45s were released in both stereo and mono). And, for the more casual Lightfoot fan, this 2-CD set provides an ideal, in-depth overview of the artist’s “classic” period, peppered with one memorable tune after another. Remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision, with additional mastering and tape vetting by Aaron Kannowski, and annotated by folk rock guru Richie Unterberger, The Complete Singles 1970-1980 represents a key addition to Gordon Lightfoot canon and is just a wonderful listen from start to finish. Disc 1: 1. Me And Bobby McGee 2. The Pony Man 3. If You Could Read My Mind 4. Poor Little Allison (45 Version) 5. Talking In Your Sleep 6. Nous Vivons Ensemble 7. Summer Side Of Life 8. Love & Maple Syrup 9. Beautiful 10. Don Quixote 11. That Same Old Obsession 12. You Are What I Am 13. Can't Depend On Love 14. It's Worth Believin' 15. Sundown 16. Too Late For Prayin' 17. Carefree Highway 18. Seven Island Suite Disc 2: 1. Rainy Day People (45 version) 2. Cherokee Bend 3. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (45 version) 4. The House You Live In (45 Version) 5. Race Among The Ruins 6. Protocol 7. The Circle Is Small 8. Sweet Guinevere 9. Daylight Katy 10. Hangdog Hotel Room 11. Dreamland 12. Songs The Minstrel Sang 13. Dream Street Rose 14. Make Way For The Lady 15. If You Need Me 16. Mister Rock Of Ages Audio CD: March 1, 2019 Label: Real Gone Music ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 09 January 2019 at 8:55pm
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Looks like an awesome collection! ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: prisdeej
Date Posted: 09 January 2019 at 10:23pm
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Another win for the team! :) ------------- DJ L. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 10 January 2019 at 5:31am
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Too bad they didn't include the promo edit of "Carefree
Highway" as a bonus track. |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 10 January 2019 at 6:07pm
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The DJ edit of "Carefree Highway" would be a nice bonus,
and the 5:23 DJ edit of "Wreck Of Edmund Fitzgerald" would have made this even more fun! Still a wonderful collection to own! |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 22 January 2019 at 5:42pm
| How exactly does the 2:46 album version of "Rainy Day People" differ from this 2:43 single version? (edit or mix?) |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 22 January 2019 at 5:43pm
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Aaron, cool that you provided tape vetting for this collection. What does that mean exactly? Did you make sure all the proper versions were chosen?
Also, is there a listing of which songs are mono in this collection? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 January 2019 at 6:04pm
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That's exactly right. I made sure the sources received by Real Gone
Music matched the stock 45s. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 22 January 2019 at 6:57pm
------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
EdisonLite wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 January 2019 at 7:59pm
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I can't confirm why they did it, but that's exactly what the difference is.
There's a brief instrumental passage that is trimmed from about 6 seconds to 3 seconds. I think it's around the minute and a half mark, and the exact spot might be in a thread that specifically talks about this song. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 05 March 2019 at 9:22am
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My copy arrived yesterday. Another great job by the Real Gone team. Great to hear these songs sound so good, especially the hard-to-find single versions.
Does anybody know if "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (a #3 hit in Canada in December 1965 on United Artists) has ever appeared on CD? The liner notes mention Lightfoot's 1965 single on Warner Brothers, "I'm Not Sayin'" (a #12 hit in Canada in June 1965). I only have this song on a compilation of United Artists material. Does anybody know if this is a re-recording? Lightfoot's first thirteen Reprise singles were all Top 40 hits in Canada; one of them, "That Same Old Obsession" / "You Are What I Am", charted as a two-sided hit. The Gordon Lightfoot discography on Wikipedia incorrectly claims that "Approaching Lavender", from the Sit Down Young Stranger album, reached #20 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart in 1970. The song was not released as a single in Canada (or anywhere else) and did not chart. (A list of 'Canadian Content' songs in a 1970 issue of RPM magazine is incorrectly identified in the online database as the Adult Contemporary chart.) |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 16 March 2019 at 7:27am
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The 45 edit of "Rainy Day People" plus the 45 length of "The Circle Is Small" are just two reasons to get this release. I did not have "If You Could Read My Mind" without the harmony vocal so happy it's on this release and in stereo. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: Ron S
Date Posted: 19 March 2019 at 1:38pm
| Been listening to it all morning! |
Posted By: jcr102
Date Posted: 23 March 2019 at 3:27am
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According to the liner notes on Lightfoot's "Complete Singles", "Just
like Tom Thumb Blues" was a non-LP cover of Dylan's original. As for "I'm Not Sayin", I recently discovered that the original 45 had added strings, giving it a different feel than the usual version turning up on albums. |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 20 December 2022 at 6:04pm
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I have a question on one of the tracks on this collection.
The 45 of "Daylight Katy" has a listed time of 3:20 however the song runs a full minute longer on this CD release. Does this mean the actual running time on the 1978 Warner Bros. 45 was 4:20? ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 20 December 2022 at 6:34pm
Santi, here's what I posted on the "Below The Top 40" thread 11 years ago: GORDON LIGHTFOOT - "DAYLIGHT KATY" (Warner Bros. 8579, BB #16 AC; did not chart pop.) DJ 45: both sides are listed as (3:20) stereo side actual time is (4:19) mono side actual time is (3:54) |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 20 December 2022 at 7:52pm
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Great info. Many thanks. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 20 December 2022 at 9:07pm
I think the one-off WB single is the same version that appears on the UA "Lightfoot!" album. I have never heard mention of them being different recordings. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 21 December 2022 at 7:46am
I managed to answer my own question about "I'm Not Sayin'". See my post on the Hoffman board: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/every-rpm- canadian-content-1-single-discussion-thread-1964- 2000.987585/page-12#post-24862962 |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 21 December 2022 at 8:02am
For some reason, for the Canadian commercial 45, they used the mono side of the US promo. So this 1978 single was mono in Canada. It is an early fade of the LP (and US commercial 45) length. (It reached #44 on the RPM chart.) |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 11 March 2023 at 4:06pm
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Editing "Rainy Day People" by 3 seconds kind of reminds me of Air Supply's
"All Out of Love" single which edits out about 5 or 6 seconds. I recall there were comments here as to why bother. I certainly feel that way about "Rainy Day People" but with "All Out of Love" they cut off the 1st half of the intro, and though only making it shorter by a short amount, I figured Arista head Clive Davis did it to get to the 1st verse sooner. (Personally, I prefer the longer version). On Manilow's "The Old Songs", for the promo 45 they do a similarly short edit in the middle, maybe under 5 seconds, and I always thought that was unneeded. |