Gord's Gold

by Gordon Lightfoot

Overview

Following the success of Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot continued his success by releasing a greatest-hits compilation. A double album (now a single CD), it contained the most popular songs from his Warner Bros. years on disc two, and he re-recorded many of his early songs for side one of record one. Although not as good, perhaps, as the originals, this did bring them up to date with his current sound style. Just about all the favorites are here (except "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," which hadn't been recorded yet when this set was put together and appears on Lightfoot's second volume of Gord's Gold), making this a good general overview of a strong talent. When Warner transferred the double LP to CD, "Affair on 8th Avenue" was dropped from the program to make the set fit on a single disc. Randy Newman arranged the orchestration on "Minstrel of the Dawn," by the way. ~ James Chrispell & Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2005
Label:	Reprise / Rhino
UPC:	0603497223725
Rank:	13914

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

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gordon Lightfoot   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Ollie Strong   Guitar (Steel)
Richard Haynes   Bass
Roy M. "Junior" Husky   Bass
Junior Husky   Bass
Jackie Ward Singers   Vocals
Kenny Buttrey   Drums
Red Shea   Guitar,Hi String Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Classical)
Terry Clements   Guitar,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic)
Barry Keane   Drums
Larry Good   Banjo
John Stockfish   Bass
Bruce Good   Autoharp
Charlie McCoy   Harmonica
Nick DeCaro   Piano,Accordion
Pee Wee Charles   Guitar (Steel)
Rick Haynes   Bass
Jim Gordon   Drums
Milt Holland   Percussion

Technical Credits

Bob Thompson   Orchestration
John Reeves   Cover Photo
Richard Holding   Photography
Lee Hershberg   Mixing,Engineer
Lee Holdridge   Orchestration
Joseph Wissert   Producer
Lenny Waronker   Producer
Nick DeCaro   Orchestration
Randy Newman   Orchestration
Gordon Lightfoot   Composer,Lyricist
Jack Zaza   Group Member
Lee Herschberg   Engineer,Mastering,Remastering