Gord's Gold

Gord's Gold

Greatest hits album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released	November 1975
Recorded	September 1969-July 1975, various studios
Genre	Folk, Folk rock, Country folk
Length	73:43
Label	Reprise
Producer	Lenny Waronker & Joe Wissert

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Gord's Gold is a compilation album released by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in 1975. Originally a vinyl double album, it was reissued on CD in 1987 (with one track, "Affair on Eighth Avenue", omitted to allow the collection to fit onto a single disc).

It was the first Lightfoot compilation to feature music from his 1970s Reprise Records albums, and also includes re-recordings of his 1960s United Artists hits (tracks 1-10). This served to update the earlier recordings to the same style as his later work and gives the album a level of consistency often lacking in similar compilations. Lightfoot's reasons for re-recording the United Artists tracks were explained in the liner notes as being because "he doesn't like listening to his early work".

Despite covering only the first decade of his career (and lacking one of his biggest hit singles, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", which was recorded the following year), Gord's Gold has remained the most commercially popular Lightfoot compilation. In 1988 Lightfoot released a second volume, Gord's Gold, Vol. 2, which also featured re-recordings of earlier hits.

Track listing

All compositions by Lightfoot.

(† Re-recording)

"I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness"† – 3:06
"Song for a Winter's Night"† – 3:02
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy"† – 7:05
"Softly"† – 2:39
"For Lovin' Me/Did She Mention My Name"† – 3:29
"Affair on Eighth Avenue"† - 3:45 (not included in the CD release)
"Steel Rail Blues"† – 2:49
"Wherefore and Why"† – 2:48
"Bitter Green"† – 2:46
"Early Morning Rain"† – 3:18
"Minstrel of the Dawn" – 3:27
"Sundown" – 3:36
"Beautiful" – 3:32
"Summer Side of Life" – 4:05
"Rainy Day People" – 2:49
"Cotton Jenny" – 3:26
"Don Quixote" – 3:40
"Circle of Steel" – 2:48
"Old Dan's Records" – 3:05
"If You Could Read My Mind" – 3:49
"Cold on the Shoulder" – 3:01
"Carefree Highway" – 3:41

Session personnel

Guitar: Gordon Lightfoot, Red Shea, Terry Clements
Bass: Rick Haynes, John Stockfish
Steel Guitar: Pee Wee Charles (a/k/a Ed Ringwald)
Drums: Jim Gordon, Barry Keane
String arrangements: Nick DeCaro and Lee Holdridge

All tracks produced by Lenny Waronker, except

"Minstrel Of The Dawn" and "If You Could Read My Mind" Produced By Lenny Waronker & Joe Wissert

"Summer Side Of Life" and "Cotton Jenny" Produced By Joe Wissert

Notes

↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r96598

Gordon Lightfoot

Band musicians	Rick Haynes Barry Keane Mike Heffernan Carter Lancaster

Former members	Red Shea John Stockfish Terry Clements Pee Wee Charles

Albums	Lightfoot! (1966) The Way I Feel (1967) Did She Mention My Name? (1968) Back Here on Earth (1968) Sunday Concert (live) (1969) Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) Summer Side of Life (1971) Don Quixote (1972) Old Dan's Records (1972) Sundown (1974) Cold on the Shoulder (1975) Summertime Dream (1976) Endless Wire (1978) Dream Street Rose (1980) Shadows (1982) Salute (1983) East of Midnight (1986) Waiting for You (1993) A Painter Passing Through (1998) Harmony (2004) All Live (live) (2012)

Compilations	Early Lightfoot (1969) The Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1970) Classic Lightfoot (1971) The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1974) The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot, Vol. 2 (1975) Gord's Gold (1975) Early Morning Rain (1976) Songbook (1985) Gord's Gold Volume 2 (1988) The Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1989) The Original Lightfoot (1992) The United Artists Collection (1993) Songbook (1999) Complete Greatest Hits (2002)

Singles	"(Remember Me) I'm the One" (1962) "It's Too Late, He Wins/Negotiations" (1962) "Adios, Adios" (1962) "Day Before Yesterday" (1963) "I'm Not Sayin'" (1965) "Ribbon of Darkness" (1965) "Spin Spin" (1966) "Go Go Round" (1966) "The Way I Feel" (1967) "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (1967) "Black Day in July" (1968) "Bitter Green" (1968) "Me and Bobby McGee" (1970) "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) "If I Could" (1971) "Talking in Your Sleep" (1971) "Summer Side of Life" (1971) "Beautiful" (1972) "Alberta Bound" (1972) "You Are What I Am" (1972) "The Same Old Obsession" (1972) "Can't Depend on Love" (1973) "It's Worth Believin'" (1973) "Sundown" (1974) "Carefree Highway" (1974) "Rainy Day People" (1975) "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976) "Race Among the Ruins" (1976) "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" (1977) "Daylight Katy" (1978) "Dreamland" (1978) "Dream Street Rose" (1980) "If You Need Me" (1980) "Baby Step Back" (1981) "Blackberry Wine" (1982) "In My Fashion" (1982) "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)" (1983) "Without You" (1983) "Anything for Love" (1986) "Stay Loose" (1986) "East of Midnight" (1987) "Ecstasy Made Easy" (1987) "I'll Prove My Love" (1993) "Waiting for You" (1993) "A Painter Passing Through" (1998) "Inspiration Lady" (2004)

Related articles	Discography Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot

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