Gord’s Gold

~ Release by Gordon Lightfoot (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1I’m Not Sayin’ / Ribbon of Darkness
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
I’m Not Sayin’
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
recording of:
Ribbon of Darkness
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:06
2Song for a Winter’s Night
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Song for a Winter’s Night (in 1975-07)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Moose Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:02
3Canadian Railroad Trilogy
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
37:05
4Softly
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Softly
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
32:39
5For Lovin’ Me / Did She Mention My Name
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Did She Mention My Name
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
recording of:
For Lovin’ Me
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:29
6Steel Rail Blues
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Steel Rail Blues
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
32:50
7Wherefore and Why
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Wherefore and Why
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
32:48
8Bitter Green
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Bitter Green
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
32:46
9Early Morning Rain
assistant engineer:
Dr. Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1975-07)
recording of:
Early Mornin’ Rain
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Moose Music, Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
43:18
10Minstrel of the Dawn
recording engineer:
Gary Brandt and Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker and Joe Wissert
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
vocals:
Gordon Lightfoot
strings arranger:
Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1970)
recording of:
Minstrel of the Dawn
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:28
11Sundown
assistant engineer:
Chris Skene
producer:
Lenny Waronker
acoustic guitar:
Terry Clements and Gordon Lightfoot
bass guitar:
John Stockfish
drums (drum set):
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
electric guitar:
Red Shea
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text), Reprise Records (in 1974, in 1975) and Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1974)
recording of:
Sundown
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4.853:36
12Beautiful
engineer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
strings arranger:
Nick de Caro
recording of:
Beautiful
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:24
13Summer Side of Life
recording engineer:
Rex Collier
engineer:
Rick Horton
producer:
Joe Wissert
recorded at:
Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1970-12 until 1971-04)
recording of:
Summer Side of Life
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
34:06
14Rainy Day People
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Rainy Day People
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4.352:50
15Cotton Jenny
recording engineer:
Rex Collier
engineer:
Rick Horton
producer:
Joe Wissert
recorded at:
Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1970-12 until 1971-04)
recording of:
Cotton Jenny
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
43:26
16Don Quixote
engineer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
strings arranger:
Bob Thompson ("space age pop" composer, arranger, and orchestra leader)
recording of:
Don Quixote
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:40
17Circle of Steel
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 1974)
recording of:
Circle of Steel
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
32:48
18Old Dan’s Records
engineer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
recording of:
Old Dan’s Records
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:06
19If You Could Read My Mind
3:50
20Cold on the Shoulder
engineer and mixer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker
vocals:
Terry Clements and Rick Haynes
recorded at:
Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Cold on the Shoulder
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:02
21Carefree Highway
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 1974)
recording of:
Carefree Highway
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4.353:41