From: jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant)
Subject: Re: Did the Canadian Gordon Lightfoot 3-cd set get released yet?
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:02:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.232050.15006@godzilla.quotron.com> jeff@godzilla.quotron.com (Jeff Marder) writes:
>the pre-Reprise material was all due out this past week?? Can anyone,
>particularly those of you in Canada, confirm the release??  Any info
>on cost, track listings, sound quality, etc.  Any rare tracks, outtakes,
>etc?????
>-- 

Yes, it's out and I just happened to be sitting here listening to it now!
There are 3 CDs covering the first (only?) 5 albums on United Artists.
They put the first 2 on disc1, the second 2 on disc 2 and the third (live)
on disc 3.  Note that this is not a greatest hits package (like Gord's Gold
Vol 1 & 2), but rather 5 complete albums:
	"Lightfoot"
	"The Way I Feel"
	"Did She Mention My Name"
	"Back Here on Earth"
	"Sunday Concert (live)"

The 3 discs come in a single jewel case.  There is a 12 page (6 leaf)
booklete with a few historical pictures and notes, track listings and
musicians on each album.  The jewel case is packaged inside a durable
cardboard sleeve, like some of the classical music sets.

I paid $CDN35 for it (plus 8+7% tax). I'm not sure if that is a sale price
or not (possibly).

Here is a quote from the back of the package:
	"Between 1965 and 1969, Gordon Lightfoot recorded five albums for
	United Artists Records.  These albums established his reputation
	as Canada's leading singer and songwriter and included the original
	versions of [...lists 10 tunes...].  Now long out-of-print, the
	albums are reissued in their entirety here.  Newly re-mastered
	from the original tapes."

I really like the package and the quality is very good - nice and clear.
A must for Lightfoot fans like me who always missed the 'other' tunes
not included on the greatest hits package.

I am in no way affiliated with United Artists (or Gordon Lightfoot),
just a big fan.

John A. Grant
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						Equivalent Vinyl:
Disc 1 (26 tunes, 77:28)
	Rich Man's Spiritual			"Lightfoot"
	Long River
	The Way I Feel
	For Lovin' Me
	The First Ever I Saw Your Face
	Changes
	Early Mornin' Rain
	Steel Rail Blues
	Sixteen Miles
	I'm Not Sayin'
	Pride of Man
	Ribbon of Darkness
	Oh, Linda
	Peaceful Waters
	--------------------
	Walls					"The Way I Feel"
	If You've Got It
	Softly
	Crossroads
	A Minor Ballad
	Go-Go Round
	Rosana
	Home From the Forest
	I'll Be Alright
	Song for a Winter's Night
	Canadian Railroad Trilogy
	The Way I Feel

Disc 2 (23 tunes, 73:50)
	Wherefor & Why				"Did She Mention My Name"
	The Last Time I Saw Her
	Black Day in July
	May I
	Magnificent Outpouring
	Does Your Mother Know
	Mountains and Marianne
	PussyWillows, Cat-Tails
	I Want To Hear It From You
	Something Very Special
	Boss Man
	Did She Mention My Name?
	------------------------
	Long Way Back Home			"Back Here on Earth"
	Unsettled Ways
	Long Thin Dawn
	Bitter Green
	The Circle is Small
	Marie Christine
	Cold Hands from New York
	Affair on 8th Avenue
	Don't Beat Me Down
	The Gypsy
	If I Could

Disc 3 (11 tunes, 40:12)
	In A WindowPane				"Sunday Concert"
	The Lost Children
	Leaves of Grass
	Medley: I'm Not Saying/Ribbon of Darkness
	Apology
	Bitter Green
	Ballad of Yarmouth Castle
	Softly
	Boss Man
	Pussy Willows, Cat-Tails
	Canadian Railroad Trilogy
-- 
John A. Grant						jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa