Gord's Gold

~ Release by Gordon Lightfoot (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

Cassette 1
#TitleRatingLength
A1I'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)
3:00
A2Song 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
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Moose Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:58
A3Canadian 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)
7:02
A4Softly
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)
2:36
A5For 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:
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)
3:27
A6Affair on 8th Avenue
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:
Affair on 8th Avenue
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Fourth Floor Music Inc. (US publisher), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:45
A7Steel 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)
2:45
A8Wherefore 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)
2:42
A9Bitter 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)
2:42
A10Early 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)
3:14
A11Minstrel 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)
3:23
B1Sundown
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 1974)
recording of:
Sundown
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
53:32
B2Beautiful
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)
3:20
B3Summer 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)
4:02
B4Rainy 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)
2:46
B5Cotton 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)
3:22
B6Don 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)
3:38
B7Circle 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)
2:44
B8Old 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)
3:02
B9If You Could Read My Mind
recording engineer:
Gary Brandt and Lee Herschberg
producer:
Lenny Waronker and Joe Wissert
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
vocals:
Gordon Lightfoot
strings arranger:
Nick de Caro
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1970)
part of:
Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 8)
recording of:
If You Could Read My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
ATV Kirshner (publisher) (ended), Early Morning Music (ended), Laetrec Music (ended), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
53:48
B10Cold 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)
2:59
B11Carefree 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)
3:41