found a site...demos from GL

[<Yves Savariaud>]

HI ALL
Certainly I m late and come as a hair on the surface of a soup...but hasard brought me to this site about GL's demos from 1964
http://tela.sugarmegs.org/sugaree/gordonlightfoot1964-66demos.wma
Yves SAVARIAUD

[brink-]

Thanks Yves, very nice find!

[stationmaster]

Yes! Some great old tunes on there!

[T.G.]

Anyone have a songlist of these recordings so we know what's what??

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

The 3rd one's Too Much To Lose! It sounds better than the recording on Songbook. :D The lyrics are different, too. Is there a way we can burn these to a CD?

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

I'm listening as I go; the 4th one is The Lost Children.

(I don't know the 1st two)

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

Edgar's General Store, I think so that's the name of the song. :) I wish he'd put that one on one of his albums. :(

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

There's one that sounds like Too Much To Lose (songbook version) and Long River when it first starts, but it's neither one of them.

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

Fox Fire is another song that's near the end. (He explains before what a fox fire is)

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

The last one is CROSSROADS.

[Borderstone]

Okay after giving a listen,i have only one question....why in the name of good music are these not available on an album??!! :eek:

I immediately loved the first one and second. I like the different versions of the one's we know as well.

Gordon,are you there? :confused: We'll buy it if you okay it...okay? :)

[closetcanadian]

Great find Yves!

Graci...

[johnfowles]

1. Originally posted by T.G.:
Anyone have a songlist of these recordings so we know what's what?? Yes Tony visit:-
http://www.lightfoot.ca/wbdemos.htm
Wayne Francis there not only has the complete track listing but also his short (1-4 line) review/impression and a link to a lyrics page for every song
John Fowles
2. Originally posted by James Suber:
Is there a way we can burn these to a CD? Yes James
Save the file to your Hard drive it is only 23.2Mb which as the collection is 23 songs indicates that the file is an all-in-one mp3***,so these can be separated into the constituent 23 tracks then the whole lot burnt directly to an audio CD from the mp3s using any number of burning program(me)s such as Nero Burning/Express and a CD Burner of course
http://www.lightfoot.ca/wbdemos.htm
*** If therefore each mp3 is around 1 MB that suggests that they were encoded at a fairly low bit rate thus the resulting audio CD will not be exactly Hi Fidelity but given the quality of the original recordings still amply good enough for most ears especially older iones!!
the question of whether the version of "crossroads" included is a genuine different one to that on Lightfoot! was recently dicussed in topic:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=003562#000000
which shows some snazzy artwork from the copy that frequently appears on ebay
(but not the copy currently on offer at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-DEMO-MATERIAL-FROM-1964-NO-RSRV_W0QQitemZ4849086347QQcategoryZ307QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
John Fowles
P.S.
if you want these I suggest that you download them soonest before anybody tries to shut that site down

[ March 13, 2006, 20:48: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[stationmaster]

Yes! Release the Unreleasable! Quickly!

[joveski]

these have been circulating for a while and they're a very nice listen..
i love the early version of too much to lose and also the martyred children

[Dan O'Malley]

Hi, i've tried to burn these songs onto a disc, but they will not fit! Does anyone know how to separate this file into separate songs? Any help much appreciated!