Ebay.com GL items

[johnfowles]

As some of you might have noticed I keep a daily watch on Ebay auctions using my quick link to the listing sorted newest items first(currently showing a somewhat overestimated claim at the top
"1593 items found for gordon lightfoot") at:-
http://www.ebaylightfoot.notlong.com
I do this partly to find new items for my growing collection of GL album and single picture sleeve artwork. Today I was rewarded with a "MEGARARE PORTUGUESE 45"

http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/41/39/da_1.JPG

http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-MEGARARE-PORTUGUESE-45_W0QQitemZ4835831273QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZVi ewItem
Interestingly the seller discosziggy2 of Madrid claims to:-
"INCLUDE 1.- SUNDAWN 2.- TOO LATE FOR PRAYIN' "
John Fowles
Obviously the singer is some sort of Minstrel of the Sundawn??
Another auction is for a vinyl copy of the original "Sit Down Young Stranger" album with a sticker on it:-

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/7/4/5/7/3/webimg/6357913_o.jpg
John Fowles

to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay

Will it ever end I’ve been all the way to biscayne bay


The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay

With a heavenly sky and moonlight on the bay

She’ll be headin’ south through biscayne bay Into the open sea

and of course:-
Christian Island (Georgian Bay)

[SilverHeels]

Oh my! That photograph still manages to curl my toes ... even after all these years.
*sigh*

[johnfowles]

And now for something truly splendiferous from an Argentinian optimist/opportunist!!
Gordon Lightfoot T-Shirt Amazing Novelty Tee at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-T-Shirt-Amazing-Novelty-Tee_W0QQitemZ7591406950QQcategoryZ42443QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

http://www.pins-online.com/T-Shirts/Gordon_Lightfoot_1.jpg

"buy it now" price:-Only GBP 2.99 (Approximately US $5.20)

Also an unusual Dutch compilation album at:-

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lightfoot-Gordon-The-Gordon-Lightfoot-Story-Holland_W0QQitemZ4836671727QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

http://i20.ebayimg.com/04/i/06/44/38/c4_1_b.JPG

Album sleeve front

http://i14.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/44/07/0c_1.JPG

Sleeve back too small to read the tracklist though
I have sent the seller (in WVA) a request for the list
for use in my collection project I have cropped those two pictures:-

http://h1.ripway.com/johnfowles/Dutch_GL_Story_front.jpg

http://h1.ripway.com/johnfowles/Dutch_GL_Story_back.jpg
John Fowles
I guess the Argie bargie is a Ghost from nearby Cape Horn!?

[johnfowles]

ops silly me I might have known that Wayne would know about this compilation, sure enough at:-
http://www.lightfoot.ca/storylst.htm
he has the tracklist but no picture:-

THE GORDON LIGHTFOOT STORY **
1971
UA Records (Holland) (5C 05292715)
Softly
The Way I Feel
I'm Not Saying
Did She Mention My Name
Don't Beat Me Down
If I Could
Early Morning Rain
Bitter Green
The Circle Is Small
Song For A Winter's Night
For Loving Me
Canadian Railroad Trilogy

John Fowles
See it is yet another regurgitation of tracks from the 5 great United Artists albums

[Borderstone]

Cool sleeve for Sundown but I have to say...I have never liked pictures of celebrities (especially my fav's)smoking or holding a cigarette! tongue.gif

It's not a very flattering thing to have your picture taken with something hanging from your mouth. Ick! He'd have been cool enough without it. :cool:

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Borderstone:
t's not a very flattering thing to have your picture taken with something hanging from your mouth. OK OK remind me to let you see a "nice" revealing picture of Mariah "B" then get somebody to take your picture with your tongue hanging out!!
John

[johnfowles]

and today the ultimate ebay GL auction at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-Collection-21-CDs-RARE-400-Value_W0QQitemZ4839019395QQcategoryZ307QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem
"Gordon Lightfoot Collection 21 CDs RARE! ($400 Value)"
http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/56/de/83_1_b.JPG
the seller one "deadlywolf" is in Rae Edzo, NT Canada
and he must be pretty desperate as his reason for selling is:-
"All discs are in excellent condition and were only listened to once.

My wife can not stand Gordon Lightfoot so either she goes or the collection goes!
Hence after much consultation the collection is up for auction.
This is a wonderful collection and will fill your life with as much joy as mine was,
until I met my wife.
Please save my marriage and buy this collection from me. PLEASSSE!!!!'
John Fowles
a variation on "Divorce Country Stle" anyways
OK do stop chortling and have some sympathy for this poor gentleman from Canada's frozen North country

[walls]

Wonderful, truly impressive, compilation and collection of items. Thank you for the e-bay refrence, I will have to start looking myself. I've been listening to the albums since I bought my first one in 1967. Borderstone, please realize that the cigarette was a cultural thing at the time, and not what you would consider politically incorrect. This is a great post.

[geodeticman]

sure like to buy that collection , I have 'em all but Ii've gone thru *3* Songbook sets , 4 sundowns, and 3 Old Dan's records. i treasure my old LP's the most. I've got the "master" audiophile copy of Sundown LP i wonder what that is worth... no matter. boy If my wife of 25 years had said its me or the CD's.....hmm......j/k poor guy up there that sux. I am having trouble with CD's "going out of print" allegedly in Colorado on releases since 1982 , noteably last 4 and songbook. - steve geodeticman

[geodeticman]

and another thing - I just told my wife the thing about the guy who's wife said its me or cd's... my wife said he should lose the wife and keep the CD's !!!! straight from a a...a....a... another woman's mouth ! she says thats no loving wife. "OUR" song is "Beautiful" we married to. maybe if it was John Denver..... nope not even that. LOL
geodeticman

[Molly]

He must be a real fan since he has only played them once and then lists one of them as
A Painters Passing Thoughts. Instead of A Painter Passing Through.

[Sheryl]

I say ditch the wife.

[Cathy]

Originally posted by geodeticman:
and another thing - I just told my wife the thing about the guy who's wife said its me or cd's... my wife said he should lose the wife and keep the CD's !!!! straight from a a...a....a... another woman's mouth ! she says thats no loving wife. "OUR" song is "Beautiful" we married to. maybe if it was John Denver..... nope not even that. LOL
geodeticman I think I have to agree with your wife. Her butt would be out the door, accompanied by Lightfoot playing on the stereo at the highest volume level possible.

[johnfowles]

If anybody here is into collecting rare vinyl (Vancouver Island's Richard Hkusam possibly)
there is a rare chance to buy the Czech issue of
Cold on the Shoulder known as "Hudba a solva"
(Words and Music)
http://www.lightfoot.ca/hudbalst.htm
which has just appeared om ebay for the minimal "buy it now" price of $3.99 albeit plus a very high $9.00 postal cost
it is at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-Czech-compilation-LP-1976_W0QQitemZ4848859196QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem

http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/17/f7/9c_1.JPG
JohnFowles
whilst talking of Czechs
that's the country not "checks" or more correctly "cheques". if you have never heard the fine Czech bluegrass version of Ribbon Of Darkness download the small (177KB) wav clip from:-
http://sunnyside.cz/mp3/SG/08_Necekej_uz_dal.mp3
Czech lyrics at:-
http://sunnyside.cz/MUSIC/lyrics_cd/Necekej_uz_dal.htm

[ March 12, 2006, 16:45: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[johnfowles]

http://i24.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/1b/87/5f_1.JPG
a flairy nice picture on ebay today at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Gordon-Lightfoot-Photo_W0QQitemZ7603914148QQcategoryZ200QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

John Fowles
and talking of fads from yesteryear there is a 3-tape collection of 8-track cartridges going too!!:-

http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/a8/c2/91_1.JPG

and the great 1968 MaCleans magazine:-

http://i8.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/aa/6d/f6_1.JPG

all items readily available for viewing using my easy links:-
http://www.ebaylightfoot.shorturl.com
or
http://www.ebaylightfoot.notlong.com
or for the UK only auction list
http://www.ebayuklightfoot.notlong.com

[johnfowles]

There are a pair of Canadian produced GL Karaoke CDs available from:-
http://www.karaokecloset.com/singking/main.php
http://www.karaokecloset.com/singking/images/products/sk008.png
Volume 1
and would you believe?
http://www.karaokecloset.com/singking/images/products/sk009.png
Volume 2
I recalled that a young (?) lady (Janie) from singking posted here when these were issued
Perhaps our resident artist (ZR) should contact Janie to try to offer his services to improve their offering's desultory appearance, sorry Janie but these two show precious litle imagination IMHO
and after a search I found the topic at:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=003035
That March 2005 topic reveals that said Janie is Member # 1036
I re-air this now because I spotted one of these on ebay at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-Sing-King-Vol-2-Karaoke-CDG-SK009_W0QQitemZ9707187592QQcategoryZ64604QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem
along with a VHS copy of the Harry Tracy video
http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/6/5647/harrytracy.jpg
at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/HARRY-TRACY-vhs-Bruce-Dern-Gordon-Lightfoot-Rare_W0QQitemZ9121811186QQcategoryZ309QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem
although it is probaby preferable to hunt down the DVD version
John Fowles

And my love like the light above shall shine eternally
At the end of time, you'll still be mine and I'll be here with thee

from Les Pouliot's My Love For You as performed by Gord in this film

[<Anabolic Andy>]

Very nice find. Thank you very much for posting this information.

[johnfowles]

Just for a change here is one from ebay.co.uk
http://www.ebayuklightfoot.shorturl.com

If anybody in the UK fancies getting what I fancy is a rare "The Way I Feel" CD
One has just popped up on ebay uk at:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gordon-Lightfoot-The-Way-I-Feel-CD-1995_W0QQitemZ4862369899QQcategoryZ43631QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem
the seller only wants a reasonable"buy it Now" price of
£4.99 plus £1.25 Royal Mail 1st Class Standard
http://i8.ebayimg.com/03/c/01/a3/2a/10_8.JPG
http://i8.ebayimg.com/03/c/01/a3/2a/10_8.JPG
On the BGO Beat Goes On Label
John Fowles

[johnfowles]

and here is a pose that I do not recall seeing before
http://i10.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/d0/41/f0_1.JPG
cover of as you can see the Canadian Composer September 1970
Ebay auction at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-CANADIAN-COMPOSER-MAGAZINE-GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-1970_W0QQitemZ7022017907QQcategoryZ280QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem
John Fowles

[brink-]

nice picture, I've never seen it either.

[SilverHeels]

:D I have - and I have the mag too. *big grin*

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by SilverHeels:
:D I have - and I have the mag too. *big grin* OK Bru then stop grinning insanely and if you have a scanner scan the text and either display it or better still use the scanner's OCR programme to extract the text. Wot you don't know what I am talking aboat? Then scan it anyway as large as you can then email it to me and I will try to OCR it for you

[charlene]

listen to Mr. Bossy Boots!
lol
well Bru - wot are you waiting for? get to it girl!
lol

[johnfowles]

And here are a fine pair for Bonnie (bjb) and anyone else reading this from Edmonton:-
http://i8.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/ed/0b/02_1.JPG
the Albertan seller opines at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-1970s-Concert-Poster-2-Edmonton_W0QQitemZ7612249146QQcategoryZ104938QQrdZ 1QQcmdZViewItem
"This is a one-of-a-kind Original Concert Poster that was displayed at Mike's News Stand - who was the main ticket seller in
the City of Edmonton during the 1960's and 1970's. It appears to me that this poster was hand painted onto thick cardboard
style material. It is the same type of material that was used for all weather style signs in the 1960's. I am not sure of the
year of this Concert but it had to be early 1970's"
Had he gone to the Javascript day site at:-
http://www.kerrnow.notlong.com
he could have found that Tuesday November 19th was 2 days after Gord's birthday in 1963 or 1968 or 1974 but not 1979 or the leap year 1980. Take yer pick
For the second one the same seller at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-1970s-Concert-Poster-Edmonton-Canada_W0QQitemZ7612239099QQcategoryZ104938QQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem
http://i12.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/ec/1c/d0_1.JPG
has surmised the same provenance but showing the different dates October 8-10 (although which weekdays were unspecified).
And another for Jessi-Joe's interest at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-Sit-Down-Stranger-LP-record-SEALED_W0QQitemZ4869164367QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem
http://i18.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/c8/02/12_1_b.JPG
John Fowles

And Bru I am Still Waiting For You to make a proper response regarding your OCR competence (or otherwise)

[ April 20, 2006, 22:10: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[SilverHeels]

You'll have to wait a while longer cos my scanner seems to have died! :(

[Jesse Joe]

Hey Sir John this is a great post. Are 8 track tapes worth good money these days?

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Jessi -Joe:
Hey Sir John this is a great post. Are 8 track tapes worth good money these days? I doubt it J-J although I am amazed how often GL ones appear on ebay, obviously collector's pieces for those obsessives who already have the vinyl cassette and CD, Susan still has 30 assorted 8-track cartridges AND a home-machine to play them on,which I think still works. The 30 include 4 GL(EW,SD,SSOL,and DSR) and, don't tell her I told you, John Denver with the Muppets and one by Mr Nose (Manilow) himself!!
John Fowles

Layin’ down track and buildin’ the bridges

We’re gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

Boss Man Boss Man clear the track

OK OK enough of that

Today on ebay something rare and Australian
A May 1985 guitar magazine on sale in the hooligan state of New South Wales
http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/f1/7f/12_1_b.JPG
John Fowles

Any kind of freedom comin’ clean Is just another state of mind
When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true

I was in some aimless state Where lovers meet while angels wait. With gifts of time, they hesitate
(who said Gord's lyrics don't rhyme??

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by johnfowles:
[QUOTE]

Today on ebay something rare and Australian
A May 1985 guitar magazine on sale in the hooligan state of New South Wales
no bids yet other than the sellers opening price of
AUSSIEBUCKS 0.99 (Approximately US $0.74)
Plus Postage/packing is a flat $3 for Australian bidders.
what are you waiting for Steve and Gunter and Mike and Mende and Ron
in the current Ebay listing at:-
http://www.ebaylightfoot.notlong.com
the next item at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/RHEOSTATICS-Melville-CD-GORDON-LIGHTFOOT_W0QQitemZ4871040696QQcategoryZ307QQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem
is a Rheostatics CD which includes their version of TWOTEF
Then there is a simple (i.e. not zoneranger inspired) Japanese Picture sleeve 45 of Summertime Dream
http://i13.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/b4/e6/c2_1.JPG

[Sheryl]

I clicked on your link and started scrolling through all the Gord stuff -- what treasures! I got a laugh when I saw the 8 tracks for sale!! Hands up if you still have the machine to play the 8 tracks!

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Sheryl:
Hands up if you still have the machine to play the 8 tracks! Yes yes Susan still has her old and working home model 8-track player
and now for some Ebay UK GL items

The arch bootlegger in the UK,who this time around is calling himself "buzzfledder", has put up for Ebay (UK) auction the first
time that I am aware of a CD of THE FOLKFEST BENEFIT, NEW YORK, 1987
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-Folkfest-Benefit-NY-1987-CD_W0QQitemZ4874244834QQcategoryZ58588QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem
http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/08/42/e0_1_b.JPG
this joins a concurrant auction of an audio only CD OF THE 1979 PBS Soundstage television special from 1979
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-SOUNDSTAGE-CHICAGO-1979-CD_W0QQitemZ4873159167QQcategoryZ58588QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://i23.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/00/93/bc_1_b.JPG
plus two other of his GL auctions now ended
the 1973 PBS Chicago special again audio only
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-MADE-IN-CHICAGO-1972-CD_W0QQitemZ4872776603QQcategoryZ58588QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem
http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/fa/6b/f0_1_b.JPG
and
another CD cobbled together from a radio broadcast of another concert the 1969
Charlottetown PEI Summer festival as broadcast by the CBC ON 5 oCTOBER 1969
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-CHARLOTTETOWN-FESTIVAL-1969-CD_W0QQitemZ4872355593QQcategoryZ58588QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem
http://i17.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/f7/35/de_1_b.JPG
There were no bids for this one so no doubt he'll try again in due course to make his money out of Gord
and some time ago The Two Tones Plus (the plus being the two songs on the lone Two Tones single Lessons in Love and Sweet Polly)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TWO-TONES-GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-AT-THE-VILLAGE-CORNER-CD_W0QQitemZ4869855957QQcategoryZ58588QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem
http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/ea/7a/71_1_b.JPG
John Fowles
all very relevant in the light of the old mp3 topic resurrected by Mr Suber the other day

[ May 04, 2006, 09:49: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[johnfowles]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnfowles:
and now for some Ebay UK GL items

The arch bootlegger in the UK,who this time around is calling himself "buzzfledder"


The same "gentleman" has now added another interesting unauthorised bootleg CD
(actually a 2-CD set) of the aborted 1974 Massey hall recording that was abandoned after Gord had spent (I read somewhere very recently but cannot refind dammit) $20,000-$25,000 setting up the recording "session" because he was disatisfied with the sound because of a broken fingernail.
He must have had very bittle nails that year see Bru's breathless recount of how he nearly sat on her lap at London's Royal Albert Hall when he dropped down into the audience to cadge an emery board see:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000069#000024
"Buzzfledder"'s new auction is at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-Live-in-Toronto-1974-2-CD-Set_W0QQitemZ4874746380QQcategoryZ58588QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem
http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/0a/86/5d_1_b.JPG
Those who are fortunate to already have this will know that it contains very nice "Live" versions of the following unreleased songs
Tennessee Stud
Pleasures of the Night
Divorce Country Style
Partners
and an earlier live Stone Cold Sober

this 1974 concert has been discussed here before at:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001842.html
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000069.html
It all goes to prove how fastidious Gord is which means that he probably strongly disapproves of the existance and ready disemination by means of mp3s of many unauthorised gems
John Fowles

Oh God the pride of man broken in the dust again

Sometimes a broken dream Will make you sad or make you mean

Lord abide, let us stem the tide Of broken dreams

[johnfowles]

And to complete his collection of unauthorised offerings yesterday he added this strange compilation 2-cd set
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-Rember-Me-2-CD-set_W0QQitemZ4875218275QQcategoryZ58588QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem
http://i20.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/04/f0/1a_1_b.JPG

[johnfowles]

Just as Walter (broderstone) is hung up his Billboard chart positions,so was I in my later schooldays obsessed with the UK hit parade,Our favo(u)rite source of information in those days was the http://www.nme.com/layout/nme_logo.gif (http://www.nme.com/)
no not the "enemy" but the "New Musical Express" a weekly Black and White tabloid
publication described by answers.com as:-
"The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a music magazine in the UK which has been published weekly since March 1952."
I still have a few cuttings especially from 1959 with details of that year's plane crash near Clear Lake Iowa that took the life of my then musical hero Buddy Holly.Fast forward to 1971 I was then back in the UK, having become a Lighthead in a big way, and had of course bought the IYCRMM LP, but news of Gord was to put it mildly scant. All the more interesting therefore to be reminded that in 1971 the NME actually had an article on Gord in an issue I sadly missed but possibly Bruna has squirelled away??
This has just come up on ebay again at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot-UK-Interview-1971_W0QQitemZ9135066483QQcategoryZ2312QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

http://www.rockmem.com/NMEcut/0711.jpg
John Fowles
I recently found that the NME had itself been the subject of an American University
"Class Project" see Contents listing for 1953-1969 at:-
http://www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/NME/index.html
Now Skidmore University is in Saratoga Springs, New York home of the Caffe Lena and two great GL tribute band concerts see:-
http://mageenet.org/LightfootTributeBand/home.shtml

http://mageenet.org/LightfootTributeBand/jpgs/DSC00130-400.jpg
of note is this that I found on
http://www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/NME/nme6512.html
where I read a note from December 1965:-
"American folk stars on February tour [The Ian Campbell Folk Group headlines a tour with Gordon Lightfoot and Ian and Sylvia.]"
1971 is of course ouside the timeframe of 1953-1969 that the above referenced page covers

[ May 10, 2006, 08:32: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[Borderstone]

Gord looks really cool in that above b & w picture John. I think the long hair would have been enough,skip the beard & 'stache. :)

(I know ladies...bite yer tounge B! :D )

[ May 09, 2006, 22:41: Message edited by: Borderstone ]

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Borderstone:
Gord looks really cool in that above b & w picture John. I think the long hair would have been enough,skip the beard & 'stache. :)

(I know ladies...bite yer tounge B! :D ) Like my own hair it was not that long and trendy for very long

another nice new Ebay item yesterday a poster for "Saturday November 24th"
(the seller said "This is an unknown year promotional concert poster")
but using the Javascript "Find any day for a given date:" at:-
http://cornish-family.netfirms.com/findday.htm
or http://www.kernow.notlong.com
(Kernow is Cornwall,UK if you did not know)
that was either 1973 or 1979
and per:-
http://www.lightfoot.ca/1979.htm
Gord did not do such a concert in 1979 so 1973 it must have been
http://members.sparedollar.com/CG707/GORDONLIGHTFOOTINCONCERT.JPG
John Fowles
Jenney was that a CT concert you got to back in your pre-stalking days??

[Jesse Joe]

This is very interesting Sir John, Im constantly looking for old Lightfoot performances like the soundstage one, I have that on VHS which I recorded in 1980 on a PBS station from Maine. The sound is terrible, and it last only 1 hour. I remember when he introduces his then new song, "ON THE HIGH SEAS", he must have been playing a joke on the audience as he says, " This one is called 'On The Tv."

[Jesse Joe]

Originally posted by johnfowles:
quote:Originally posted by Jessi -Joe:
Hey Sir John this is a great post. Are 8 track tapes worth good money these days? I doubt it J-J although I am amazed how often GL ones appear on ebay, obviously collector's pieces for those obsessives who already have the vinyl cassette and CD, Susan still has 30 assorted 8-track cartridges AND a home-machine to play them on,which I think still works. The 30 include 4 GL(EW,SD,SSOL,and DSR) and, don't tell her I told you, John Denver with the Muppets and one by Mr Nose (Manilow) himself!!
John Fowles

Layin’ down track and buildin’ the bridges

We’re gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

Boss Man Boss Man clear the track

OK OK enough of that

Today on ebay something rare and Australian
A May 1985 guitar magazine on sale in the hooligan state of New South Wales
http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/f1/7f/12_1_b.JPG
John Fowles

Any kind of freedom comin’ clean Is just another state of mind
When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true

I was in some aimless state Where lovers meet while angels wait. With gifts of time, they hesitate
(who said Gord's lyrics don't rhyme?? [/QUOTE]

[Jesse Joe]

Originally posted by Jessi -Joe:
Your talking about your wife Susan who still has a 8 track tape machine, I too still have one that works and I proudly own 14, 8 track GL tapes. Some others of different artists as well.

[johnfowles]

nd now something for the Ladies on auction from the UK currently under 5 quid.
Who will be the gallant to buy this for Bru???
(it's not Too Much To Lose I might say but won't)
at http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-BEAUTIFUL-ACOUSTIC-GUITAR-PIC-PENDANT_W0QQitemZ200000130919QQcategoryZ2336QQrdZ1 QQcmdZViewItem
http://i21.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/1a/62/8e_1_b.JPG
Loverly
John
Bru and there you were thinking that nobody else had even heard of Gord over there

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

Interesting a GL neck chain. But what's next. GL bedsheets? I'm sure any woman fan of GL would like that!

[Sheryl]

I don't know, I think that necklace is kinda cool.

[SilverHeels]

I like that necklace, John.
Now ... is it too much to lose ... ;)

[Sheryl]

Bru, we can start a bidding war on it, LOL!!

[SilverHeels]

but then one of us will have to pay megabucks!
LOL

[Sheryl]

John said it was 5 quid. How much is that? 5 pounds?

[SilverHeels]

yes, 5 pounds, at the moment.

[Janice]

Bru, am I correct in thinking that "quid" is slang for "pounds" - similar to how we use "bucks" to mean "dollars"?

[johnfowles]

A recently posted auction gives UK fans a rare chance to acquire the excellent Canadian 3-CD box set that includes all 5
United Artist albums:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-Original-1st-5-Albums-CD-Box-Set_W0QQitemZ4880528265QQcategoryZ58588QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem
or
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-Original-1st-5-Albums-CD-Box-Set_W0QQitemZ4880528265QQcategoryZ58588QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/24/d8/0c_1_b.JPG
http://i10.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/27/26/33_1.JPG
I don't think I have ever seen it on ebay.co.uk before, and doubt that it was ever on sale In the UK.
My own copy was bought in 1994 in Montreal by an English friend visiting Canada who was armed with a comprehensive list of
all albums (vinyl and CD) that I at that time owned, in addition to this box set she also found to my delight the 1993-issued Waiting For You CD which in those primitive pre-internet days I had never even heard of.
Fortunately by 1998 I had internet access and heard of APPT in time to grab the solitary copy on sale in the HMV store on
Oxford Steet London on June 21st
John Fowles
in reply to Janice's query about the slang term "quid"
I found this site:-
http://www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory.htm
which states amongst other theories that
"The slang money expression 'quid' seems first to have appeared in late 1600's England, derived from Latin (quid meaning
'what', as in 'quid pro quo' - 'something for something else'). "
I have previously written about the pound sign itself (£) on the Newsgroup see:-
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.lightfoot/msg/a2dadc0bfb53798b?hl=en&
Noow regarding the US slang term "buck" two entertaining theories are on:-
http://entspire.com/newsletters/original_word%202-03.htm

[johnfowles]

And now one for the underpriviledged hooligan wannabee concert goers down under on auction from Brisbane is this at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT_W0QQitemZ7619287994QQcategoryZ29940QQrdZ 1QQcmdZViewItem

http://i12.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/24/50/15_1_b.JPG
this bill is billed according to the seller as
"1975 ORIGINAL STREET POSTER"
but September 19th was on a Thursday in 1974
when Gord did indeed play in Sydney and obviously survived!!
John Fowles
I found this topical picture
http://www.majicat.com/photos/Photo_image2/1ozcozrt.JPG
caption:-
Cats' first Austalian concert was at the Hordern Pavilion

[johnfowles]

today's crop incudes an interesting old 1967 poster
http://cgi.ebay.com/VERY-RARE-GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-POSTER-1967_W0QQitemZ7622326672QQcategoryZ104744QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem
http://i15.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/34/ec/94_1_b.JPG
I cannot read all the text on it but fortunately the seller says it is
"Poster text is: Gordon Lightfoot 8:30 till 11 P.M. Thursday September 14 University Hall Wolfville 1.50 advanced tickets student building rear"

And yesterday a Warner Bros attempt to muscle in on the United Artists regurgitation antics with their own compilation
note Made in 1981 i.e. released after GG and GG2 and this example attributed to Germany but I recall seeing this on sale in the UK in both vinyl and cassette versions
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT-the-best-of-german-12-L-P_W0QQitemZ4884932455QQcategoryZ1593QQrdZ1QQcmdZVi ewItem

http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/33/d3/de_1_b.JPG

Track listing
early morning rain
the wreck of edmund fitzgerald
carefree highway
minstrel of the dawn
rainy day people
sundown
summer side of life
cold on the shoulder
endless wire
if you could read my mind
canadian railroad trilogy
if there`s a reason
cotton jenny
song for a winter`s night
daylight katy
old dan`s record
me and bobby mcgee
the circle is small

[johnfowles]

This topic was getting far too long and taking excesively long to download all these pictures for dial-ups so I have started a new topic at:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=003881
respectfully yours
John Fowles