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johnfowles · 11-02-2003, 03:24 PM

quote:Originally posted by n:
But why didn't Gord include Salute on the songbook like he did all the other songs with the albums named after them?
An excellent question n and the pat answer has to be that with so many great songs to choose from there was not room for everthing on songbook. There are a host of glaring omissions and each of us has our own opinion.
I cannot understand why the excellent hit single "Spin Spin" was excluded along with other classics like "Minstrel Of The Dawn"
But you are quite right about "Salute" if it was good enough to be an album title track then for completeness' sake it should have been on Songbook.Taking Borderstone's toil on his "tapes" listings as an example I am trying to find time to work out my personal songbook5 and even songbook6 complilations. Any other ideas on important omissions anybody??

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11-02-2003, 03:24 PM	#2
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by n: But why didn't Gord include Salute on the songbook like he did all the other songs with the albums named after them? An excellent question n and the pat answer has to be that with so many great songs to choose from there was not room for everthing on songbook. There are a host of glaring omissions and each of us has our own opinion. I cannot understand why the excellent hit single "Spin Spin" was excluded along with other classics like "Minstrel Of The Dawn" But you are quite right about "Salute" if it was good enough to be an album title track then for completeness' sake it should have been on Songbook.Taking Borderstone's toil on his "tapes" listings as an example I am trying to find time to work out my personal songbook5 and even songbook6 complilations. Any other ideas on important omissions anybody?? ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited November 02, 2003).]