Gordon Lightfoot Forums - View Single Post - "The Ballad" vs. "The Wreck": Which of the two song do you like better and why?

Gunter · 06-03-2005, 10:16 AM

For me it is "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald", which is the first song of Gordon Lightfoot that had my undivided attention when I heard it for the first time in 1977.
Ballad Of Yartmouth Castle is also great, I think it would have deserved a studio album release.
On this Sunday Concert release Gordon's vocals have a bit of an echoey sound (Still a great live recording for this early period). He also performed this song on some of his early 70s tours, I'm hoping very much that we are going to see an official Live release from this period one day soon.

06-03-2005, 10:16 AM	#15
Gunter Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 20	For me it is "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald", which is the first song of Gordon Lightfoot that had my undivided attention when I heard it for the first time in 1977. Ballad Of Yartmouth Castle is also great, I think it would have deserved a studio album release. On this Sunday Concert release Gordon's vocals have a bit of an echoey sound (Still a great live recording for this early period). He also performed this song on some of his early 70s tours, I'm hoping very much that we are going to see an official Live release from this period one day soon.