Back in '74 or '75 my family(I was about 10 yrs old) and I went on a 2 week vacation covering all the western states up to four corners and Yellow Stone Park. AM radio was our constant companion and all the songs were great back then. (IMHO)
Lightfoot's songs were definitely heavy in rotation Carefree HWY, Sundown, If You Could Read MY Mind.
It wasn't till years later that I bought his CD's and wow what a treasure trove of wonderful music!
I recently went to a used record store and am picking up old LP's that I used to have but got rid of. I look for "near Mint" condition or newer reissues. I just got Gord's "Sundown" and put it in an LP frame on the wall with my other fave LP's. Most if not all of these I own now on CD but those were the days when vinyl ruled!
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