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Gitchigumee · 12-27-2006, 10:38 AM

Hey has anyone noticed in some discount dept. stores they're selling old-fashioned-looking phonograph players, with a turntable to play old records. I'm very tempted to snatch one up. They're very retro-looking. I've got a cabinet full of old albumns I'd love to listen to again. Of course some I've bought the CD of, but most are just sitting there collecting dust. If I'da got money for Christmas, I think that's what I'd be doing with it.

And by the way, I'm listening to my United Artists CD as we speak, and I was so moved by Gord's version of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." I'm amazed that he wrote that, as I've only heard the version that Roberta Flack made famous, and had no idea Gord wrote the song.

Now this may seem terrible to you folks who have been following his career through the decades that I didn't know that before, but I was born in '64, discovered Gordon Lightfoot in mid-70's when I was about 10 when he recorded Sundown, and then re-discovered him about 10 years ago, and been listening ever since. It's SO MUCH FUN discovering these little tidbits as I learn more and more about Gord. It's like finding buried treasure and each time I discover something new, I'm like a kid on Christmas morning. What a joy!

12-27-2006, 10:38 AM	#8
Gitchigumee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 504	Hey has anyone noticed in some discount dept. stores they're selling old-fashioned-looking phonograph players, with a turntable to play old records. I'm very tempted to snatch one up. They're very retro-looking. I've got a cabinet full of old albumns I'd love to listen to again. Of course some I've bought the CD of, but most are just sitting there collecting dust. If I'da got money for Christmas, I think that's what I'd be doing with it. And by the way, I'm listening to my United Artists CD as we speak, and I was so moved by Gord's version of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." I'm amazed that he wrote that, as I've only heard the version that Roberta Flack made famous, and had no idea Gord wrote the song. Now this may seem terrible to you folks who have been following his career through the decades that I didn't know that before, but I was born in '64, discovered Gordon Lightfoot in mid-70's when I was about 10 when he recorded Sundown, and then re-discovered him about 10 years ago, and been listening ever since. It's SO MUCH FUN discovering these little tidbits as I learn more and more about Gord. It's like finding buried treasure and each time I discover something new, I'm like a kid on Christmas morning. What a joy! __________________ "There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run. When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun. Long before the white man, and long before the wheel. When the green dark forest was too silent to be real."