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johnfowles · 10-20-2007, 01:23 AM

Err Umm Douglas your confusion is understandable because
the first United Artists album is usually refered to as simply "Lightfoot!" (from the album title printed on its sleeve)
and may never have been issued as such in the UK but later (early 70's) it was issued as "Early Lightfoot" and I replaced a damaged Canadian copy of Lightfoot! with it
Later still in 1993 a UK company (BGO) Beat Goes On Records, as part of the world wide conspiracy to flood the market with as many reissues and mixes of the five United Artists albums as possible, issued a couple of CDs
one pairing DSMMN and BHOE the other is the one you have
(and because Lightfoot! most recently had its UK issue as "Early Lightfoot" that is the album cover BGO decided to feature on its double album CD
see:-
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=417851
for a picture and track list as you have already posted

This is therefore an entirely different "Early Lightfoot" as referenced in the Songbook track list which certainly cites AME #7000 (1971) as the source of both "(Remember Me) I'm the One" and "It's Too Late He Wins"
The story is relatively well known that Gord disapproved of this attempt to cash in on his new fame after IYCRMM became the surprise hit. So he and then general factotum Richard Harison set to work with an axe
see:-
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.m...7134f36dd0ef11
which arose after this axing subject arose here see either
old ubb forum link:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...1&t=003875&p=3
orv the current vbb forum link:-
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread...highlight=quiz
album reviews are at both:-
Wayne's
http://www.lightfoot.ca/elrev.htm
and
Val's
http://www.gordonlightfoot.com/EarlyLightfoot.shtml
anyway just what is on the AME album??
this composite that I saved from one of many ebay auctions reveals all

A look at the above suggested that AME is an acronym for American Metropolitan Enterprises Ltd and a suitable google revealed

a "Referenced Case" involving AME Warner Bros and defendant McKinley Morganfield (a.k.a. Muddy Waters)
at:-
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/...borneoarc.html

Plus another litigation case involving the Kinks at:-
http://kinks.it.rit.edu/misc/litigation.html

Plus surprise surprise a learned treatise by yours truly at:-
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=14347

In which I quoted Gord's own words from the Songbook booklet

John Fowles

10-20-2007, 01:23 AM	#7
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: It's Too Late, He Wins Err Umm Douglas your confusion is understandable because the first United Artists album is usually refered to as simply "Lightfoot!" (from the album title printed on its sleeve) and may never have been issued as such in the UK but later (early 70's) it was issued as "Early Lightfoot" and I replaced a damaged Canadian copy of Lightfoot! with it Later still in 1993 a UK company (BGO) Beat Goes On Records, as part of the world wide conspiracy to flood the market with as many reissues and mixes of the five United Artists albums as possible, issued a couple of CDs one pairing DSMMN and BHOE the other is the one you have (and because Lightfoot! most recently had its UK issue as "Early Lightfoot" that is the album cover BGO decided to feature on its double album CD see:- http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=417851 for a picture and track list as you have already posted This is therefore an entirely different "Early Lightfoot" as referenced in the Songbook track list which certainly cites AME #7000 (1971) as the source of both "(Remember Me) I'm the One" and "It's Too Late He Wins" The story is relatively well known that Gord disapproved of this attempt to cash in on his new fame after IYCRMM became the surprise hit. So he and then general factotum Richard Harison set to work with an axe see:- http://groups.google.com/group/alt.m...7134f36dd0ef11 which arose after this axing subject arose here see either old ubb forum link:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...1&t=003875&p=3 orv the current vbb forum link:- http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread...highlight=quiz album reviews are at both:- Wayne's http://www.lightfoot.ca/elrev.htm and Val's http://www.gordonlightfoot.com/EarlyLightfoot.shtml anyway just what is on the AME album?? this composite that I saved from one of many ebay auctions reveals all A look at the above suggested that AME is an acronym for American Metropolitan Enterprises Ltd and a suitable google revealed a "Referenced Case" involving AME Warner Bros and defendant McKinley Morganfield (a.k.a. Muddy Waters) at:- http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/...borneoarc.html Plus another litigation case involving the Kinks at:- http://kinks.it.rit.edu/misc/litigation.html Plus surprise surprise a learned treatise by yours truly at:- http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=14347 In which I quoted Gord's own words from the Songbook booklet John Fowles