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Originally Posted by patybear
Whats really interesting to me is: throughout the years,Gordon's basic style/sound really hasn't changed all that much.
If anyone knows where I can get copies of The Two Tones albums,please let me know.
patybear
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I beg to differ with you! In the early years, Gord's style was different; more an interpretation of then popular music styles. There is nothing in the
style of his 1962 Chateau studio recordings that suggest the style he would develop soon after. On this record, Two Tones, the style is 50s/60s folk, not "Gord",
except for one song, Dark As A Dungeon. In that one song, we hear for the first time (on record) what I consider to be Gord's unique singing style. Then, in about a year, the first Gord-penned songs in his songwriting style start to emerge. I have always thought that Echoes Of Heroes was the first one of those, but I don't know the exact dates that the songs written in 1963 were penned.
As an aside, in a live performance in the mid 1970s (Toronto Rolling Thunder, where Gord also performed), Dylan sings Dark As A Dungeon and introduces it by saying it is dedicated to Gord. An interesting comment, isn't it? Dylan too considers that song to be something special relative to Gord.
Two Tones was released on two record labels, Chateau and Canatel. You will see copies auctioned at Ebay from time to time. And, sad to say, you will also see home-made CDRs available there as well.