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Originally Posted by Gord Fan
Geo Steve,
Hey , by any chance is the live release you are thinking about the 2003 CD release of the 1969 Sunday Park?
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Hi
Gord Fan - Russ ? - and
Spocksbrain , too - Nope
, I've got that one 'Sunday Concert' on LP from way back.....gate fold and all -
the 'moss green' release.
No , I read of, and saw (sounds like I am describing Bigfoot...lol.)- oddly, what appeared on-line of course... to be a studio release
live album -don't remember which, (Rhino, ?), I'm not sure.
I know as well as the next rabid fan 
the official releases as well, and this one has me stymied.......I'll look around some more.... you never wha Kr88-co et al are gonna release next with a hand-painted Gord on it -or bootlegs -for sale in stores i mean - no the friendly 1's or 3's in the nail to friends and things - I'm appreciative of that. I mean in-the-rack and EMP goes after 'em as well - I know. As well they should.
So as to keep all the well-studied Lightfoot fans from jump'n on me here, Russ, let me say this - I have read it in hear after my post, starting allready...lol- the posts of the official releases from others, well-meaning, and its not good to get anyone's hopes up.
But dang it I did see this one on line and read of it.
You know what it might have been.... I read of a
CD-only copy of his Reno Live DVD - superfluous for a lot of players(machines)that can play DVD audio only (I think), but never-the-less, read of it. All most all of us in corfid know the offical releases by heart, and grind and crack our teeth wating for the next release, fearfully wrought with the sense of urgency due to Gord's ageing and what he has been through
- to tell you the truth, I was not the only one who was very surprised to see anything after WFYA ! I was so relieved, then on the back-photo he looked so healthy, what a relief. Then APPT - my God, what a great album as well as WFY. APPT to me had much of the vibrancy and (sp?)
Joi-de-vie of say, DSR, and songs such as "If You Need Me" - I likened to 'Drifters' - allthough a tale of warning, nevertheless seemed to be happy, upbeat - I was cheering him on in that one. And Restless...man-o-man from WFY - A lifetime great in many ways.
Sorry Russ - good guess, but no cigar....dang it - I wish I knew -at this point until I see anything else substantive - I'll place my bets only on the
possibility of a CD only of Reno live ! - maybe in the offing, despite the official list we all know.....he does have a semblance of executive order around EMP - not so with the studios I'm sure - not quit the weight he could throw around (I don't know that he did at all, just envisioning that he COULD have.) ..in the 'Here comes Mr. Cool', & 'down the walk of fame', and 'IN his prime' days.
Course - he was always prompted and prodded to let loose of a live recording as I understand it; such things as the broken fingernail he could hear from the live recording at the Massey Hall near-annual mecca series causing Gord to 'thumbs-down' the release - I'd still kill to hear that -wouldn't you ?
Oh well , despite all almost all of us "know" as avid fans, there is always the possibility of surprise, and we can allways hope. Personally - I am intrigued by some other kind of potential release more - that of 'more of the rarities and publisher's demo's not chosen for given albums, etc, as we heard on Songbook. Reading some of the lyrics in Lightfoot! - Wayne Francis' Site, under un-released, publisher's demo, otherwise yada yada - man I would REALLY like to hear a whole album of ..even 'Basement tapes" - as were the Harmony songs in greater part until Gord waved his hand from the hospital bed and said 'go to my house and get the tapes - do it ! And add tracks - we're making that album whether I am here or not ! - Incredible indomitable will. So we can hope, despite official lists, almost all of us know.
Later