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Originally Posted by Shade of a Maple Tree
Even with the technology we have today, where virtually everybody and his dog can record music and distribute it far and wide, quality albums are still expensive and time-consuming things to produce. Especially if you need to hire a producer, an arranger, and studio musicians and other specialists. At age 71, Gord doesn`t have a lot of time left, and while I can`t speak for him, I get the distinct impression that he feels his time and money are better spent elsewhere.
I also sense that he has reached the point where he feels he has said all that he can say, both lyrically and musically.
My suspicions were borne out in a recent interview I saw where CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge was interviewing Gordon, who admitted that he had destroyed the sheet music and lyrics for his extensive catalogue of unpublished and unrecorded work.
When a singer songwriter gets to the point where they destroy their unpublished stuff, they`re probably thinking about their legacy. It could be the case that Gord didn`t think his back-catalogue stuff lived up to what he thought his legacy should be and so it got tossed. Either that, or he didn`t want one of the record labels he dealt with in the past to somehow acquire all that material and profit from it.
As for the rarities, the ones he wanted to release found their way onto the Songbook box set.
I personally would be thrilled to bits to hear some new stuff from him, even if it was just a few songs in an EP format. But I don`t think it`s likely to happen.
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yeah Gordon has been clear about his current/future work pertaining to recording and also writing (for publication, anyway). Anything currently unpublished (i.e., writing) may or may not be publically available/released in the future. For sure, anything he had going (drafts, completed works) that he worked on while under contract had to be contended with. He never submitted a copyright for these either and I have yet to find any copyrights for anything 'unreleased', etc.
Seems as though the only possibility for a new recording may be a live performance...for which the talk of has been floating around for some time. I did find some potential 'proof' that gives a vague hint that this was or may still be a possibility...Gordon submitted a copyright for the arrangement of "Beautiful" in 2005 referred to as "Beautiful 3"...as this is the 3rd rendition and is the one he now performs. This copyright submission can be interpreted as an intent to record...and/or may be just to establish the copyright for the current version as it may be recorded by others (with or without permission) during performances.
If the public database I perused is up-to-date (I'm pretty sure) there's nothing new around the corner anytime soon.