Why he re-recorded many of the songs on this release I'm not sure ....
But it's still a great LP / CD and (if you couldn't care less about the nominal outlay) an appropriate bookend in the cabinet to "Volume 1".
Not all of the songs were re-recorded and opinions on this forum will I suspect favour the original tracks over those reworked for this album. I'll refrain from critising any of the cuts (gritting my teeth nonetheless over the "wreck") as I've always treated the compilation as an album in its own right.
It's very much a more relaxed Lightfoot sound right through .... oddly enough (at least to me anyway), if you were to compile a CD with the original tracks in list order, I'd suggest you'd abandon it soon after in favour of this cohesive collection.
Excellent post by the way ...
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