I now have the pleasure of owning all of his studio albums. I find that, while there are some similarities between some songs, there is a real range throughout the collection. Various albums take on different sounds, orchestration, moods, and lyrical topics etc. I guess as Gord worked through different stages in his musical career, the songs he wrote, the sound of his voice, the way he arranged the music changed. For me, this means, when I reach for the Gord section of my cd rack, I pull the cd that fits my mood for the day. Sometimes its Harmony, recently I've been enjoying East of Midnight, then I moved back to Old Dan's Records. Even these three examples have very different sounds and moods. What I'm trying to say is that I think every album is unique and that means that every time I change which cd I'm listening to, I get a new and different experience. I don't ever feel like the albums blend together in an unrecognizable mix of tunes. In fact, I recently acquired the collection of previously unreleased songs that are on the Songbook collection. I found as I listened to these songs that I could identify what albums the songs were recorded for without researching because I recognized the instrumentation and sound of the album. It's neat to own all the cds and have that kind of variety at my disposal. I never get bored of listening to Lightfoot.
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