Early Lightfoot wow! What a great album!

[bnschaef]

Well friends! I listened to some of the songs from the Early Lightfoot album including my all time favorite Remember Me and I'll tell you, it is an unbelievable album. Many of those songs sound like they possibly have been recorded in Nashville and his voice is so much different than his usual albums. It is unbelievable! I'll tell you these songs arre unbelievable! This album is a great introduction to Gordon's music for any young fan like myself! By the way did Gordon ever get to work with artists such as Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, George Hamilton IV and other great country stars?
God bless. Sincerely your true Gordon friend, Maheen.

[This message has been edited by gordon20 (edited December 07, 2004).]

[gordon20]

Well friends! I listened to some of the songs from the Early Lightfoot album including my all time favorite Remember Me and I'll tell you, it is an unbelievable album. Many of those songs sound like they possibly have been recorded in Nashville and his voice is so much different than his usual albums. It is unbelievable! I'll tell you these songs arre unbelievable! This album is a great introduction to Gordon's music for any young fan like myself! By the way did Gordon ever get to work with artists such as Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, George Hamilton IV and other great country stars?
God bless. Sincerely your true Gordon friend, Maheen.

[This message has been edited by gordon20 (edited December 07, 2004).]

i think he did most of his recording in NY but if not this site on another one his last studio album for UA Back Here On Earth was done in Nashville. once i heard the original recording of The Circle Is Small wich was off that album. that particular one wasn't country sounding to me. otherwise don't know about the others.

i think he did most of his recording in NY but if not this site on another one his last studio album for UA Back Here On Earth was done in Nashville. once i heard the original recording of The Circle Is Small wich was off that album. that particular one wasn't country sounding to me. otherwise don't know about the others.

[bnschaef]

It's not the Early Lightfoot album that is available on CD this particular album Early Lightfoot is his very earliest songs from around 1962-63, they are unbelievable! Songs like, It's Too Late, This Is My Song, Long Haired Woman, etc. These songs have that country nashville sound in it it's great! There are two of these songs on the Songbook set it's on disc 1.

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[gordon20]

It's not the Early Lightfoot album that is available on CD this particular album Early Lightfoot is his very earliest songs from around 1962-63, they are unbelievable! Songs like, It's Too Late, This Is My Song, Long Haired Woman, etc. These songs have that country nashville sound in it it's great! There are two of these songs on the Songbook set it's on disc 1.

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[Tyler]

Marty Robbins recorded Ribbon of Darkness and made a hit for Gord. I know that Gord was on the Johnny Cash show once or twice. Bob Dylan and Gord are good friends. I don't know about Jim Reeves but George Hamilton IV also recorded a Gord tune. Funny you should ask about these particular people who Gord did have business with.

[brink]

Marty Robbins recorded Ribbon of Darkness and made a hit for Gord. I know that Gord was on the Johnny Cash show once or twice. Bob Dylan and Gord are good friends. I don't know about Jim Reeves but George Hamilton IV also recorded a Gord tune. Funny you should ask about these particular people who Gord did have business with.

[Station Master]

db, GH the 4th recorded a whole album of GL tunes...i had it as a kid but just won it again from an ebay auction for ONE whole dollar (but it's costing NINE whole dollars to ship, lol!)

[jj]

db, GH the 4th recorded a whole album of GL tunes...i had it as a kid but just won it again from an ebay auction for ONE whole dollar (but it's costing NINE whole dollars to ship, lol!)

[SilverHeels]

quote:Originally posted by jj:
db, GH the 4th recorded a whole album of GL tunes...i had it as a kid but just won it again from an ebay auction for ONE whole dollar (but it's costing NINE whole dollars to ship, lol!)

JJ,
I have that album ! It's pretty battered and worn too.
And I met George 4th several times. He would tell me about going out to Gord's house where they would play pool and 'shoot the breeze' (I think that was the phrase).
Thanks for opening up that memory door, JJ.

[johnfowles]

quote:Originally posted by gordon20:
[B]Many of those songs sound like they possibly have been recorded in Nashville and his voice is so much different than his usual albums. Sincerely your true Gordon friend, Maheen.
B]
OK Maheen and others who may not have read the following on the Newsgroup and/or do not have the Songbook box set:-
there is a thread on the Newsgroup re Early Lightfoot started by Yuri who a few of you will have seen or met in Hamilton
recently.The thread starts at:-
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...ca80229decb2ef
Also the following words by Gord written in 1999 appear in his Songbook booklet:
"A Word From Gordon Lightfoot

In 1962 I recorded the first two songs burned onto this anthology. Those two, and a few others less likely, were recorded in
Nashville with a group of handpicked musicians. I came out of the sessions sounding like a cross between Jim Reeves and Pat Boone. Deciding not to follow that route, I chose to gamble on the folk revival of the early '60s and began working in bars
and coffeehouses. By 1966 I had found a niche in the singer/songwriter category. I had also found a production company in
New York to record and represent me. I then pursued a career in live and recorded musical performances, which has carried me
through, right up until the present day."
And about the two tracks from "early Lighfoot" on Songbook Disc 1
Gord has these explanations:-
"1/1. REMEMBER ME (I'M THE ONE)

This was part of the American Metropolitan Enterprises catalog. A gentleman named Art Snider was trying to get a record
company going, and he set up the sessions. It's maybe the third song I ever wrote. I think the first song I wrote was done at
the age of about 17--a topical song about the hula hoop craze that was sweeping the nation. I took it down to BMI Canada to
Harold Moon and he encouraged me to continue writing. So I did. By the time I was about 19 or 20, I got a job as a backup
singer on a television show, and four of us drove to Nashville to cut some material. Chet Atkins put together a great backup
band on those recordings that included Floyd Cramer and Grady Martin. The general feeling was that the songs sounded too much
like Jim Reeves or Pat Boone"

"2. IT'S TOO LATE, HE WINS

The song is a love triangle; one guy wins, one guy loses. It's a theme I have returned to on many occasions. It was recorded
in those same Nashville sessions. Very innocent in its approach"
John Fowles

[johnfowles]

quote:Originally posted by gordon20:
[B]Many of those songs sound like they possibly have been recorded in Nashville and his voice is so much different than his usual albums. Sincerely your true Gordon friend, Maheen.
B]
OK Maheen and others who may not have read the following on the Newsgroup and/or do not have the Songbook box set:-
there is a thread on the Newsgroup re Early Lightfoot started by Yuri who a few of you will have seen or met in Hamilton
recently.The thread starts at:-
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...ca80229decb2ef
Also the following words by Gord written in 1999 appear in his Songbook booklet:
"A Word From Gordon Lightfoot

In 1962 I recorded the first two songs burned onto this anthology. Those two, and a few others less likely, were recorded in
Nashville with a group of handpicked musicians. I came out of the sessions sounding like a cross between Jim Reeves and Pat Boone. Deciding not to follow that route, I chose to gamble on the folk revival of the early '60s and began working in bars
and coffeehouses. By 1966 I had found a niche in the singer/songwriter category. I had also found a production company in
New York to record and represent me. I then pursued a career in live and recorded musical performances, which has carried me
through, right up until the present day."
And about the two tracks from "early Lighfoot" on Songbook Disc 1
Gord has these explanations:-
"1/1. REMEMBER ME (I'M THE ONE)

This was part of the American Metropolitan Enterprises catalog. A gentleman named Art Snider was trying to get a record
company going, and he set up the sessions. It's maybe the third song I ever wrote. I think the first song I wrote was done at
the age of about 17--a topical song about the hula hoop craze that was sweeping the nation. I took it down to BMI Canada to
Harold Moon and he encouraged me to continue writing. So I did. By the time I was about 19 or 20, I got a job as a backup
singer on a television show, and four of us drove to Nashville to cut some material. Chet Atkins put together a great backup
band on those recordings that included Floyd Cramer and Grady Martin. The general feeling was that the songs sounded too much
like Jim Reeves or Pat Boone"

"2. IT'S TOO LATE, HE WINS

The song is a love triangle; one guy wins, one guy loses. It's a theme I have returned to on many occasions. It was recorded
in those same Nashville sessions. Very innocent in its approach"
John Fowles

[Borderstone]

I know he was a guest artist on "The Johnny Cash Show" in '69 or '70. I think the other acts you mentioned just did covers of his songs.

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