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Old 04-03-2009, 10:43 AM   #1
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:56 PM   #2
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The Mayan calender predicts that civilization will come to an end in the year 2012.
I believe this is just another sign confirming the validity of that prediction.
Duplicate Vinyl, CD's, MP3's and multiple backups. I'm prepared for the inevitable.
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Old 04-03-2009, 01:00 PM   #3
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Just taking a quick shuffle through Amazon, I guess I'm not seeing the out-of-print status you're referring to Val. I'm sure a lot of a company's back catalog is not being reprinted-in favor of going to a less expensive and more popular digital format.

The encouraging thing is that everything appears available as a digital downloads--for those of us who choose to buy from the artists we like (and not just steal it as is the common practice now days.)
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Old 04-03-2009, 02:23 PM   #4
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Perhaps a direct link to the site where the info is would be helpful?
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Old 04-03-2009, 02:39 PM   #5
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Theres only two words I can think of for this-----OH NO! I'm not ready to see this happen.I still have quite a few more GL albums to buy.Do you think if we raise enough of a ruckus we can get them to change their minds? Let me know what you think.Hope to hear from
you,gang.I'm off to go e-mail Warner Bros.
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Old 04-03-2009, 03:42 PM   #6
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Default Re: GL Albums going out of print!

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Perhaps a direct link to the site where the info is would be helpful?
Well, look at this. This morning the CDs I gave as examples all said "This item is discontinued by the manufacturer". Now they say they will be in stock (in a few days). So maybe Amazon was wrong! Now that's good news!
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Old 04-03-2009, 04:05 PM   #7
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that's what I saw when I checked in. IN STOCK!
lol
Good news indeed! ..I'm still going to buy the whole Lightfoot catalogue again tho..
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Old 04-03-2009, 05:37 PM   #8
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Well, I now had more time and If You Could Read My Mind and Summertime Dream are both coming in, as well as Endless Wire, but there are many others that still say "discontinued", including GG2, EOM, COTS, Shadows and DSR. That isn't good news, but it's better than I feared. And maybe some of those are incorrect too. TIme will tell. I think a few of them are definitely gone as they have been MIA for quite some time, and aren't at other sites either. The last two are particularly disappointing, and suggest that the other two from the Final Four will be discontinued as well - if they really are discontinued. So I guess we need to keep careful watch.
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Old 04-03-2009, 06:34 PM   #9
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To Vlmagg:
I was just at the Barnes and Noble website.They have Gord's Gold vol.1,Gord's Gold vol.2,Shadows,and Dream Street Rose.
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Old 04-03-2009, 07:21 PM   #10
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Can't find "Waiting For You" anywhere except digital downloads.....
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Old 04-03-2009, 07:27 PM   #11
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For those of us with the old vinyls It may be time to make more copies on CD (of course as archives for our own use) There is a free program (audiograbber ) that allows
you to input a turntable or tapedeck into the soundcard of a computer. You store the files on a hard drive and then burn to a CD

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Old 04-03-2009, 08:27 PM   #12
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To bjm777:
I found 'Waiting for You' at Amazon.You need to ignore where it says'This item has been discontinued by the manufacture',and click where it says,"new and used".I hope this helps you.
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Old 04-03-2009, 08:47 PM   #13
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To Vlmagee:If you are looking for 'East of Midnight',try this:Google
it,then click on "Amazon.com East of Midnight:Gordon Lightfoot:Your store(second one from the top).Click where it says,
'Available from these sellers'.

Please let me know if this was helpful to you.
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Old 04-03-2009, 09:24 PM   #14
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Can't find "Waiting For You" anywhere except digital downloads.....
I had to buy it a couple years ago on Ebay.

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Old 04-03-2009, 11:46 PM   #15
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While it looks like at very least a temporary reprieve (and I suspect the songs will be available for digital download for pretty much ever) this does bring up a problem for a lot of artists.

Now I happen to believe the album Del Rio, Texas, 1959 by Radney Foster to be one of those I'd consider for the desert island where you are only allowed to take 10 CDs. Well, for a number of years now it's only available through iTunes. Radney himself told me that when I brought the insert of my copy to a concert to have him autograph it.
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Old 04-04-2009, 07:58 AM   #16
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I repurchased ODR about a year ago because my original CD was skipping through Mother of a Miner's Child and Highway Songs. Now I'm considering buying all the rest again too. It can't hurt to have them just in case.
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Old 04-04-2009, 12:17 PM   #17
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I found 'Waiting for You' at Amazon.You need to ignore where it says'This item has been discontinued by the manufacture',and click where it says,"new and used".I hope this helps you.
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Thanks Patybear - going to give that a try.
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Old 04-04-2009, 12:35 PM   #18
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"Waiting For You" ordered and is being shipped. Thanks again Patybear. I had the album on cassette once....
I have all of the Reprise individual CD's, and "Songbook", as well as some selected 1960's stuff on MP3 that I downloaded. Used to have it all on vinyl aeons ago but that all got "lost in the fire", as it were, a long time ago.
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Old 04-04-2009, 03:12 PM   #19
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I have many on CD but still need (on Cd) :

Summer Side Of Life
Don Quixote
Shadows (which i found on cassette recently)
Salute
Gords Gold 2

I have the UA studio 4 on the UA collection and Sunday Concert seperate.
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Old 04-04-2009, 03:33 PM   #20
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To Borderstone:
You can purchase all of the collections(on cd)that you are looking for at Barnes and Noble.I just checked,and they are
all listed.Good luck with your purchases.
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Old 07-31-2009, 09:51 PM   #21
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Hi Lightheads!

Bad news!

Sundown, DQ, Summertime Dream, IYCRMM, Gord's Gold I & II, ODR, Endless Wire, Harmony, Salute, Shadows, SSOL, East Of Midnight, COTS, DSR, Lightfoot/The Way I Feel, Sunday Concert, Early Morning Rain have been discontinued by manufacturer at Amazon. Esp. 'DQ'

DQ's most recent review reads

Buy it before it is too late

In my opinion, this is Gordon Lightfoot's best CD.
I had purchased the album years ago and I was lucky to find this CD
since it is now out of print. If you have never heard it and you like
Gordon Lightfoot by all means buy an available CD before it is too late.
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Old 08-01-2009, 03:36 PM   #22
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I have these albums via my blog, pm for address...

Back Here On Earth
Summertime Dream
Early Morning Rain
Don Quixote
Did She Mention My Name
Sundown
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Old 08-01-2009, 04:41 PM   #23
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On CD or LP? Wolfsbane
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Old 08-01-2009, 06:10 PM   #24
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We were discussing this at dinner before the show the other night. I was just checking Amazon as mentioned by MusicFan ! Tragic, eh? Is this due to low sales or what ?

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