Which favourites of yours are missing from Songbook? Just curious.
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Which favourites of yours are missing from Songbook? Just curious.
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'Beautiful'
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I'm Not Supposed To Care
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"Talking in Your Sleep"
"Restless" was subbed for it. Wish they both could have been on it. The Rez |
"Partners" and "The Auctioneer." Both crowd favorites from his 70s concerts.
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Gee - sounds like there's more than enough for another CD :D
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Unreleased/Rarities:
Face of a Thousand People Two Crazy Kids Movin' Spin, Spin My Love For You (From the Harry Tracy film) From the already released ranks: The House You Live In If You Need Me Daylight Katy |
Surprised that "The Patriots' Dream" was missing, not to mention "Cherokee Bend", "Home From The Forest", "Tattoo", "Miguel", "Christian Island" etc. I Could go on!
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Amen to the 1966 hit "Spin Spin" and "My Love for You" and like Ron Jones I can never say enough good things about "Face" not "crazy" about the other two though IMHO "Spin Spin" well deserves a place in one anthology or another (it should have been in the largely superfluous "Classic Masters" CD) rather than just be hidden away on the Bear Family Plus CD issues I would certainly add Partners Echoes Of Heroes and from the ranks of released songs most certainly Miguel-epic and the currently "in rotation" Minstrel Of The Dawn but that is on Gord's Gold yes easy to go on and on re "disk 5" suggestions(but then the box would need to be deeper) John Fowles Released in 1999,Songbook is a model box-set. It comes with a hard cover book, with a wealth of classic photos, and an in depth and sympathetic essay by Nicholas Jennings, all packaged in a hard shell box to keep everything neat and organized. from http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_songbook.html |
[quote]Originally posted by johnfowles:
Intertesting review site that is with a gord-like animated graphics to boot:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/images.../ani.right.gif http://www.greenmanreview.com/images...d/ani.left.gif there is a long list of artist's cd reviews at:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/CD_...ic_reviews.htm John Fowles the songbook review by David Kidney is fairly recent as Gord was still hospitalized at the time. The review ended with:- "I'm hoping he rebounds and tours and records again, but right now I'm sitting here thinking about an old friend and listening to him sing and remembering something Gord's old pal Joni Mitchell sang, "you don't know what you've got til it's gone." Nice thoughts [ June 09, 2005, 14:12: Message edited by: johnfowles ] |
I agree with all of the above. Of course, what we all really want is everything the man ever recorded or sang at all times and places, in one easily accesible place, right?
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I could not agree more. Which is why I had my media closet built without a door, LOL. Most fans, if they can afford it, already own everything he's put out and we buy something like Songbook for the "rarities", right ? Bill |
Plenty of songs from "Sundown" missing!
Is There Anyone Home? Circle Of Steel Somewhere U.S.A. High & Dry etc. & How about just putting all of "Shadows" on there??? ;) |
The Watchman's Gone
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Spanish Moss
I'm Not Supposed to Care The Watchman's Gone The List Christian Island Just to name a few........ |
Spanish Moss
I'm Not Supposed to Care The Watchman's Gone The List Christian Island Just to name a few........ |
"The 33rd of August"
The Rez . . . Mickey |
"Gotta get Away" from "Salute" ! Definetley!! ;)
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I thought I would reply to this old topic which I suspect many of our newer members are unaware of because there are three of my favo(u)rites in Gord's current selection of songs in "rotation" that were omitted from Songbook
the particular three I am thinking of are:- the ultra-magnificent "Restless" and "Let It Ride", probably jointly my top favourites for a few years now, and the recently back in rotation "Minstrel Of The Dawn" joining two songs from "Harmony" the title track and "Clouds Of Loneliness" I know that MOTD is already on Gord's Gold but IMHO it deserves to be included in Songbook too (Oops I obviously mean Songbook 5 not 2!!) John Fowles My intention is to list up a Songbook 5 selection suitable for the requisite CD total maximum time of 80 minutes that any fan can create for him/herself noting also the selections on another similar project:- topic: Gord's Gold III. at:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...1;t=002385;p=4 This which reached a mammoth 8 discs of 11 tracks each (by comparison the Songbook boxed set's four CDs are 24;22;22;21 tracks But that topic cannot now be replied to because it has already been closed, John Fowles Earlier in this topic I had displayed the pair of fine Gord like animated graphics found I said at the time on:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_songbook.html http://www.greenmanreview.com/images.../ani.right.gif http://www.greenmanreview.com/images...d/ani.left.gif i just checked and they are in fact on the "Green Man Review" search page at:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/search/query_google.htm searching for GL there I read for the first time a February 2005 appreciation by songbook's co-producer Thane Tierney (then at Rhino) on:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/letters/loc_archives.html "It was also particularly gratifying to see the very positive review of Gordon Lightfoot's Songbook box set, which I co-produced with GL half a decade ago. Cheers, Thane Tierney" [ September 19, 2006, 15:35: Message edited by: johnfowles ] |
I thought I would reply to this old topic which I suspect many of our newer members are unaware of because there are three of my favo(u)rites in Gord's current selection of songs in "rotation" that were omitted from Songbook
the particular three I am thinking of are:- the ultra-magnificent "Restless" and "Let It Ride", probably jointly my top favourites for a few years now, and the recently back in rotation "Minstrel Of The Dawn" joining two songs from "Harmony" the title track and "Clouds Of Loneliness" I know that MOTD is already on Gord's Gold but IMHO it deserves to be included in Songbook too (Oops I obviously mean Songbook 5 not 2!!) John Fowles My intention is to list up a Songbook 5 selection suitable for the requisite CD total maximum time of 80 minutes that any fan can create for him/herself noting also the selections on another similar project:- topic: Gord's Gold III. at:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...1;t=002385;p=4 This which reached a mammoth 8 discs of 11 tracks each (by comparison the Songbook boxed set's four CDs are 24;22;22;21 tracks But that topic cannot now be replied to because it has already been closed, John Fowles Earlier in this topic I had displayed the pair of fine Gord like animated graphics found I said at the time on:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_songbook.html http://www.greenmanreview.com/images.../ani.right.gif http://www.greenmanreview.com/images...d/ani.left.gif i just checked and they are in fact on the "Green Man Review" search page at:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/search/query_google.htm searching for GL there I read for the first time a February 2005 appreciation by songbook's co-producer Thane Tierney (then at Rhino) on:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/letters/loc_archives.html "It was also particularly gratifying to see the very positive review of Gordon Lightfoot's Songbook box set, which I co-produced with GL half a decade ago. Cheers, Thane Tierney" [ September 19, 2006, 15:35: Message edited by: johnfowles ] |
Farewell To Annabel
A Passing Ship |
The Watchmans Gone
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Spin Spin
Miguel |
Spin Spin
Miguel |
I agree with seafarer & Misty. "My Love For You" definetly!
I can't believe I didn't think of it! :eek: |
Christian Island is the most glaring omission.
I also thought that the rarities should have been on a separate disc. I bought it for the book, actually. |
Christian Island is the most glaring omission.
I also thought that the rarities should have been on a separate disc. I bought it for the book, actually. |
My list is [surprise :D ] too long; but I agree the rarities and out-takes should be on a 5th CD, making room for these or others above plus about ten more. My wishlist to add:
Cherokee Bend My Love for You Watchman's Gone Is There Anyone Home Circle Of Steel I'll Tag Along Ordinary Man Tattoo Mother of a Miner's Child Too Late For Prayin' Edit Note: Thanks Danceallnight for reminding me that Beautiful is on disk 2, replaced it with I'll Tag Along. :D BTW I agree with you ! - geo Steve [ September 20, 2006, 22:41: Message edited by: geodeticman ] |
Beautiful is on Disc 2, track 15.
"Love fulfilled. One of those songs I've played every night for a quarter-century, and I never get tired of it." I like the idea of a fifth disc, though. Maybe they can sell it with a wider, updated box. I also miss Miguel and I'm Not Supposed to Care. |
Beautiful is on Disc 2, track 15.
"Love fulfilled. One of those songs I've played every night for a quarter-century, and I never get tired of it." I like the idea of a fifth disc, though. Maybe they can sell it with a wider, updated box. I also miss Miguel and I'm Not Supposed to Care. |
Watchman's Gone, Christian Island, Somewhere U.S.A., Daylight Katy, Gotta Get Away, Knotty Pine, Biscuit City, Tattoo, My Little Love, Boathouse.
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Watchman's Gone, Christian Island, Somewhere U.S.A., Daylight Katy, Gotta Get Away, Knotty Pine, Biscuit City, Tattoo, My Little Love, Boathouse.
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