Condensing down to 20 songs? Impossible! CDs will hold far more than 20 songs, though, so you should be able to get upwards of 30 of Gord's best onto one cd. All the above suggestions are good ones. I own the complete G.L. library of commercially released CDs and most of the library on vinyl, as well as several "bootleg" CDs and I, honestly, couldn't pick out just 20 songs. For complete albums, I have always rather favored The Summer Side of Life, though it is Gord's least favorite of his albums and he rarely does any songs from it, other than Cotton Jenny, any more. Anything from that period (early to mid 70s) would probably appeal to your mother-in-law. How old is she? What is her favorite style of music? (Country, folk, pop, rock?) Is she more fond of acoustic or electric music? Provide answers to these questions and I might be able to steer you toward some more appropriate songs to include. You wouldn't lose with the Greatest Hits cd released this past spring, but you also won't get some of Gord's very best music, either. In other words, his very best were not necessarily his greatest hits.
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