quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
I can't remember if I first heard it on the radio or in concert (May of that year)- though I'm sure I bought the album the day it was released as I'd been buying them since discovering Gord's music in the 60s.
I don't know the exact issue date but I wrote on my album sleeve the date that I bought it- 9 April 1974. So being England it was most likely raining that day!! I think at that time I was friendly with a record shop owner who used to tip me off when a new Lightfoot release was imminent and get a copy for me soonest.
However I note that on the CD insert(a friend bought the CD for me in the Montreal HMV store in July 1993 it says
"released in the winter of 1974" I just checked on Wayne Francis' site and he says it was released in January 1974 (not March as the "B" declared so it took 3 months for the master pressing to get to the UK my LP was made in the UK and still has the price sticker on it a mere £2.29. I really cannot recall when first heard the title track though probably the same day as soon as I got it home!!
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