[johnfowles]

Originally Posted by jj

for those who don't have the collection, the liner notes are interesting (just an excerpt here):

"Some earlier judgment calls had to be reversed and emotions kept at bay. By the time the sleuthing was done, we had uncovered a number of tracks that surprised even me. Shocking, too, was the possibility of some of these tracks finding their way into the ether. I finally realized I shouldn't worry so much--some of the rarities were a little too rare and wound up, so to speak, on the cutting room floor. Within two months we had uncovered 18 respectable rarities, and the anthology wheels were, at last, in smooth rotation."

Ahem Ahem I say to you all again see the old thread at:-
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread...ngbook+booklet
in which I gave what are still functioning links to all the text from the various sections of the songbook booklet
especially
2 A Word From Gordon Lightfoot
(background to the compilation in Gord's own words)
quick easy to remember link to the complete archived Rhino pages
http://www.songbook.notlong.com