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charlene · 10-09-2010, 09:57 AM

Sounds terrific...keep us posted..

from lightfoot.ca:
1969
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In his first appearance on a British stage, Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot captivated his young audience at the Royal Festival Hall Monday with a program about rail hands and jailbirds, city life and country love.

"He has a rare talent for the creation of curiously luminous songs and for giving his most intensely personal lyrics intricate and unhackneyed shapes," says the Daily Telegraph in an unusually warm review.

"He succeeds above all without sentimentality and without one false note in voicing something strangely beautiful and moving about Canada, from the mountains to the little general store."

Lightfoot, who has written a number of successful albums, is a native of Orillia, Ontario. Many young Canadians helped fill the Festival Hall.

Then 1972:
London, UK
Royal Albert Hall - June 10, 1972
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The Patriot's Dream
Summer Side Of Life
Alberta Bound
Cotton Jenny
Don Quixote
If You Could Read My Mind
Rock My World To Sleep
The Last Time I Saw Her
On Susan's Floor
Black Day In July
Ode To Big Blue
The Auctioneer
Sit Down Young Stranger
Christian Island
Beautiful
Bitter Green
Pussywillows Cat-tails
Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
Boss Man
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Me And Bobby McGee
Miguel
Early Morning Rain

Then 1974: - In January, Sundown is released.
- In March, he writes the song that will be the title cut for his next album almost a year from then, Cold On The Shoulder.
- In March, Lightfoot records all of the Massey Hall shows for a live album. Because of a broken fingernail that could be heard on the tapes, the project is scrapped.
- Lightfoot's guitars and sound equipment are stolen in Saginaw, MI forcing him to cancel a concert in Ann Arbor.
- In June, Sundown holds down the #1 album position for three weeks.
- In June, Sundown reaches #1 on the single charts.
- In August, the UA compilation The Very Best Of Gordon Lightfoot peaks at #155 on the album charts.
- In November, Carefree Highway reaches #10 on the single charts.
- Facial Hair Tracker. Lightfoot shaved his beard for a short time in 1974, but regrew it before the year was out.

THEN 1975:
In October, he makes a brief tour of Europe with stops in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and finally at a sold out Royal Albert Hall in London.

10-09-2010, 09:57 AM	#2
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Keep watching the BBC Sounds terrific...keep us posted.. from lightfoot.ca: 1969 ________________________________________ In his first appearance on a British stage, Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot captivated his young audience at the Royal Festival Hall Monday with a program about rail hands and jailbirds, city life and country love. "He has a rare talent for the creation of curiously luminous songs and for giving his most intensely personal lyrics intricate and unhackneyed shapes," says the Daily Telegraph in an unusually warm review. "He succeeds above all without sentimentality and without one false note in voicing something strangely beautiful and moving about Canada, from the mountains to the little general store." Lightfoot, who has written a number of successful albums, is a native of Orillia, Ontario. Many young Canadians helped fill the Festival Hall. Then 1972: London, UK Royal Albert Hall - June 10, 1972 ________________________________________ The Patriot's Dream Summer Side Of Life Alberta Bound Cotton Jenny Don Quixote If You Could Read My Mind Rock My World To Sleep The Last Time I Saw Her On Susan's Floor Black Day In July Ode To Big Blue The Auctioneer Sit Down Young Stranger Christian Island Beautiful Bitter Green Pussywillows Cat-tails Ten Degrees And Getting Colder Boss Man Canadian Railroad Trilogy Me And Bobby McGee Miguel Early Morning Rain Then 1974: - In January, Sundown is released. - In March, he writes the song that will be the title cut for his next album almost a year from then, Cold On The Shoulder. - In March, Lightfoot records all of the Massey Hall shows for a live album. Because of a broken fingernail that could be heard on the tapes, the project is scrapped. - Lightfoot's guitars and sound equipment are stolen in Saginaw, MI forcing him to cancel a concert in Ann Arbor. - In June, Sundown holds down the #1 album position for three weeks. - In June, Sundown reaches #1 on the single charts. - In August, the UA compilation The Very Best Of Gordon Lightfoot peaks at #155 on the album charts. - In November, Carefree Highway reaches #10 on the single charts. - Facial Hair Tracker. Lightfoot shaved his beard for a short time in 1974, but regrew it before the year was out. THEN 1975: In October, he makes a brief tour of Europe with stops in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and finally at a sold out Royal Albert Hall in London.