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Originally posted by Affair on Touhy Ave.:
huuum. ebay says Warner Bros.but the label says UA.
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Er Um..... Mike (?)
That's as may be but although the desciption actually says
"demos made for Warner Brothers"
AFAIK this collection of demos was never officially released by ANYBODY as IYCRMM was definitely Gordon's Warner Brothers debut album. My point was that if it were a real UA release it would be unlikely to have a subtitle publicising their competitor to whom of course Gord defected in 1970
I showed the artwork mainly because it pleased me since whoever designed it decided to forgego the prosaic "WB demos" title it is usually known by and instead used the standout track "Echoes of Heroes" as the title track. Incidentally those of you who have heard both will already know that the "demo" recording here is not the same one as the great "live" one on the La Cave Cleveland 1965 bootleg.
I have put the artwork jpgs from the auction through some fettling in a graphics programme separated and enlarged the front
and back
the text on the other half of the "booklet" appears to be as reproduced in the auction's blurb
(see text below this picture:-
"From the booklet "Lightfoot was born November 17, 1938 to Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Sr. and Jessica Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Los Angeles, California during the 1950s where he studied at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada by the 1960s and performed in coffee houses on the Toronto folk scene. In 1966, his debut album Lightfoot! was released. In the mid-1960s he was more known as a songwriter than for his own work, as his songs were recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. In 1971, on a bus bound for Calgary, Gordon met a lonely teenage girl named Grace on her way home from Toronto, and in 1972, the song "Alberta Bound" found its debut on the Don Quixote album. He is one of the first Canadian popular singers who achieved real stardom in his own country instead of moving to the United States. In 1972 his song "If You Could Read My Mind" became a top ten hit. The song was originally featured on his 1970 album "Sit Down Young Stranger" which had not been selling that well. After the success of the song, the album on which it was originally featured was re-released under the new title "If You Could Read My Mind" to capitalize on the success of the song. In 1974, his classic single, "Sundown", went to No.1 on the American charts. Nearly two years later, Lightfoot had an unexpected hit with a song with the unlikeliest of subject matter. In late November, 1975, Lightfoot read a Newsweek magazine article about the Great Lakes ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking during a severe storm. Tragically, all of her 29 crew members were killed. His song, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", most of the lyrics of which were taken from the article, reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Both songs continue to receive heavy airplay on many classic rock stations. In the fall of 2002, Lightfoot suffered a near-fatal abdominal hemorrhage, which caused him to go into a comatose state for a short period of time. He later returned to the music business with the album Harmony and an appearance on Canadian Idol. Lightfoot has received 15 Juno Awards and been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986, the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001, and in May 2003 was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. Lightfoot is also a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honor in the province of Ontario"
Note the reference to "Grace" who allegedly inspired "Alberta Bound" an attribution that I do not recall reading before
Finally I note that the track list includes a 32nd track "Crossroads" which I believe does not usually appear on the actual WB demos CD and in this case just might be a straight copy from the 1967 The Way I Feel album
John Fowles
Oops I take some of the above back
As another auction just started this morning puts it
"unreleased demos that Lightfoot recorded in 1964 for Warner Brothers who...TURNED HIM DOWN!!! Lightfoot signed with United Artists the next year and recorded five albums before Warner Brothers signed him for the remaining major part of his career."
so in 1964 UA did not yet to have Gord in their stable anyway
I have started this topic and posted the various images this as a service to Gord's fans.I am fully aware that these demos on whatever CD and with whatever artwork are strictly unauthorised.
So I have no idea if there are copyright issues here or not.