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johnfowles · 09-19-2006, 03:30 PM

I thought I would reply to this old topic which I suspect many of our newer members are unaware of because there are three of my favo(u)rites in Gord's current selection of songs in "rotation" that were omitted from Songbook
the particular three I am thinking of are:-
the ultra-magnificent "Restless" and "Let It Ride", probably jointly my top favourites for a few years now, and the recently back in rotation "Minstrel Of The Dawn" joining two songs from "Harmony" the title track and "Clouds Of Loneliness"
I know that MOTD is already on Gord's Gold but IMHO it deserves to be included in Songbook too (Oops I obviously mean Songbook 5 not 2!!)
John Fowles
My intention is to list up a Songbook 5 selection suitable for the requisite CD total maximum time of 80 minutes that any fan can create for him/herself noting also the selections on another similar project:-
topic: Gord's Gold III. at:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...1;t=002385;p=4
This which reached a mammoth 8 discs of 11 tracks each (by comparison the Songbook boxed set's four CDs are 24;22;22;21 tracks
But that topic cannot now be replied to because
it has already been closed,
John Fowles
Earlier in this topic I had displayed the pair of fine Gord like animated graphics found I said at the time on:-
http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_songbook.html

i just checked and they are in fact on the "Green Man Review" search page at:-
http://www.greenmanreview.com/search/query_google.htm
searching for GL there
I read for the first time a February 2005 appreciation by songbook's co-producer Thane Tierney (then at Rhino) on:-
http://www.greenmanreview.com/letters/loc_archives.html
"It was also particularly gratifying to see the very positive review of Gordon Lightfoot's Songbook box set, which I co-produced with GL half a decade ago.

Cheers, Thane Tierney"

[ September 19, 2006, 15:35: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

09-19-2006, 03:30 PM	#22
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	I thought I would reply to this old topic which I suspect many of our newer members are unaware of because there are three of my favo(u)rites in Gord's current selection of songs in "rotation" that were omitted from Songbook the particular three I am thinking of are:- the ultra-magnificent "Restless" and "Let It Ride", probably jointly my top favourites for a few years now, and the recently back in rotation "Minstrel Of The Dawn" joining two songs from "Harmony" the title track and "Clouds Of Loneliness" I know that MOTD is already on Gord's Gold but IMHO it deserves to be included in Songbook too (Oops I obviously mean Songbook 5 not 2!!) John Fowles My intention is to list up a Songbook 5 selection suitable for the requisite CD total maximum time of 80 minutes that any fan can create for him/herself noting also the selections on another similar project:- topic: Gord's Gold III. at:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...1;t=002385;p=4 This which reached a mammoth 8 discs of 11 tracks each (by comparison the Songbook boxed set's four CDs are 24;22;22;21 tracks But that topic cannot now be replied to because it has already been closed, John Fowles Earlier in this topic I had displayed the pair of fine Gord like animated graphics found I said at the time on:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_songbook.html i just checked and they are in fact on the "Green Man Review" search page at:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/search/query_google.htm searching for GL there I read for the first time a February 2005 appreciation by songbook's co-producer Thane Tierney (then at Rhino) on:- http://www.greenmanreview.com/letters/loc_archives.html "It was also particularly gratifying to see the very positive review of Gordon Lightfoot's Songbook box set, which I co-produced with GL half a decade ago. Cheers, Thane Tierney" [ September 19, 2006, 15:35: Message edited by: johnfowles ]