Gordon Lightfoot Forums - View Single Post - It's been forever since I've been around here.....I'm starting my GL collection again

ricky Jay · 03-27-2005, 08:43 PM

I don't remember the last time I was here, but I was once asking about how to expand my collection of Gordon Lightfoot albums, but I had first wanted to begin with the albums before his voice changed.

John Fowles provided me a huge illustrated guide with where to begin. I still have the link to the topic in which he provided me this guide.

I had, for some time, mysteriously drifted away from GL, and I don't know why. I think that perhaps I listened so much to the albums that I did have, that my brain got saturated, and I drifted way for some time. But I think that with expansion of the GL collection, I can expose my ear to a greater variety of his work, and that can enable me to feel less saturated or less confined to only 4 albums that I have so far...After a year of exploring a couple of more artists, my interest in GL's music is starting to re-emerge and I have become officially serious in expanding my GL collection.

I ordered 3 albums from Amazon last night....3 of them were not GL, but I had wanted those 3 for a long time.....and I did not want to go over the $40 limit that I had placed on my purchased. After the 3 albums, I still had room to purchase another one.....

I had decided to purchase "Lightfoot/The Way I Feel," the debut one from 1966, I think. This is the one that you, John Fowles, had shown to me a very, very long time ago:

My next purchase will be the following two:

I am interested in acquiring GL's work in chronological order, so this is the way I am going about this....and if John Fowles is still here, thank you VERY much for providing me the huge illustrated guide for how to collect GL albums. I used this guide for ordering the 1966 album last night and I am going to continue using this guide for future collection.

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03-27-2005, 08:43 PM	#1
ricky Jay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: knoxville,TN US Posts: 106	I don't remember the last time I was here, but I was once asking about how to expand my collection of Gordon Lightfoot albums, but I had first wanted to begin with the albums before his voice changed. John Fowles provided me a huge illustrated guide with where to begin. I still have the link to the topic in which he provided me this guide. I had, for some time, mysteriously drifted away from GL, and I don't know why. I think that perhaps I listened so much to the albums that I did have, that my brain got saturated, and I drifted way for some time. But I think that with expansion of the GL collection, I can expose my ear to a greater variety of his work, and that can enable me to feel less saturated or less confined to only 4 albums that I have so far...After a year of exploring a couple of more artists, my interest in GL's music is starting to re-emerge and I have become officially serious in expanding my GL collection. I ordered 3 albums from Amazon last night....3 of them were not GL, but I had wanted those 3 for a long time.....and I did not want to go over the $40 limit that I had placed on my purchased. After the 3 albums, I still had room to purchase another one..... I had decided to purchase "Lightfoot/The Way I Feel," the debut one from 1966, I think. This is the one that you, John Fowles, had shown to me a very, very long time ago: My next purchase will be the following two: I am interested in acquiring GL's work in chronological order, so this is the way I am going about this....and if John Fowles is still here, thank you VERY much for providing me the huge illustrated guide for how to collect GL albums. I used this guide for ordering the 1966 album last night and I am going to continue using this guide for future collection. [This message has been edited by Shazia (edited March 27, 2005).]