...and much like John said about that other similar topic,if you've read my account before,feel free to pick another topic.
Well stationmaster,yoooooou asked foooor it!
When I was 5/6 years old I'd listen to WCCK out of Erie,PA in my hometown of Corry just 30 little miles southeast. One day in 1974 I heard Sundown. I didn't know who it was but I remembered hearing it for years afterward. In the late 70s or early 80s,I heard Carefree Highway (which I thought was called "Every Highway").
Not long after that time,I caught,"Wreck" on Kool FM here in Phoenix. (Only a 5 or 6 year old song and they call it an oldie?
) Then about the mid 80s I heard,"Rainy Day People" on an AC radio station,K-Lite I believe. Then "finally",I bought a vinyl copy of Gord's Gold in I think,1985 or 86 (used). Next was GL's new song,"Anything For Love",although I wasn't aware of the LP "East Of Midnight",which I now have on CD,LP & Cass.
Until 1993 I only knew the hits and the few selections on GG. This is when I finally bought Sundown,COTS,SummerT. Dream and Endless Wire at a used vinyl store. Now I knew just a little bit more about his music!
After those,I really did not think to find more until 2000! (I don't know why.) I then acquired "IYCRMM" early that year.
In June of 2001,I saw,"Songbook" at Sam Goody's here at the mall and bought it on a payment plan!
On Tuesday August 7th,it was mine and I played all 4 all day! (Much to the chagrin of my brother,then my roomate). Almost another year later,I heard he was coming here to Phoenix at the new Dodge theatre on Aug. 6th,2002. Before that happened though,I found $1 copies of "Lightfoot!" / "Did She Mention..." and a really great looking copy of GG!
To make the concert part "very" brief! After going downtown to the concert and watching the show,I got to meet Gordon and the band afterwards in an autograph session outside the theatre! He was cool and totally down to earth! After that night and until the end of the year,I went and got every available original LP I could get! (See "The Complete Borderstone Stash...OOOOOOh!" thread for the list.)
So,I now conclude with buying Harmony on it's very 1st day out! The first GL album I've had the priviledge to do so with and now receiving "Live In Reno" on the 13th.
Not the most exciting story but how many folks do you know that could recall all of that?
Been me! Aurevoir!
OWWW~!
My fingers!!
Mommy!!!!
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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm."
- Borderstone