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johnfowles · 10-16-2003, 04:12 PM

Sorry DMD3 but I bin busy so half not yet found time to work out a definitive answer
but the folowing is as far as I have got:-
1.basic list of the official releases from Val's alphabetical listing at:- http://gordonlightfoot.com/Songs.shtml
total:-223
this is based on Gord's 19 original albums plus the Songbook box-set and therefore includes the handful of songs that he did not write himself
And of course of these a fair number are available in more than one version/recording.
2.in addition to these official issues
there are a number of other actually published albums and bootlegs:-
2.1 Early Lightfoot (10 songs less 2 on Songbook (Remember Me I'm The One and It's Too Late He Wins less This is my Song (also on the Two Tones album)
2.2 Two Tones At The Village Corner) 12 songs
2.3 the CNR Movin EP 3 songs less Steel Rail Blues
2.4 The La Cave Cleveland 1965 bootleg (also issued on the 2 Koala albums "Yellow Bird" and "Get Together"-
the Total La Cave recording comprises 13 tracks (less 6 on other albums not including Echoes Of Heroes)
2.5 The Warner-7 Arts Demos
31 tracks of which
3 (The Lost Children, Echoes of Heroes and Betty Mae's A Good Time Gal) appear on other albums
2.6 The Canadian Talent Library-6 songs less 2 that are on other albums (Turn Turn Turn and Long River)
2.7 A number of unreleased songs including at least 3 recorded by other artists
(Talkin' Silver Cloud Blues, I Can't Make It Anymore, You'll Still Be Needing Me After I'm Gone
2.8 The great and rather neglected single "Spin Spin"
Total of all of the above is:-
223+7+12+2+7+28+4+4=287
2.9 This listing does not include a few very significant unreleased songs on the bootleg of the 1974 Massey Hall concerts
plus we now know there should be 11 out of 18 demos Gord made before his illness on the eagerly awaited Twentieth album
That is all I have time for today
But after further consultation at Wayne's "unreleased" page http://www.lightfoot.ca/unreleas.htm
which I know includes some of the songs on 2.9 above
So after I find more time I'll be back with a further list of other known unreleased recordings (Well known to me anyways)
plus other things like the US and Canadian National Anthems

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My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

[This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited October 16, 2003).]

10-16-2003, 04:12 PM	#8
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Sorry DMD3 but I bin busy so half not yet found time to work out a definitive answer but the folowing is as far as I have got:- 1.basic list of the official releases from Val's alphabetical listing at:- http://gordonlightfoot.com/Songs.shtml total:-223 this is based on Gord's 19 original albums plus the Songbook box-set and therefore includes the handful of songs that he did not write himself And of course of these a fair number are available in more than one version/recording. 2.in addition to these official issues there are a number of other actually published albums and bootlegs:- 2.1 Early Lightfoot (10 songs less 2 on Songbook (Remember Me I'm The One and It's Too Late He Wins less This is my Song (also on the Two Tones album) 2.2 Two Tones At The Village Corner) 12 songs 2.3 the CNR Movin EP 3 songs less Steel Rail Blues 2.4 The La Cave Cleveland 1965 bootleg (also issued on the 2 Koala albums "Yellow Bird" and "Get Together"- the Total La Cave recording comprises 13 tracks (less 6 on other albums not including Echoes Of Heroes) 2.5 The Warner-7 Arts Demos 31 tracks of which 3 (The Lost Children, Echoes of Heroes and Betty Mae's A Good Time Gal) appear on other albums 2.6 The Canadian Talent Library-6 songs less 2 that are on other albums (Turn Turn Turn and Long River) 2.7 A number of unreleased songs including at least 3 recorded by other artists (Talkin' Silver Cloud Blues, I Can't Make It Anymore, You'll Still Be Needing Me After I'm Gone 2.8 The great and rather neglected single "Spin Spin" Total of all of the above is:- 223+7+12+2+7+28+4+4=287 2.9 This listing does not include a few very significant unreleased songs on the bootleg of the 1974 Massey Hall concerts plus we now know there should be 11 out of 18 demos Gord made before his illness on the eagerly awaited Twentieth album That is all I have time for today But after further consultation at Wayne's "unreleased" page http://www.lightfoot.ca/unreleas.htm which I know includes some of the songs on 2.9 above So after I find more time I'll be back with a further list of other known unreleased recordings (Well known to me anyways) plus other things like the US and Canadian National Anthems ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited October 16, 2003).]