04-21-2012, 02:47 PM
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1968-SHOW OF THE WEEK - videos!!!
The late night TV news April 20/2012 CBC showed a short segment of Gord singing "Song For a Winter's Night" from the 1968 Documentary show which was the same show he also sang "Face of a Thousand People," one of my favorite Gord tunes.
It was the show in which I was fortunate enough to be invited as a participating audience member.
Wendy Mesley, the CBC host was talking about Gord and his current interviews etc. when the short segment was presented.
It would be interesting to know if anyone else saw this as I missed the first part until "Marian from the Mountains" called to tell me Gord was on TV.
It would have to be somewhere in the CBC archives but I was unable to find any more information.
RJ.
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04-21-2012, 02:51 PM
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Re: Song For A Winter's Night from the 1968 CBC Documentary
I have it on my PVR and have watched that clip of him singing about 6 times. omyfreaking goodness he had that audience (and you) mesmerized. The voice just flowed out of him..oh lordy he was gorgeous...made me tear up..
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04-21-2012, 03:13 PM
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Re: Song For A Winter's Night from the 1968 CBC Documentary
I would love to see that Char if there's some way you could share it.
I remember during the taping of the show he forgot the second verse (The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead).
I was soooo tempted to shout out the words to him, but focused on more familiar words such as "lead us not into temptation" being the good Catholic boy I was brought up to be.
That evening would have to have been "thee" most memorable experience for me as a Lightfoot fan.
Time now for a little "zen" maybe.
RJ.
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04-21-2012, 04:18 PM
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Re: Song For A Winter's Night from the 1968 CBC Documentary
If anyone has the answer to 'how to get it to my computer from the PVR?? ' i will do so. I sang out 'over me' last night at Rama when he pauses between Ribbon of Darkness and Sundown..lol
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04-21-2012, 04:30 PM
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Re: Song For A Winter's Night from the 1968 CBC Documentary
Is "PVR" Canadian for DVR? 
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04-21-2012, 06:46 PM
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Re: Song For A Winter's Night from the 1968 CBC Documentary
pretty much !
lol
- Private Video Recorder..
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04-21-2012, 11:16 PM
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Re: Song For A Winter's Night from the 1968 CBC Documentary
Count me in on wanting/ needing a copy of that recording! Please......
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07-21-2012, 01:12 PM
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43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
43 seconds of 1968 bliss:
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07-21-2012, 01:47 PM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
this takes the cake for "new" footage of the year award, 2012...thus far
i think i know who has the whole show...i will have to hint a little louder about obtaining it! lol
so i think Ron Jones was in the crowd there, no? i looked for a mighty afro 
what, no afro icon to choose from????
thanks for posting...we are standing and CHeering out here 
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07-21-2012, 02:14 PM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
well JJ you know very well there's always folks who don't like to share..
So enjoy these 43 seconds that I am pleased to share, at your leisure for as long as youtube allows....lol
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07-23-2012, 05:03 PM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
Aweeessommmme!
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07-23-2012, 06:23 PM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
Great video, Char!
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07-23-2012, 11:06 PM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
Yes, that was the most impressionable concert performance by Gordon Lightfoot I'd ever experienced.
After that show I became "lighthead2toe."
A newcomer to Toronto and in that year 26 years old, my girlfriend and I were seated, as I recall, directly facing Gord but this vid does not show us. The afro had not yet arrived JJ. It came later, maybe late seventies, early eighties. All us guys got them, even Gord bought into it. I guess you could say it was an era sort of thing.
Thanks for sharing this Char. I knew the CBC would have it stashed away somewhere in their Lightfoot treasure trove. We just need them to unravel the rest.
RJ.
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07-29-2012, 10:48 AM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
Wonderful!! Thank you, Char!
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07-31-2012, 05:30 AM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
Nice Char very nice. Thanks for posting.
Ron - I lived back then too and while I had a lot of hair I never styled an afro. Not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you! I'd try one now - if I could, lol.
Bill 
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10-20-2017, 09:59 PM
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1968 video
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10-20-2017, 10:27 PM
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Re: Face of a thousand people-1968 video
I think this was mentioned a long time ago here and now we can watch it.
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10-21-2017, 05:07 AM
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Re: Face of a thousand people-1968 video
What a voice! Thanks!
Gail
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10-21-2017, 11:08 AM
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Re: Face of a thousand people-1968 video
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10-21-2017, 07:07 PM
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Re: Face of a thousand people-1968 video
my fave part of the whole show is his SFAWN performance and his 6 string picking version of DSMMN... the link to the entire show comes and goes...thx Sir J
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10-21-2017, 09:48 PM
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Re: 43 seconds of 1968 bliss - video
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Originally Posted by charlene
well JJ you know very well there's always folks who don't like to share..
So enjoy these 43 seconds that I am pleased to share, at your leisure for as long as youtube allows....lol
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OK Char I had saved the complete show when it was viewable on Vimeo and here is rather more than your tantalising 43 seconds!!
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10-21-2017, 10:30 PM
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Song for a winter's night-1968
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10-21-2017, 10:32 PM
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1968 TV special - videos
Sir John has been busy..
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10-21-2017, 10:34 PM
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Re: Face of a thousand people-1968 video
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What does those number 4 6 11 mean?
Been years since I've looked at a TV schedule.
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10-21-2017, 10:36 PM
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Re: 1968 video
it was broadcast on channels 4, 6 and 11 locally in Toronto area.
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