Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. I'm the One, (Remember Me)
2. It's Too Late, He Wins
3. For Lovin' Me
4. Early Morning Rain
5. Way I Feel, The
6. Steel Rail Blues
7. Message to the Wind, A - (previously unreleased)
8. Song For a Winter's Night
9. Canadian Railroad Trilogy
10. Go-Go Round
11. Crossroads
12. You'll Still Be Needing Me - (previously unreleased)
13. Mountains and MaryAnn, The
14. Last Time I Saw Her, The
15. Did She Mention My Name
16. Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
17. Boss Man
18. Something Very Special
19. Bitter Green
20. Affair on 8th Avenue
21. I'm Not Sayin' / Ribbon Of Darkness
22. Softly
23. Mama Said - (previously unreleased)
24. Station Master - (previously unreleased)
DISC 2:
1. Sit Down Young Stranger
2. If You Could Read My Mind
3. Poor Little Allison
4. Pony Man, The
5. Cobwebs & Dust
6. Too Much to Lose - (previously unreleased)
7. Summer Side of Life
8. Cotton Jenny
9. 10 Degrees & Getting Colder
10. Nous Vivons Ensemble
11. Same Old Loverman
12. Heaven Don't Deserve Me - (previously unreleased)
13. Don Quixote
14. Alberta Bound
15. Beautiful
16. Ode to Big Blue
17. Stone Cold Sober - (previously unreleased)
18. Old Dan's Records
19. That Same Old Obsession
20. Lazy Mornin'
21. Hi'way Songs
22. Can't Depend on Love
DISC 3:
1. Sundown
2. Carefree Highway
3. Seven Island Suite
4. Borderstone - (previously unreleased)
5. Cold on the Shoulder
6. Now and Then
7. Rainy Day People
8. Fine as Fine Can Be
9. All the Lovely Ladies
10. Summertime Dream
11. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, The
12. Never Too Close
13. Betty Called Me In - (previously unreleased)
14. Endless Wire
15. Circle Is Small, The
16. Sea of Tranquility
17. Make Way For the Lady
18. Dream Street Rose
19. Ghosts of Cape Horn
20. Keepin' on Yearnin' - (previously unreleased)
21. Canary Yellow Canoe - (previously unreleased)
DISC 4:
1. Shadows
2. She's Not the Same
3. 14 Karat Gold
4. Baby Step Back
5. In My Fashion
6. Never Say Trust Me - (previously unreleased)
7. Why Should I Feel Blue - (previously unreleased)
8. Someone to Believe In
9. Romance
10. Broken Dreams
11. Always on the Bright Side - (previously unreleased)
12. Forgive Me Lord - (previously unreleased)
13. Lifeline - (previously unreleased)
14. East of Midnight
15. Morning Glory
16. Lesson in Love, A
17. Passing Ship, A
18. Waiting For You
19. Drink Yer Glasses Empty
20. I'll Prove My Love
21. Painter Passing Through, A
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | James Newton Howard, Ry Cooder | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
SONGBOOK also contains a 64-page booklet.
Personnel includes: Gordon Lightfoot (vocals, guitar, piano); Red Shea (guitar, dobro); Charlie McCoy (guitar, harmonica, piano, celeste, bells); Huey McCracken, Grady Martin, Bruce Langhorne, David Rea, Jerry Shook, Chip Young, Terry Clements (guitar); Pee Wee Charles (pedal steel guitar); Ry Cooder (mandolin); Vassar Clements (fiddle); John B. Sebastian (harmonica); Hargus Robbins, Floyd Cramer (piano); Van Dyke Parks (harmonium); James Newton Howard (keyboards, synthesizer); Bill Lee, John Stockfish, Rick Haynes, Norbert Putnam (bass); Barry Keane, Kenny Buttrey (drums, percussion); Herb Lovelle, Buddy Harman, Jimmy Isbel (drums); Dave Brown, Bob Phillips (percussion); Anita Kerr Singers (background vocals).
Producers include: Art Snider, John Court, Gordon Lightfoot, John Simon, Elliot Mazer.
Compilation producers: Gordon Lightfoot, Thane Tierney.
Recorded between 1962 and 1996. Includes liner notes by Gordon Lightfoot, Nicholas Jennings and Thane Tierney.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Although the Canadian-bred Gordon Lightfoot is a virtual deity in his homeland, he has not achieved the icon status of Dylan, Neil Young, or even Paul Simon on American soil. Lightfoot has been a prolific and consistent songwriter and performer since the '60s, and his work has been covered endlessly. "If You Could Read My Mind" alone has spawned 100 different versions! Yet Lightfoot remains more a secret hero than a household name.
Rhino's 4-disc box sums up an estimable career in a deluxe package replete with chestnut favorites, rarities, and seldom-heard early efforts. Folk purists will be overjoyed with Disc 1, where Lightfoot is basically unaccompanied. The spare "Early Mornin' Rain" and "Bitter Green" are arguably more effective than their over-produced '70s counterparts. It is the '70s material included on Discs 2 and 3, however, that put Lightfoot on the map on both sides of the border. With "Sundown" and "Carefree Highway," he assumed a laid back perfection. Why he wasn't able to carry that commercial success through the ensuing decades has more to do with a fickle market and the onslaught of technology than it does with any serious decline in his art.
Editorial Reviews
...covers the entire range of Lightfoot's output, from his earliest recordings to the title track from his latest CD....All box sets should aim as high, and succeed as much as SONGBOOK does.
Dirty Linen
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