Early Lightfoot/Sunday Concert [Import, Original recording remastered, Live]

Gordon Lightfoot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered, Live
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B0000011MN
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,919 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Singer-Songwriters

Track Listings

1. Rich Man's Spiritual

2. Long River

3. The Way I Feel

4. For Lovin' Me

5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

6. Changes

7. Early Morning Rain

8. Steel Rail Blues

9. Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes)

10. I'm Not Sayin'

11. Pride of Man

12. Ribbon of Darkness

13. Oh Linda

14. Peaceful Waters

15. In a Windowpane

16. The Lost Children

17. Leaves of Grass

18. Medley: I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness

19. Apology

20. Bitter Green

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing better than Gord Live, December 24, 2003

By 

William G Korb (Chippewa Falls, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Early Lightfoot/Sunday Concert (Audio CD)

Having seen Gordon live in concert several times, I can say that this CD does a nice job of capturing that experience. Every venue that I've seen him at has been on the smallish side, and I think that plays well to his style of music and his style of concert. Being at a Lightfoot concert feels like having him sitting on the sofa in your living room and giving you a private show, and Sunday Concert has that feel, too. I've never been to a concert at Massey Hall, but I hope to do so before Gordon decides to hang up his guitar.

As for the material on this disc, much of it was unknown to me before I purchased it.

The "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" paints a very vivid picture of a shipwreck that happened a decade prior to the more famous Edmund Fitzgerald, but it is no less compelling to hear Gord's telling of the story.

"Apology" is a tale of love lost and the desparation of wanting it back. Anyone that's ever been in that position can easily identify with the emotion of this track.

The final track is one that Gord has performed at every concert I've ever been to, and does an absolutely incredible job of telling the listener how North America in general, and Canada, in particular, came to be what they are today. "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is a testament to the power of Mr. Lightfoot's way with language.

If you don't already own this CD, by all means, add it to your collection today - you won't regret it!