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Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream (1976) [1990, Reissue]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Nov. 4, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream (1976) [1990, Reissue]

Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream (1976) [1990, Reissue]
Rock, Country-Folk, Singer/Songwriter | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 37:28 | 223,81 Mb
Label: Reprise Records (Canada) | Cat.# CD 2246 | Released: 1990 (1976)

"Summertime Dream" is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 12th original album, released on the Reprise Records label in 1976. It peaked at #1 on the Canadian RPM national album chart, and #12 on the US Billboard pop chart. The album marked Lightfoot's commercial zenith in a remarkable period of popularity which had begun with the 1970 hit, "If You Could Read My Mind". He would never again achieve the same level of commercial success. The album shot to popularity on the back of the haunting ballad, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", which told the story of the final hours of SS Edmund Fitzgerald which had sunk on Lake Superior in November 1975. The song remains popular to this day and has been credited with making the sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald the most famous maritime incident in the history of the Great Lakes. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" reached #1 in Canada on November 20, 1976. In the US, it peaked at #2 on the pop chart and #50 on the country chart while "Race Among the Ruins" peaked at #65 on the pop chart.

Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits (2002)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 28, 2022
Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits (2002)

Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 464 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 193 MB
1:14:51 | Folk Rock | Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.

The most comprehensive single CD collection by this treasured troubadour. These 1965 1987 United Artists, Reprise and Warner Bros. tracks include his Top 10 hits Sundown; If You Could Read My Mind; The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; Carefree Highway , and 14 more!

Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold, Volume II (1988)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 13, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold, Volume II (1988)

Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold, Volume II (1988)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 381 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 150 Mb | Scans ~ 78 Mb
Label: Warner Bros. Records | # 9 25784-2 | Time: 01:05:46
Folk-Rock, Country Folk, Country, Singer-Songwriter

Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 is a compilation album released by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot in 1988. Like the first Gord's Gold collection, Vol. 2 features re-recordings of earlier hits alongside the contemporary material. On Gord's Gold only the early songs that didn't match Lightfoot's 1970s sound (and whose original masters were owned by Lightfoot's former label, United Artists) were re-recorded. However, on Vol. 2 all tracks, apart from "Make Way (For the Lady)," "Ghosts of Cape Horn," Baby Step Back," and "It's Worth Believin'" were re-recorded. The album also contains the first appearance of "If It Should Please You," a previously unrecorded song that the band often performed in concert. Some tracks on Vol. 2 that had been released during the 1980s sound almost identical to their original recording. Additionally, the re-recorded tracks were recorded live in the studio.
Gordon Lightfoot - The Complete Singles 1970-1980 (Remastered) (2019)

Gordon Lightfoot - The Complete Singles 1970-1980 (Remastered) (2019)
CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, no cue, no log) - 674 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 282 MB
2:02:14 | Full Scans - 31 MB | Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Country | Label: Real Gone Music / Rhino Custom Products

Gordon Lightfoot is a genre unto himself. Neither pop nor folk nor country nor rock, his music is unvarnished, direct, a statement from one heart to another (as Lightfoot has stated, “I like to keep things simple. I don’t like to make them complicated”). And this uncompromising stance has not only made him a legend (particularly in his native Canada, where he is a full-fledged icon), but also, somewhat paradoxically, brought him huge commercial success (which, ironically, has in turn caused some to discount his prodigious songwriting talent). For Gordon Lightfoot never set out to be a “popular” singer-songwriter. When he signed with Warner Bros. and began working with producer Lenny Waronker, Lightfoot thought of himself as an album artist, and, indeed, the Lightfoot-Waronker songwriter-producer partnership (with a brief period with Joe Wissert as producer) yielded nine charting albums—and that’s not even counting the compilations—highlighted by a #1 slot for 1974’s Sundown.

Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook (Remastered) (1999)  Music

Posted by Rtax at July 1, 2022
Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook (Remastered) (1999)

Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook (Remastered) (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.7 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 700 MB
5:03:29 | Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Country Rock | Label: Rhino

An institution north of the Canadian border, Gordon Lightfoot is practically the living embodiment of what many think of as the national character. Stoic, weathered, and hard-working, Lightfoot practices a husky brand of folk music that's as timeless as the Canadian landscape that seems to loom above his most memorable melodies. This overdue four-disc retrospective stretches all the way back to 1962, when the Ontario-born performer tried to make it in Nashville, up to 1998; 16 previously unreleased tracks and another 17 previously available only on vinyl add meat to its frame. Yes, the familiar tunes are here–"For Lovin' Me" (a hit for both Peter, Paul & Mary and Ian & Sylvia), "Early Morning Rain," "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown," "Carefree Highway," and the oft-parodied but truly evocative "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." But Songbook, like the artist it commemorates, isn't defined by radio staples. It's about the splendid expanse that is the decades-long career of a true musical workhorse. –Steven Stolder

Gordon Lightfoot - At Royal Albert Hall (2023)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Aug. 16, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot - At Royal Albert Hall (2023)

Gordon Lightfoot - At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 464 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 205 MB
1:28:34 | Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Country | Label: Linus Entertainment

Two CD set. After 50 years of hit making and with international album sales well into the multi-millions, Gordon Lightfoot is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time. Inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2012, his songs have been recorded by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, and Barbara Streisand. His own recordings of "Early Morning Rain, " "If You Could Read My Mind, " "Carefree Highway", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Sundown" are still among the most performed songs on radio in North America. A lifetime spent performing live with his band, Gordon Lightfoot singled out London's Royal Albert Hall as one of his favourite venues to play, and recorded his seventh appearance there in concert on May 24, 2016. In the final weeks prior to his passing on May 1, 2023, Gordon Lightfoot insisted that this live album be released as soon as possible, approving the artwork and making it clear that no changes were to be made to the recording.

Gordon Lightfoot - The Complete Albums 1970-1998 (2019)  Music

Posted by Rtax at May 10, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot - The Complete Albums 1970-1998 (2019)

Gordon Lightfoot - The Complete Albums 1970-1998 (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 2.9 GB| MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.2 GB
8:41:33 | Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Country Rock | Label: Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group

One of the leading singer/songwriters of the 1960s and '70s, Gordon Lightfoot was Canada's most successful contemporary folk artist, establishing himself as an important songwriter in the mid-'60s and going on to become a major international recording star in the following decade. Lightfoot's songs are literate but down to earth, and deal with personal matters as well as global issues in a manner that's poetic yet accessible, and his rich, strong voice is a superb vehicle for his material, though his songs are versatile enough that many artists have enjoyed success with his tunes.

Gordon Lightfoot - At Royal Albert Hall (2023)  Music

Posted by Rtax at July 27, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot - At Royal Albert Hall (2023)

Gordon Lightfoot - At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 483 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 221 MB
1:28:34 | Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Country | Label: Linus Entertainment

Two CD set. After 50 years of hit making and with international album sales well into the multi-millions, Gordon Lightfoot is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time. Inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2012, his songs have been recorded by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, and Barbara Streisand. His own recordings of "Early Morning Rain, " "If You Could Read My Mind, " "Carefree Highway", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Sundown" are still among the most performed songs on radio in North America. A lifetime spent performing live with his band, Gordon Lightfoot singled out London's Royal Albert Hall as one of his favourite venues to play, and recorded his seventh appearance there in concert on May 24, 2016. In the final weeks prior to his passing on May 1, 2023, Gordon Lightfoot insisted that this live album be released as soon as possible, approving the artwork and making it clear that no changes were to be made to the recording.

Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold (1975) CD Release 1987  Music

Posted by Designol at March 10, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold (1975) CD Release 1987

Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold (1975) CD Release 1987
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 424 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 165 Mb | Scans ~ 96 Mb
Folk-Rock, Country Folk, Country | Label: Reprise Records | # 2237-2 | Time: 01:12:01

Following the success of Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot continued his success by releasing a greatest-hits compilation. A double album (now a single CD), it contained the most popular songs from his Warner Bros. years on disc two, and he re-recorded many of his early songs for side one of record one. Although not as good, perhaps, as the originals, this did bring them up to date with his current sound style. Just about all the favorites are here (except "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," which hadn't been recorded yet when this set was put together and appears on Lightfoot's second volume of Gord's Gold), making this a good general overview of a strong talent. When Warner transferred the double LP to CD, "Affair on 8th Avenue" was dropped from the program to make the set fit on a single disc. Randy Newman arranged the orchestration on "Minstrel of the Dawn," by the way.

Gordon Lightfoot - PBS Soundstage 1979 (live) (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Aug. 21, 2022
Gordon Lightfoot - PBS Soundstage 1979 (live) (2022)

Gordon Lightfoot - PBS Soundstage 1979 (live) (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 243 MB
58:31 | Folk Rock | Label: Cult Legends

One of the leading singer/songwriters of the 1960s and '70s, Gordon Lightfoot was Canada's most successful contemporary folk artist, establishing himself as an important songwriter in the mid-'60s and going on to become a major international recording star in the following decade. Lightfoot's songs are literate but down to earth, and deal with personal matters as well as global issues in a manner that's poetic yet accessible, and his rich, strong voice is a superb vehicle for his material, though his songs are versatile enough that many artists have enjoyed success with his tunes.