Gordon Lightfoot "Gord's Gold" 1975 Double LP, Warner Bros 2RS2237

Sold Date: August 2, 2023
Start Date: July 22, 2023
Final Price: $19.95 (USD)
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Combined shipping discount offer:  Items must be purchased in the same transaction.  First item is at standard shipping rate, each additional LP ships for $1.

At the time of this writing, the Seller had additional titles by this artist for sale on Ebay.

The Seller is the Original Owner and received this LP as a promotional copy from the label at the time of its release. 

The discs were visually inspected and appear to be in NM condition. 

The gatefold cover is in VG+ condition, with minor scuffing from shelf wear.  It has a clipped corner in the lower left, which designated it as a promotional copy.  It has the original generic Warner Bros. inner sleeves. 

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(Wikipedia Excerpts)  Gordon Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists.

Gord's Gold is a compilation album released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1975. Originally a vinyl double album, it was reissued on CD in 1987 (with one track, "Affair on 8th Avenue", omitted to allow the collection to fit onto a single disc).

The first Lightfoot compilation to feature music from his 1970s Reprise Records albums, Gord's Gold also includes re-recorded versions of several songs from his 1960s United Artists output (Sides 1 and 2). This served to update the earlier songs to the same style as his later work and gives the album a level of consistency often lacking in similar compilations. Lightfoot's reasons for re-recording the United Artists tracks were explained in the liner notes as being because "he doesn't like listening to his early work".

Despite covering only the first decade of his career (and lacking one of his biggest hit singles, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", which was recorded the following year), Gord's Gold has remained the most commercially popular Lightfoot compilation. Of note, the 45 remix of “If You Could Read My Mind” appears here.

Tracklist

A1   I'm Not Sayin' / Ribbon Of Darkness   3:00

A2   Song For A Winter's Night   2:58

A3   Canadian Railway Trilogy   7:02

A4   Softly   2:36

A5   For Lovin' Me / Did She Mention My Name   3:27

B1   Affair On 8th Avenue   3:45

B2   Steel Rail Blues   2:45

B3   Wherefore and Why   2:42

B4   Bitter Green   2:42

B5   Early Morning Rain   3:14

C1   Minstrel Of The Dawn   3:23

C2   Sundown   3:32

C3   Beautiful   3:20

C4   Summer Side Of Life   4:02

C5   Rainy Day People   2:46

C6   Cotton Jenny   3:22

D1   Don Quixote   3:38

D2   Circle Of Steel   2:44

D3   Old Dan's Records   3:02

D4   If You Could Read My Mind   3:48

D5   Cold On The Shoulder   2:59

D6   Carefree Highway   3:41

The Seller was in the retail record business in the 1970's-1980's and acquired a collection of 2500+ albums from that era, which is now being sold on Ebay. Most are promotional and collectible LPs which have never (or seldom) been played. Many are white label promos, first pressings, and often factory sealed. The collection has been securely boxed and stored in a smoke free environment since 1983, 39 years!  Please check back occasionally to see my new listings. I add approx. 25–50 new LPs per week.

Grading methodology is as follows:

M (MINT) - Album is brand new, sealed, and has never been played.

NM (NEAR MINT) - Vinyl looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap. LP cover may have some light rub marks.

VG+ (VERY GOOD PLUS) - Vinyl may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experience. Sleeves will have some slight wear, lightly turned corners, or a slight seam split. May have slight signs of wear also may be marred by a cut out hole, sawcut, or cut corner indicating it is a promotional copy.

VG (VERY GOOD) - Vinyl has light wear, scratches, or scuffs. Covers may be marred by writing, or have tape or stickers (or their residue) attached, etc.

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