Sold Date:
March 23, 2015
Start Date:
March 12, 2015
Final Price:
$19.99
(USD)
Seller Feedback:
1540
Buyer Feedback:
180
Original 1975 REPRISE RECORDS pressing of the GORDON LIGHTFOOT two record set, GORD'S GOLD (2RS 2237)
Contains a track "Affair on 8th Avenue" not found on the CD
Record club edition
AMG 3 1/2 STARS: Following the success of , 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 's second volume of ), 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. arranged the orchestration on "Minstrel of the Dawn," by the way.
Condition: The gatefold sleeve grades EX. Both records are MINT. Check out my feedback score; you won't be disappointed.