''Gord's Gold'' is a

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released by

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singer-songwriter

Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...

in 1975. Originally a vinyl

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, 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). However, the track is included for digital downloads. The first Lightfoot compilation to feature music from his 1970s

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albums, ''Gord's Gold'' also includes re-recorded versions of several songs from his 1960s

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output (Sides 1 and 2). 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 at the end of the year), ''Gord's Gold'' has remained the most commercially popular Lightfoot compilation. Of note, a stereo mix of the mono DJ 45 of “If You Could Read My Mind” appears here. In 1988 Lightfoot released a second volume, '' Gord's Gold, Vol. 2'', which also featured re-recordings of earlier hits.

Track listing

All tracks written by Gordon Lightfoot; all tracks produced by Lenny Waronker, except where noted. Notes *"Affair on 8th Avenue" is excluded in the CD release but is included with the digital download.

Personnel

* Guitar: Gordon Lightfoot,

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, Terry Clements * Bass: Rick Haynes, John Stockfish * Steel Guitar: Pee Wee Charles (aka Ed Ringwald) * Drums: Jim Gordon, Barry Keane * String arrangements: Nick DeCaro and

Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. An 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News and Documentary Emmy Awards, and o ...

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{{Authority control Gordon Lightfoot albums 1975 greatest hits albums Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge Albums produced by Joe Wissert Albums produced by Lenny Waronker Reprise Records compilation albums