Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold

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. ~ James Chrispell & Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Barry Keane Drums Bob Thompson Orchestration Bruce Good Autoharp Charlie McCoy Harmonica Gordon Lightfoot Guitar, Piano, Vocals Hargus "Pig" Robbins Piano Jim Gordon Drums John Reeves Cover Photo John Stockfish Bass Joseph Wissert Producer Junior Husky Bass Kenneth A. Buttrey Drums Larry Good Banjo Lee Herschberg Remastering Lee Hershberg Engineer, Mixing Lee Holdridge Orchestration Lenny Waronker Producer Milt Holland Percussion Nick DeCaro Piano, Orchestration, Accordion Ollie Strong Guitar (Steel) Pee Wee Charles Guitar (Steel) Randy Newman Orchestration Red Shea Guitar Richard Haynes Bass Richard Holding Photography Rick Haynes Bass Roy M. "Junior" Husky Bass Terry Clements Mandolin, Guitar