Gordon Lightfoot Original Albums

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Some of the available CDs
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If You Could Read My Mind Old Dan's Records - released July 2 Sundown Summertime Dream Dream Street Rose - released July 2
Shadows - released August 20 Salute - released August 20 Songbook (4 CD Boxed Set) Complete Greatest Hits - released April 2 Harmony - to be released May 11, 2004

The following is a list of all of Gordon Lightfoot's original albums, the two Gord's Gold albums, the four CD boxed set, and the new Complete Greatest Hits. Most of the original albums are available on CD today. The "Final Four" albums which had not yet been released on CD are finally making their appearance; two were released on July 2 and the last two are expected on August 20 (read more here). Click on any album title for the full list of tracks, for clips of many songs, and for lyrics for all of them. Thanks to Cathy Cowette, Sean Gaynor, Ed Mullen and Lisa Westbrook for help with lyrics files.

See the notes beneath the table for additional information.

Original Album Year CD
United Artists
Lightfoot! 1966 Yes. In combination with other album(s); see below.
The Way I Feel 1967 Yes. Single CD or in combination. See below.
Did She Mention My Name 1968 Yes. In combination with other album(s); see below.
Back Here On Earth 1968 Yes. In combination with other album(s); see below.
Sunday Concert 1969 Yes. Single CD or in combination. See below.
Warner Bros/Reprise
If You Could Read My Mind 1970 Yes
Summer Side Of Life 1971 Yes
Don Quixote 1972 Yes
Old Dan's Records 1972 Yes
Sundown 1973 Yes
Cold On The Shoulder 1975 Yes
Gord's Gold 1975 Yes
Summertime Dream 1976 Yes
Endless Wire 1978 Yes
Dream Street Rose 1980 Yes
Shadows 1982 In 2002
Salute 1983 In 2002
East Of Midnight 1986 Yes
Gord's Gold Volume 2 1988 Yes
Waiting For You 1993 Yes. No LP. Out of print. New and used often available at half.com
A Painter Passing Through 1998 Yes. No LP.
Rhino
Songbook 1999 Yes. No LP. Four CD boxed set.
Complete Greatest Hits 2002 Yes. No LP.
Harmony 5/11/2004 Yes. No LP.

UA albums on CD

The five United Artists albums are not all released as individual CDs; the principal available CDs are listed in the table below. Various other reissues of United Artists material are not listed. On CD this includes "Best Of", "Early Morning Rain", "Over 60 Minutes With" and the newly released and remastered "Singer/Songwriter". These CDs do not contain any additional songs, but are (somewhat random) selections from the five LPs.

The CDs in the list below, singly or in combination, will allow you to get all of the officially released UA material.

United Artists Collection

(EMI) Contains first four UA albums

Live!

(EMI) Sunday Concert

The Original Lightfoot

(3 CD box, Canada) All five albums

Early Lightfoot/Sunday Concert

(BGO, UK)

The Way I Feel

(BGO, UK)

Did She Mention My Name/Back Here On Earth

(BGO, UK) or (Bear Family, Germany)*

Lightfoot!/The Way I Feel

(Bear Family, Germany)

Sunday Concert Plus

(Bear Family, Germany)**

*One bonus track

**Five bonus tracks


Note:

This list does not include LPs released prior to United Artists, or bootleg recordings on LP or CD. Availability of these is very limited. All of the CDs listed here are available in many retail stores and at all the major online music stores. The exception is Waiting For You which is out of print.

 

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