Disc 11. I'm the One, (Remember Me) 2. It's Too Late, He Wins 3. For Lovin' Me 4. Early Morning Rain 5. Way I Feel, The 6. Steel Rail Blues 7. Message to the Wind, A - (previously unreleased) 8. Song For a Winter's Night 9. Canadian Railroad Trilogy 10. Go-Go Round 11. Crossroads 12. You'll Still Be Needing Me - (previously unreleased) 13. Mountains and MaryAnn, The 14. Last Time I Saw Her, The 15. Did She Mention My Name 16. Pussywillows, Cat-Tails 17. Boss Man 18. Something Very Special 19. Bitter Green 20. Affair on 8th Avenue 21. I'm Not Sayin' / Ribbon Of Darkness 22. Softly 23. Mama Said - (previously unreleased) 24. Station Master - (previously unreleased) Disc 21. Sit Down Young Stranger 2. If You Could Read My Mind 3. Poor Little Allison 4. Pony Man, The 5. Cobwebs & Dust 6. Too Much to Lose - (previously unreleased) 7. Summer Side of Life 8. Cotton Jenny 9. 10 Degrees & Getting Colder 10. Nous Vivons Ensemble 11. Same Old Loverman 12. Heaven Don't Deserve Me - (previously unreleased) 13. Don Quixote 14. Alberta Bound 15. Beautiful 16. Ode to Big Blue 17. Stone Cold Sober - (previously unreleased) 18. Old Dan's Records 19. That Same Old Obsession 20. Lazy Mornin' 21. Hi'way Songs 22. Can't Depend on Love Disc 31. Sundown 2. Carefree Highway 3. Seven Island Suite 4. Borderstone - (previously unreleased) 5. Cold on the Shoulder 6. Now and Then 7. Rainy Day People 8. Fine as Fine Can Be 9. All the Lovely Ladies 10. Summertime Dream 11. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, The 12. Never Too Close 13. Betty Called Me In - (previously unreleased) 14. Endless Wire 15. Circle Is Small, The 16. Sea of Tranquility 17. Make Way For the Lady 18. Dream Street Rose 19. Ghosts of Cape Horn 20. Keepin' on Yearnin' - (previously unreleased) 21. Canary Yellow Canoe - (previously unreleased) Disc 41. Shadows 2. She's Not the Same 3. 14 Karat Gold 4. Baby Step Back 5. In My Fashion 6. Never Say Trust Me - (previously unreleased) 7. Why Should I Feel Blue - (previously unreleased) 8. Someone to Believe In 9. Romance 10. Broken Dreams 11. Always on the Bright Side - (previously unreleased) 12. Forgive Me Lord - (previously unreleased) 13. Lifeline - (previously unreleased) 14. East of Midnight 15. Morning Glory 16. Lesson in Love, A 17. Passing Ship, A 18. Waiting For You 19. Drink Yer Glasses Empty 20. I'll Prove My Love 21. Painter Passing Through, A
Label: Rhino Records (USA) Release Date: 06/15/1999 Original Release Date: 1999 Recording Mode: Stereo Recording Type: Studio Distributor: WEA (Distributor)
SONGBOOK also contains a 64-page booklet. Personnel includes: Gordon Lightfoot (vocals, guitar, piano); Red Shea (guitar, dobro); Charlie McCoy (guitar, harmonica, piano, celeste, bells); Huey McCracken, Grady Martin, Bruce Langhorne, David Rea, Jerry Shook, Chip Young, Terry Clements (guitar); Pee Wee Charles (pedal steel guitar); Ry Cooder (mandolin); Vassar Clements (fiddle); John B. Sebastian (harmonica); Hargus Robbins, Floyd Cramer (piano); Van Dyke Parks (harmonium); James Newton Howard (keyboards, synthesizer); Bill Lee, John Stockfish, Rick Haynes, Norbert Putnam (bass); Barry Keane, Kenny Buttrey (drums, percussion); Herb Lovelle, Buddy Harman, Jimmy Isbel (drums); Dave Brown, Bob Phillips (percussion); Anita Kerr Singers (background vocals). Producers include: Art Snider, John Court, Gordon Lightfoot, John Simon, Elliot Mazer. Compilation producers: Gordon Lightfoot, Thane Tierney. Recorded between 1962 and 1996. Includes liner notes by Gordon Lightfoot, Nicholas Jennings and Thane Tierney. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Although the Canadian-bred Gordon Lightfoot is a virtual deity in his homeland, he has not achieved the icon status of Dylan, Neil Young, or even Paul Simon on American soil. Lightfoot has been a prolific and consistent songwriter and performer since the '60s, and his work has been covered endlessly. "If You Could Read My Mind" alone has spawned 100 different versions! Yet Lightfoot remains more a secret hero than a household name. Rhino's 4-disc box sums up an estimable career in a deluxe package replete with chestnut favorites, rarities, and seldom-heard early efforts. Folk purists will be overjoyed with Disc 1, where Lightfoot is basically unaccompanied. The spare "Early Mornin' Rain" and "Bitter Green" are arguably more effective than their over-produced '70s counterparts. It is the '70s material included on Discs 2 and 3, however, that put Lightfoot on the map on both sides of the border. With "Sundown" and "Carefree Highway," he assumed a laid back perfection. Why he wasn't able to carry that commercial success through the ensuing decades has more to do with a fickle market and the onslaught of technology than it does with any serious decline in his art.
Dirty Linen (12/99-1/00, pp.59-60) - "...covers the entire range of Lightfoot's output, from his earliest recordings to the title track from his latest CD....All box sets should aim as high, and succeed as much as SONGBOOK does."
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