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Lightfoot!

The 1966 debut, recorded 13 months before its release.
Gordon Lightfoot, 1966

Lightfoot plays guitar and piano and sings, David Rea plays second guitar, Bruce Langhorne second guitar on "Long River" and "Peaceful Waters", and Bill Lee bass, a credit found only on Wikipedia. Besides his own songs it has covers of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", Phil Ochs's "Changes" and Hamilton Camp's "Pride of Man". Singles were "I'm Not Sayin'", "Ribbon of Darkness" and "Early Morning Rain". AllMusic's Richie Unterberger gave 4.5 stars, and a public vote made it the 2017 Polaris Heritage Prize winner for 1960 to 1975. Barry Feinstein took the cover photograph.

Track listing

  1. Rich Man's Spiritual2:44
  2. Long River2:46
  3. The Way I Feel3:43
  4. For Lovin' Me2:25
  5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face3:10
  6. Changes2:30
  7. Early Morning Rain3:04
  8. Steel Rail Blues2:48
  9. Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes)2:05
  10. I'm Not Sayin'2:28
  11. Pride of Man2:41
  12. Ribbon of Darkness2:39
  13. Oh, Linda3:09
  14. Peaceful Waters2:01

More from Gordon Lightfoot

The Way I Feel (1967), Did She Mention My Name (1968), Sunday Concert (1969), Sit Down Young Stranger (1970), Summer Side Of Life (1971), Old Dan's Records (1972), Don Quixote (1972), Sundown (1974), Cold On The Shoulder (1975), Summertime Dream (1976), Endless Wire (1978), Yellow Bird (1979), Dream Street Rose (1980), Shadows (1982), Salute (1983), Waiting For You (1993), A Painter Passing Through (1998), Harmony (2004), Solo (2020), At Royal Albert Hall (2023)

Sources

  1. Lightfoot!, Wikipedia
  2. Gordon Lightfoot, Wikipedia