As some of you might have noticed I keep a daily watch on Ebay auctions using my quick link to the listing sorted newest items first(currently showing a somewhat overestimated claim at the top
"1593 items found for gordon lightfoot") at:- http://www.ebaylightfoot.notlong.com I do this partly to find new items for my growing collection of GL album and single picture sleeve artwork. Today I was rewarded with a "MEGARARE PORTUGUESE 45" http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/41/39/da_1.JPG http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT...QQcmdZViewItem Interestingly the seller discosziggy2 of Madrid claims to:- "INCLUDE 1.- SUNDAWN 2.- TOO LATE FOR PRAYIN' " John Fowles Obviously the singer is some sort of Minstrel of the Sundawn?? Another auction is for a vinyl copy of the original "Sit Down Young Stranger" album with a sticker on it:- http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/7/4.../6357913_o.jpg John Fowles to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay Will it ever end I’ve been all the way to biscayne bay The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay With a heavenly sky and moonlight on the bay She’ll be headin’ south through biscayne bay Into the open sea and of course:- Christian Island (Georgian Bay) |
Oh my! That photograph still manages to curl my toes ... even after all these years.
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And now for something truly splendiferous from an Argentinian optimist/opportunist!!
Gordon Lightfoot T-Shirt Amazing Novelty Tee at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem http://www.pins-online.com/T-Shirts/...ightfoot_1.jpg "buy it now" price:-Only GBP 2.99 (Approximately US $5.20) Also an unusual Dutch compilation album at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Lightfoot-Gordon...QQcmdZViewItem http://i20.ebayimg.com/04/i/06/44/38/c4_1_b.JPG Album sleeve front http://i14.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/44/07/0c_1.JPG Sleeve back too small to read the tracklist though I have sent the seller (in WVA) a request for the list for use in my collection project I have cropped those two pictures:- http://h1.ripway.com/johnfowles/Dutc...tory_front.jpg http://h1.ripway.com/johnfowles/Dutch_GL_Story_back.jpg John Fowles I guess the Argie bargie is a Ghost from nearby Cape Horn!? |
ops silly me I might have known that Wayne would know about this compilation, sure enough at:-
http://www.lightfoot.ca/storylst.htm he has the tracklist but no picture:- THE GORDON LIGHTFOOT STORY ** 1971 UA Records (Holland) (5C 05292715) Softly The Way I Feel I'm Not Saying Did She Mention My Name Don't Beat Me Down If I Could Early Morning Rain Bitter Green The Circle Is Small Song For A Winter's Night For Loving Me Canadian Railroad Trilogy John Fowles See it is yet another regurgitation of tracks from the 5 great United Artists albums |
Cool sleeve for Sundown but I have to say...I have never liked pictures of celebrities (especially my fav's)smoking or holding a cigarette! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
It's not a very flattering thing to have your picture taken with something hanging from your mouth. Ick! He'd have been cool enough without it. :cool: |
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and today the ultimate ebay GL auction at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem "Gordon Lightfoot Collection 21 CDs RARE! ($400 Value)" http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/56/de/83_1_b.JPG the seller one "deadlywolf" is in Rae Edzo, NT Canada and he must be pretty desperate as his reason for selling is:- "All discs are in excellent condition and were only listened to once. My wife can not stand Gordon Lightfoot so either she goes or the collection goes! Hence after much consultation the collection is up for auction. This is a wonderful collection and will fill your life with as much joy as mine was, until I met my wife. Please save my marriage and buy this collection from me. PLEASSSE!!!!' John Fowles a variation on "Divorce Country Stle" anyways OK do stop chortling and have some sympathy for this poor gentleman from Canada's frozen North country |
Wonderful, truly impressive, compilation and collection of items. Thank you for the e-bay refrence, I will have to start looking myself. I've been listening to the albums since I bought my first one in 1967. Borderstone, please realize that the cigarette was a cultural thing at the time, and not what you would consider politically incorrect. This is a great post.
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sure like to buy that collection , I have 'em all but Ii've gone thru *3* Songbook sets , 4 sundowns, and 3 Old Dan's records. i treasure my old LP's the most. I've got the "master" audiophile copy of Sundown LP i wonder what that is worth... no matter. boy If my wife of 25 years had said its me or the CD's.....hmm......j/k poor guy up there that sux. I am having trouble with CD's "going out of print" allegedly in Colorado on releases since 1982 , noteably last 4 and songbook. - steve geodeticman
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and another thing - I just told my wife the thing about the guy who's wife said its me or cd's... my wife said he should lose the wife and keep the CD's !!!! straight from a a...a....a... another woman's mouth ! she says thats no loving wife. "OUR" song is "Beautiful" we married to. maybe if it was John Denver..... nope not even that. LOL
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He must be a real fan since he has only played them once and then lists one of them as
A Painters Passing Thoughts. Instead of A Painter Passing Through. |
I say ditch the wife.
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If anybody here is into collecting rare vinyl (Vancouver Island's Richard Hkusam possibly)
there is a rare chance to buy the Czech issue of Cold on the Shoulder known as "Hudba a solva" (Words and Music) http://www.lightfoot.ca/hudbalst.htm which has just appeared om ebay for the minimal "buy it now" price of $3.99 albeit plus a very high $9.00 postal cost it is at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT...QQcmdZViewItem http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/17/f7/9c_1.JPG JohnFowles whilst talking of Czechs that's the country not "checks" or more correctly "cheques". if you have never heard the fine Czech bluegrass version of Ribbon Of Darkness download the small (177KB) wav clip from:- http://sunnyside.cz/mp3/SG/08_Necekej_uz_dal.mp3 Czech lyrics at:- http://sunnyside.cz/MUSIC/lyrics_cd/Necekej_uz_dal.htm [ March 12, 2006, 16:45: Message edited by: johnfowles ] |
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a flairy nice picture on ebay today at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Gordon-Ligh...QQcmdZViewItem John Fowles and talking of fads from yesteryear there is a 3-tape collection of 8-track cartridges going too!!:- http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/a8/c2/91_1.JPG and the great 1968 MaCleans magazine:- http://i8.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/aa/6d/f6_1.JPG all items readily available for viewing using my easy links:- http://www.ebaylightfoot.shorturl.com or http://www.ebaylightfoot.notlong.com or for the UK only auction list http://www.ebayuklightfoot.notlong.com |
There are a pair of Canadian produced GL Karaoke CDs available from:-
http://www.karaokecloset.com/singking/main.php http://www.karaokecloset.com/singkin...ucts/sk008.png Volume 1 and would you believe? http://www.karaokecloset.com/singkin...ucts/sk009.png Volume 2 I recalled that a young (?) lady (Janie) from singking posted here when these were issued Perhaps our resident artist (ZR) should contact Janie to try to offer his services to improve their offering's desultory appearance, sorry Janie but these two show precious litle imagination IMHO and after a search I found the topic at:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...c;f=1;t=003035 That March 2005 topic reveals that said Janie is Member # 1036 I re-air this now because I spotted one of these on ebay at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem along with a VHS copy of the Harry Tracy video http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/6/5647/harrytracy.jpg at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/HARRY-TRACY-vhs-...QQcmdZViewItem although it is probaby preferable to hunt down the DVD version John Fowles And my love like the light above shall shine eternally At the end of time, you'll still be mine and I'll be here with thee from Les Pouliot's My Love For You as performed by Gord in this film |
Very nice find. Thank you very much for posting this information.
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Just for a change here is one from ebay.co.uk
http://www.ebayuklightfoot.shorturl.com If anybody in the UK fancies getting what I fancy is a rare "The Way I Feel" CD One has just popped up on ebay uk at:- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gordon-Lightfo...QQcmdZViewItem the seller only wants a reasonable"buy it Now" price of £4.99 plus £1.25 Royal Mail 1st Class Standard http://i8.ebayimg.com/03/c/01/a3/2a/10_8.JPG http://i8.ebayimg.com/03/c/01/a3/2a/10_8.JPG On the BGO Beat Goes On Label John Fowles |
and here is a pose that I do not recall seeing before
http://i10.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/d0/41/f0_1.JPG cover of as you can see the Canadian Composer September 1970 Ebay auction at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-CANADIAN-COM...QQcmdZViewItem John Fowles |
nice picture, I've never seen it either.
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:D I have - and I have the mag too. *big grin*
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listen to Mr. Bossy Boots!
lol well Bru - wot are you waiting for? get to it girl! lol |
And here are a fine pair for Bonnie (bjb) and anyone else reading this from Edmonton:-
http://i8.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/ed/0b/02_1.JPG the Albertan seller opines at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem "This is a one-of-a-kind Original Concert Poster that was displayed at Mike's News Stand - who was the main ticket seller in the City of Edmonton during the 1960's and 1970's. It appears to me that this poster was hand painted onto thick cardboard style material. It is the same type of material that was used for all weather style signs in the 1960's. I am not sure of the year of this Concert but it had to be early 1970's" Had he gone to the Javascript day site at:- http://www.kerrnow.notlong.com he could have found that Tuesday November 19th was 2 days after Gord's birthday in 1963 or 1968 or 1974 but not 1979 or the leap year 1980. Take yer pick For the second one the same seller at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem http://i12.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/ec/1c/d0_1.JPG has surmised the same provenance but showing the different dates October 8-10 (although which weekdays were unspecified). And another for Jessi-Joe's interest at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem http://i18.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/c8/02/12_1_b.JPG John Fowles And Bru I am Still Waiting For You to make a proper response regarding your OCR competence (or otherwise) [ April 20, 2006, 22:10: Message edited by: johnfowles ] |
You'll have to wait a while longer cos my scanner seems to have died! :(
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Hey Sir John this is a great post. Are 8 track tapes worth good money these days?
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John Fowles Layin’ down track and buildin’ the bridges We’re gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Boss Man Boss Man clear the track OK OK enough of that Today on ebay something rare and Australian A May 1985 guitar magazine on sale in the hooligan state of New South Wales http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/f1/7f/12_1_b.JPG John Fowles Any kind of freedom comin’ clean Is just another state of mind When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true I was in some aimless state Where lovers meet while angels wait. With gifts of time, they hesitate (who said Gord's lyrics don't rhyme?? |
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AUSSIEBUCKS 0.99 (Approximately US $0.74) Plus Postage/packing is a flat $3 for Australian bidders. what are you waiting for Steve and Gunter and Mike and Mende and Ron in the current Ebay listing at:- http://www.ebaylightfoot.notlong.com the next item at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/RHEOSTATICS-Melv...QQcmdZViewItem is a Rheostatics CD which includes their version of TWOTEF Then there is a simple (i.e. not zoneranger inspired) Japanese Picture sleeve 45 of Summertime Dream http://i13.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/b4/e6/c2_1.JPG |
I clicked on your link and started scrolling through all the Gord stuff -- what treasures! I got a laugh when I saw the 8 tracks for sale!! Hands up if you still have the machine to play the 8 tracks!
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and now for some Ebay UK GL items The arch bootlegger in the UK,who this time around is calling himself "buzzfledder", has put up for Ebay (UK) auction the first time that I am aware of a CD of THE FOLKFEST BENEFIT, NEW YORK, 1987 http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/08/42/e0_1_b.JPG this joins a concurrant auction of an audio only CD OF THE 1979 PBS Soundstage television special from 1979 http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT...QQcmdZViewItem http://i23.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/00/93/bc_1_b.JPG plus two other of his GL auctions now ended the 1973 PBS Chicago special again audio only http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GORDON-LIGHTFO...QQcmdZViewItem http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/fa/6b/f0_1_b.JPG and another CD cobbled together from a radio broadcast of another concert the 1969 Charlottetown PEI Summer festival as broadcast by the CBC ON 5 oCTOBER 1969 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GORDON-LIGHTFO...QQcmdZViewItem http://i17.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/f7/35/de_1_b.JPG There were no bids for this one so no doubt he'll try again in due course to make his money out of Gord and some time ago The Two Tones Plus (the plus being the two songs on the lone Two Tones single Lessons in Love and Sweet Polly) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TWO-TONES-GORD...QQcmdZViewItem http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/ea/7a/71_1_b.JPG John Fowles all very relevant in the light of the old mp3 topic resurrected by Mr Suber the other day [ May 04, 2006, 09:49: Message edited by: johnfowles ] |
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and now for some Ebay UK GL items The arch bootlegger in the UK,who this time around is calling himself "buzzfledder" The same "gentleman" has now added another interesting unauthorised bootleg CD (actually a 2-CD set) of the aborted 1974 Massey hall recording that was abandoned after Gord had spent (I read somewhere very recently but cannot refind dammit) $20,000-$25,000 setting up the recording "session" because he was disatisfied with the sound because of a broken fingernail. He must have had very bittle nails that year see Bru's breathless recount of how he nearly sat on her lap at London's Royal Albert Hall when he dropped down into the audience to cadge an emery board see:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...=000069#000024 "Buzzfledder"'s new auction is at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/0a/86/5d_1_b.JPG Those who are fortunate to already have this will know that it contains very nice "Live" versions of the following unreleased songs Tennessee Stud Pleasures of the Night Divorce Country Style Partners and an earlier live Stone Cold Sober this 1974 concert has been discussed here before at:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001842.html http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000069.html It all goes to prove how fastidious Gord is which means that he probably strongly disapproves of the existance and ready disemination by means of mp3s of many unauthorised gems John Fowles Oh God the pride of man broken in the dust again Sometimes a broken dream Will make you sad or make you mean Lord abide, let us stem the tide Of broken dreams |
And to complete his collection of unauthorised offerings yesterday he added this strange compilation 2-cd set
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Just as Walter (broderstone) is hung up his Billboard chart positions,so was I in my later schooldays obsessed with the UK hit parade,Our favo(u)rite source of information in those days was the http://www.nme.com/layout/nme_logo.gif
no not the "enemy" but the "New Musical Express" a weekly Black and White tabloid publication described by answers.com as:- "The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a music magazine in the UK which has been published weekly since March 1952." I still have a few cuttings especially from 1959 with details of that year's plane crash near Clear Lake Iowa that took the life of my then musical hero Buddy Holly.Fast forward to 1971 I was then back in the UK, having become a Lighthead in a big way, and had of course bought the IYCRMM LP, but news of Gord was to put it mildly scant. All the more interesting therefore to be reminded that in 1971 the NME actually had an article on Gord in an issue I sadly missed but possibly Bruna has squirelled away?? This has just come up on ebay again at:- http://cgi.ebay.com/Gordon-Lightfoot...QQcmdZViewItem http://www.rockmem.com/NMEcut/0711.jpg John Fowles I recently found that the NME had itself been the subject of an American University "Class Project" see Contents listing for 1953-1969 at:- http://www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/br...NME/index.html Now Skidmore University is in Saratoga Springs, New York home of the Caffe Lena and two great GL tribute band concerts see:- http://mageenet.org/LightfootTributeBand/home.shtml http://mageenet.org/LightfootTribute...C00130-400.jpg of note is this that I found on http://www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/br...E/nme6512.html where I read a note from December 1965:- "American folk stars on February tour [The Ian Campbell Folk Group headlines a tour with Gordon Lightfoot and Ian and Sylvia.]" 1971 is of course ouside the timeframe of 1953-1969 that the above referenced page covers [ May 10, 2006, 08:32: Message edited by: johnfowles ] |
Gord looks really cool in that above b & w picture John. I think the long hair would have been enough,skip the beard & 'stache. :)
(I know ladies...bite yer tounge B! :D ) [ May 09, 2006, 22:41: Message edited by: Borderstone ] |
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another nice new Ebay item yesterday a poster for "Saturday November 24th" (the seller said "This is an unknown year promotional concert poster") but using the Javascript "Find any day for a given date:" at:- http://cornish-family.netfirms.com/findday.htm or http://www.kernow.notlong.com (Kernow is Cornwall,UK if you did not know) that was either 1973 or 1979 and per:- http://www.lightfoot.ca/1979.htm Gord did not do such a concert in 1979 so 1973 it must have been http://members.sparedollar.com/CG707...TINCONCERT.JPG John Fowles Jenney was that a CT concert you got to back in your pre-stalking days?? |
This is very interesting Sir John, Im constantly looking for old Lightfoot performances like the soundstage one, I have that on VHS which I recorded in 1980 on a PBS station from Maine. The sound is terrible, and it last only 1 hour. I remember when he introduces his then new song, "ON THE HIGH SEAS", he must have been playing a joke on the audience as he says, " This one is called 'On The Tv."
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John Fowles Layin’ down track and buildin’ the bridges We’re gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Boss Man Boss Man clear the track OK OK enough of that Today on ebay something rare and Australian A May 1985 guitar magazine on sale in the hooligan state of New South Wales http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/f1/7f/12_1_b.JPG John Fowles Any kind of freedom comin’ clean Is just another state of mind When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true I was in some aimless state Where lovers meet while angels wait. With gifts of time, they hesitate (who said Gord's lyrics don't rhyme?? [/QUOTE] |
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nd now something for the Ladies on auction from the UK currently under 5 quid.
Who will be the gallant to buy this for Bru??? (it's not Too Much To Lose I might say but won't) at http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT...QQcmdZViewItem http://i21.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/1a/62/8e_1_b.JPG Loverly John Bru and there you were thinking that nobody else had even heard of Gord over there |
Interesting a GL neck chain. But what's next. GL bedsheets? I'm sure any woman fan of GL would like that!
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