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fowlesjohn · 04-10-2003, 11:09 AM

I must say that I am gratified by the response to this topic.Although I think that several of you especially Borderstone in his April 8 response was taking Mr Van Dyk's intentionally humourous piece way too seriously.After all you have to bear in mind that Mr Dyk(e) might only have a single ear and therefore misses half of Gord's gems to start with. In particular Borderstone takes issue with the claim of 37 hits albums. In fact that is probably not that far wide of the mark as United Artists appear to have regurgitated the first 5 albums contents ad nauseum (sorry Titan that this subject made you sick!!) And Borderstone omitted the ktel "fantastic" albums for a start. which reminds me that I have just found an mp3 of a ktel television advertisement for an even more fantastic album introducing "Gord sings every song ever written-a remarkable 379 song album with singalong words" the advert incorporates several fascinating clips including "I got married to the widow next door", Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Happy Birthday To You, and it features "unreleased versions of Good King Wenceslas and Gord's own 76 Trombones", all for a mere $4.99. I have now uploaded a revised "ringmaster's" page for the Gordon Lightfoot webring at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot
which now features links to both play (streaming) or download this advert plus the existing Kewadin radio jingle
Enjoy!!

04-10-2003, 11:09 AM	#15
fowlesjohn Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NJ USA Posts: 308	I must say that I am gratified by the response to this topic.Although I think that several of you especially Borderstone in his April 8 response was taking Mr Van Dyk's intentionally humourous piece way too seriously.After all you have to bear in mind that Mr Dyk(e) might only have a single ear and therefore misses half of Gord's gems to start with. In particular Borderstone takes issue with the claim of 37 hits albums. In fact that is probably not that far wide of the mark as United Artists appear to have regurgitated the first 5 albums contents ad nauseum (sorry Titan that this subject made you sick!!) And Borderstone omitted the ktel "fantastic" albums for a start. which reminds me that I have just found an mp3 of a ktel television advertisement for an even more fantastic album introducing "Gord sings every song ever written-a remarkable 379 song album with singalong words" the advert incorporates several fascinating clips including "I got married to the widow next door", Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Happy Birthday To You, and it features "unreleased versions of Good King Wenceslas and Gord's own 76 Trombones", all for a mere $4.99. I have now uploaded a revised "ringmaster's" page for the Gordon Lightfoot webring at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot which now features links to both play (streaming) or download this advert plus the existing Kewadin radio jingle Enjoy!!