Disc 2: [TT 74:47]

1. SIT DOWN YOUNG STRANGER [3:26]

2. IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND [3:48]
   Also issued as Reprise single #0974 (11/70); Pop #5

3. POOR LITTLE ALLISON [2:25]
   Also issued as Reprise single #0974 (11/70)

4. THE PONY MAN [3:27]
   Also issued as Reprise single #0926 (5/70)

5. COBWEBS & DUST [3:20]

   Tracks 1-5 from the album Sit Down Young Stranger (F)
   Reissued as If You Could Read My Mind
   Reprise #6392 (4/70); LPs #12
   Produced by LENNY WARONKER & JOE WISSERT
   Recorded at Sunwest Studios, Los Angeles (9/69-12/69)
   RED SHEA: guitar * RY COODER: mandolin (tk 5) * JOHN B. SEBASTIAN: harmonica (tk 4) * VAN DYKE PARKS: harmonium (tk 5) * RICK HAYNES: bass * NICK DeCARO: string arrangement (tks 2 & 3)

6. TOO MUCH TO LOSE [2:38]
   Previously unissued
   Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
   Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto (9/4/72)
   RED SHEA: guitar * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion * Other personnel unknown

7. SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE [4:05]
   Also issued as Reprise single #1035 (7/71); Pop #64

8. COTTON JENNY [3:21]

9. 10 DEGREES & GETTING COLDER [2:43]

10. NOUS VIVONS ENSEMBLE [3:45]
    Also issued as Reprise single #1020 (5/71)

11. SAME OLD LOVERMAN [3:21]

    Tracks 7-11 from the album Summer Side Of Life (G)
    Reprise #2037 (5/71); LPs #38
    Produced by JOE WISSERT
    Recorded at Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville (12/70-4/71)
    RED SHEA, JERRY SHOOK & CHIP YOUNG: guitar * VASSAR CLEMENTS: fiddle * HARGUS ROBBINS: piano * CHARLIE McCOY: harmonica * RICK HAYNES, JUNIOR HUSKEY, JAMES ROLLESTON & HENRY STRZELECKI: bass * KENNY BUTTREY, BUDDY HARMAN & JIMMY ISBELL: drums * DAVE BROWN, BOB PHILLIPS & FARRELL MORRIS: percussion * HOYT HAWKINS, MILDRED KIRKHAM, NEAL MATTHEWS, LAVERNA MOORE, GORDON STOKER & RAY WALKER: backing vocals

12. HEAVEN DON'T DESERVE ME [2:58]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto (9/3/72)
    RED SHEA: guitar * NORBERT PUTNAM: bass * KENNY BUTTREY: drums * Other personnel unknown

13. DON QUIXOTE [3:38]
    Also issued as Reprise single #1088 (5/72)

14. ALBERTA BOUND [3:19]

15. ODE TO BIG BLUE [4:45]

16. BEAUTIFUL [3:14]
    Also issued as Reprise single #1088 (5/72); Pop #58

    Tracks 13-16 from the album Don Quixote (H)
    Reprise #2056 (2/72); LPs #42
    Produced by LENNY WARONKER
    Recorded at Amigo Studios, Los Angeles (12/71-1/72)
    RED SHEA: guitar, Dobro * TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * RY COODER: mandolin (tk 14) * RICK HAYNES: bass * BOB THOMPSON: string arrangement (tk 13) * NICK DeCARO: concertina, string arrangement (tk 16)

17. STONE COLD SOBER [3:32]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT & KEN FRIESEN
    Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto (1974)
    TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

18. OLD DAN'S RECORDS [3:03]

19. THAT SAME OLD OBSESSION [3:42]
    Also issued as Reprise single #1128 (11/72)

20. LAZY MORNIN' [3:40]

21. HI'WAY SONGS [3:30]

22. CAN'T DEPEND ON LOVE [3:07]
    Also issued as Reprise single #1145 (2/73)

    Tracks 18-22 from the album Old Dan's Records (I)
    Reprise #2116 (11/72); LPs #95
    Produced by LARRY WARONKER
    Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto (9/72)
    RED SHEA: guitar, Dobro * TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * DAVID BROMBERG: Dobro * OLLIE STRONG: pedal steel * BRUCE GOOD: autoharp * LARRY GOOD: banjo * NICK DeCARO:piano, string arrangements * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion * DAVE BROWN: percussion * TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: strings

Disc 3: [TT 74:51]

1. SUNDOWN [3:45]
   Also issued as Reprise single #1194 (2/74); Pop #1

2. CAREFREE HIGHWAY [3:45]
   Also issued as Reprise single #1309 (7/74); Pop #10

3. SEVEN ISLAND SUITE [6:00]
   Also issued as Reprise single #1309 (7/74)

   Tracks 1-3 from the album Sundown (J)
   Reprise #2177 (4/74); LPs #1
   Produced by LENNY WARONKER
   Recorded at EASTERN SOUND STUDIOS, Toronto (11/73)
   RED SHEA: guitar, Dobro * TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * NICK DeCARO: piano, accordion, string & horn arrangments * GENE MARTYNEC: Moog synthesizer * JACK ZAZA: recorder, English horn * RICK HAYNES & JOHN STOCKFISH: bass * JIM GORDON: drums, percussion * MILT HOLLAND: percussion * CATHERINE SMITH: backing vocals

4. BORDERSTONE [3:40]
   Previously unissued
   Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
   Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (1973)
   TERRY CLEMENTS & RED SHEA: guitar * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * RICK HAYNES: bass

5. COLD ON THE SHOULDER [3:00]

6. NOW AND THEN [3:09]

7. RAINY DAY PEOPLE [2:48]
   Also issued as Reprise single #1328 (3/75); Pop #26

8. FINE AS FINE CAN BE [2:58]

9. ALL THE LOVELY LADIES [3:35]

   Tracks 5-9 from the album Cold On The Shoulder (K)
   Reprise #2206 (2/75); LPs #10
   Produced by LENNY WARONKER
   Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (9/74 & 12/74)
   GORDON LIGHTFOOT: vocals, guitar, piano * RED SHEA: guitar * TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar, backing vocals * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * NICK DeCARO: accordion, celeste, string & horn arrangements * JOHN STOCKFISH: bass * RICK HAYNES: bass, backing vocals * JIM GORDON: drums, percussion * MILT HOLLAND: percussion * SUSIE McCUNE & JACKIE WARD: backing vocals

10. SUMMERTIME DREAM [2:27]

11. THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD [ : ]
    Also issued as Reprise single #1369 (8/76); Pop #2

12. NEVER TOO CLOSE [3:03]

    Tracks 10-12 from the album Summertime Dream (L)
    Reprise #2246 (6/76); LPs #12
    Produced by LENNY WARONKER & GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (12/75-1/76)
    TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * GENE MARTYNEC: Moog synthesizer * RICK HAYNES: bass * JIM GORDON & BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

13. BETTY CALLED ME IN [3:07]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (3/76)
    TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * DOUG RILEY: keyboards * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

14. ENDLESS WIRE [3:55]

15. THE CIRCLE IS SMALL [3:50]
    Also issued as Warner Bros single #8518 (1/78); Pop #33

    Tracks 14-15 from the album Endless Wire (M)
    Warner Bros #3149 (1/78); LPs #22
    Produced by LENNY WARONKER & GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (8/77 & 11/77)
    TERRY CLEMENTS & RED SHEA: guitar * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * DOUG RILEY: piano, electric piano * JACK ZAZA: alto, tenor & baritone saxes, bass clarinet, English horn, alto flute, harmonica, harmonium * MITCH CLARKE: bassoon * RICK HAYNES & TOM SZCZESNIAK: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, tambourine, hand drums * DOUG RILEY: string arrangements * MUSICIANS OF LOCAL 149, TORONTO: strings

16. SEA OF TRANQUILITY [3:14]

17. MAKE WAY FOR THE LADY [3:40]
    Also issued as Warner Bros single #49230 (4/80)

18. DREAM STREET ROSE [2:55]
    Also issued as Warner Bros single #49230 (4/80)

19. GHOSTS OF CAPE HORN [4:07]

    Tracks 16-19 from the album Dream Street Rose (N)
    Warner Bros #3426 (3/80); LPs #60
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT, LENNY WARONKER & RUSS TITELMAN
    Recorded at Warner Bros Studios, Los Angeles (11/79)
    TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * HERB PEDERSEN: banjo * MICHAEL OMARTIAN: synthesizer, accordion, Fender Rhodes * NICK DeCARO: accordion, string arrangements * GAYLE LEVANT: harp * BRUCE GOOD: autoharp * BOB GLAUB & RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums * LENNY CASTRO: percussion

20. KEEPIN' ON YEARNING [3:40]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (3/81)
    TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * MIKE HEFFERMAN: keyboards * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

21. CANARY YELLOW CANOE [2:50]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT & KEN KRIESEN
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (1981)
    TERRY CLEMENTS & DEAN PARKS: guitar * MIKE HEFFERNAN: keyboards * HADLEY HOCKENSMITH: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

Disc 4: [TT 76:16]

1. SHADOWS [2:59]
   Also issued as Warner Bros single #29859 (10/82)

2. SHE'S NOT THE SAME [3:10]

3. 14 KARAT GOLD [3:54]

4. BABY STEP BACK [3:57]
   Also issued as Warner Bros single #50012 (2/82)

5. IN MY FASHION [3:04]
   Also issued as Warner Bros single #29859 (10/82)

   Tracks 1-5 from the album Shadows (O)
   Warner Bros #3633 (1/82); LPs #87
   Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT & KEN FRIESEN
   Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (3/81-4/81 & 6/81)
   TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * DEAN PARKS: guitar, string arrangements * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel, Dobro * MIKE HEFFERNAN: keyboards * ROBBIE BUCHANAN: synthesizer * RICK HAYNES & DENNIS PENDRITH: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion * VICTOR FELDMAN: percussion * HERB PEDERSEN: backing vocals

6. NEVER SAY TRUST ME [3:36]
   Previously unissued
   Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
   Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (1982)
   TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * MIKE HEFFERNAN: keyboards * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

7. WHY SHOULD I FEEL BLUE [3:30]
   Previously unissued
   Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
   Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (1982)
   TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * TOM SZCZESNIAK: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

8. SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN [3:31]
   Also issued as Warner Bros single #29466 (10/83)

9. ROMANCE [3:29]

10. BROKEN DREAMS [4:01]

    Tracks 8-10 from the album Salute (P)
    Warner Bros #23901 (7/83); LPs #175
    Produced by DEAN PARKS & GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (3/83)
    DEAN PARKS: guitar, synthesizer * TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar (tk 9) * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * MIKE HEFFERNAN: piano, electric piano * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

11. ALWAYS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE [3:54]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (1982)
    TOM SZCZESNIAK: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

12. FORGIVE ME LORD [3:45]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (1985)
    TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * DOUG RILEY: keyboards * TOM SZCZESNIAK: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

13. LIFELINE [4:08]
    Previously unissued
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (1986)
    BOB MANN: guitar * JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: keyboards * TOM SZCZESNIAK: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

14. EAST OF MIDNIGHT [3:58]
    Also issued as Warner Bros single #28422 (2/87)

15. MORNING GLORY [3:24]
    Also issued as Warner Bros single #28553 (9/86); Warner Bros single #28222 [remix] (8/87)

16. A LESSON IN LOVE [4:05]

17. A PASSING SHIP [3:55]

    Tracks 14-17 from the album East Of Midnight (Q)
    Warner Bros #25482 (6/86); LPs #165
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, Lionshare & Lighthouse Recorders, Los Angeles (1985)
    MICHAEL FRANCIS, MICHAEL LANDAU & BOB MANN: guitar * JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: synthesizer * DAVID FOSTER & MIKE HEFFERNAN: keyboards * LOU POMANTI: organ * VERN DORGE: alto & tenor saxes * TOM SZCZESNIAK: bass, keyboards * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion * LENNY CASTRO: percussion * SHEREE JEACOCK, RICHARD MARX, VESTA WILLIAMS: backing vocals

18. WAITING FOR YOU [3:35]

19. DRINK YER GLASSES EMPTY [3:16]

20. I'LL PROVE MY LOVE [3:10]

    Tracks 18-20 from the album Waiting For You (R)
    Reprise #45208 (4/93)
    Produced by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto (3/92)
    TERRY CLEMENTS: guitar * MIKE HEFFERNAN: keyboards * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion

21. A PAINTER PASSING THROUGH [3:55]

    Track 21 from the album A Painter Passing Through (S)
    Reprise #46949 (5/98)
    Produced by BOB DOIDGE & GORDON LIGHTFOOT
    Recorded at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario (1996)
    TERRY CLEMENTS, BILL DILLON, WENDELL FERGUSON, DANIEL LANOIS & JOHN LEWIS: guitar * PEE WEE CHARLES: pedal steel * DOUG JOHNSON: pedal steel, Dobro * MIKE HEFFERNAN: keyboards * RICK HAYNES: bass * BARRY KEANE: drums, percussion * BOB DOIDGE: percussion, backing vocals * LISA LOGAN, LISA WINN: backing vocals

All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot

NOTE: Numbers in italic (following original release information) denote peak positions on Billboard's "Hot 100" and "Top Pop Albums" charts respectively - courtesy BPI Communications and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Publications.

Compilation Produced by GORDON MEREDITH LIGHTFOOT & THANE LEITH GEORGE TIERNEY
Executive Producer: PATRICK CHARLES MILLIGAN
Sound Produced by WILLIAM EDWARD INGLOT
Project Supervision: MICHAEL WESLEY JOHNSON
Licensing: WENDI CARTWRIGHT, DAVID McINTOSH
Editorial Supervision: JULEE STOVER
Editorial Coordination: ELIZABETH PAVONE
Editorial Research: DANIEL GOLDMARK
Art Direction: HUGH BROWN & SEVIE BATES
Design: SEVIE BATES
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Remastering: ANDREW GARVER, BILL INGLOT & RON McMASTER
Project Assistance: EMILY CAGAN, LORI CARFORA, MALIA DOSS, GREGG GELLER, DAVID McLEES, JO MOTTA, TED MYERS, GARY PETERSON, STEVE WOOLARD

This is a list, in alphabetical order, of some of the fine people that I have known and/or worked with over the years:

Clyde Bakkemo; Steele Basil; Johnny Bassett; Bailie Bird; Bert Block; Lenny Castro; Pee Wee Charles; Terry Clements; Ry Cooder; John Court; Nick DeCaro; Bob Doidge; Bob Dylan; Dan Fiala; Bernie Fiedler; David Foster; Ken Friesen; Bob Gibson; Nancy Gilkyson; The Good Brothers; Jim Gordon; Larry Green; Albert Grossman; Barry Harvey; Rick Haynes; Ronnie Hawkins; Mike Heffernan; Lee Herschberg; Barry Keane; Fred Krohn; Stan Kulin; Anne Leibold; Beverley Lightfoot; Eric Lightfoot; Miles & Meredith Lightfoot; Elizabeth Moon Lightfoot; Jerry Lonn; Al Mair; Galen Magee; Elliot Mazer; Charlie McCoy; Jim McCue; Jim Neuman; Randy Newman; Billy O'Connor; Harold Orenstein; Mo Ostin; Dean Parks; Peter, Paul & Mary; David Rea; Tom Robbin; Red Shea; Shelly Shultz; John Simon; Marvin Singer; Art Snider; Sam Sniderman; Herb Sparr; John Stockfish; Alan Thicke; Dave Thomas; Russ Thyret; Thane Tierney; Russ Titelman; Dave Tollington; Ian Tyson; Sylvia Tyson; Skip Weshner; Terry Whelan; Ray Williams; Lenny Waronker; Joe Wissert; Jack Zaza

G.L.

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All Original Recordings P 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993 & 1998 Warner Bros. Records Inc., produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc., except:

"REMEMBER ME (I'M THE ONE)," "IT'S TOO LATE, HE WINS," "A MESSAGE TO THE WIND" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "YOU'LL STILL BE NEEDING ME" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "MAMA SAID" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "STATION MASTER" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "TOO MUCH TO LOSE" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "HEAVEN DON'T DESERVE ME" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "STONE COLD SOBER" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "BORDERSTONE" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "BETTY CALLED ME IN" P 1999 Early Morning Productions, Inc., "KEEPING ON YEARNING" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "CANARY YELLOW CANOE" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "NEVER SAY TRUST ME" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "WHY SHOULD I FEEL BLUE" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "ALWAYS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., "FORGIVE ME LORD" P 1999 Early Morning Productions, Inc., and "LIFELINE" P 1999 Early Morning Productions Inc., licensed from Early Morning Productions Inc.

"FOR LOVIN' ME," "EARLY MORNING RAIN," "THE WAY I FEEL," "STEEL RAIL BLUES," "SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT," "CANADIAN RAILROAD TRILOGY," "GO GO ROUND," "CROSSROADS," "MOUNTAINS & MARYANN," "THE LAST TIME I SAW HER," "DID SHE MENTION MY NAME," "PUSSYWILLOWS CAT-TAILS," "BOSS MAN," "SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL," "BITTER GREEN," "AFFAIR ON EIGHTH AVENUE," "I'M NOT SAYING/RIBBON OF DARKNESS," and "SOFTLY" courtesy EMI Records, under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets.

Compilation Produced by GORDON MEREDITH LIGHTFOOT & THANE LEITH GEORGE TIERNEY Sound Produced by WILLIAM EDWARD INGLOT

This Compilation P 1999 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company. C 1999 Rhino Entertainment Company, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025-4900. Refer to accompanying booklet for complete copyright/licensing information. Printed in U.S.A.