Gordon Lightfoot

 

Artist:  Gordon Lightfoot 

Birth Name:  Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.

Born:  November 17, 1938.  Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Died:  May 1, 2023 (Aged 84).  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary Folk, Adult Contemporary

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist from Orillia, Ontario.  He acieved international success in Folk, Folk Rock and Country Music.  He is credited with helping to define the Folk-Pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s and he has been referred to as Canada's Greatest Songwriter, and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists.  He topped the US Hot 100 or Adult Contemporary (AC) Chart with the Hits "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976), and including "For Lovin' Me","Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues","Ribbon Of Darkness" and  had many other hits that appeared in the top 40.

Title:  If You Could Read My Mind (Limited Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary Folk, Adult Contemporary

Label:  Friday Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Minstrel Of The Dawn (3:26)

 2.  Me And Bobby McGee (3:38)

 3.  Approaching Lavender (2:56)

 4.  Saturday Clothes (3:20)

 5.  Cobwebs & Dust (3:20)

 6.  Poor Little Allison (2:30)

Side Two:

 1.  Sit Down Young Stranger (3:26)

 2.  If You Could Read My Mind (3:48)

 3.  Baby It's Allright (2:58)

 4.  Your Love's Return (Song For Stephen Foster) (3:55)

 5.  The Pony Man (3:27)

Personnel:

Gordon Lightfoot:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Red Shea:  Guitar

Rick Haynes:  Bass

Additional Musicians:

Ry Cooder:  Slide Guitar on Track 1/2, Mandolin on Track 1/5

Van Dyke Parks:  Harmonium on Track 1/5

John Sebastian:  Electric Guitar on Track 2/3, Autoharp on Track 1/4, Harmonica on Track 2/5

If You Could Read My Mind is the sixth original album released as Sit Down Young Stranger and was renamed to If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot, originally released on April 1970 by Reprise Records, remastered and reissued on February 14, 2025 by Friday Music.  Limited Edition on Emerald Colored Vinyl.