GORDON LIGHTFOOT : SUNDAY CONCERT

 

  1. In a Window pane
  2. The Lost Children
  3. Leaves of Grass
  4. Medley: I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
  5. Apology
  6. Bitter Green
  7. Ballad of Yarmouth Castle
  8. Softly
  9. Boss Man
  10. Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
  11. Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Label : United Artists

Release Year : 1969

Venue : Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada

Recording Date : March 29-31, 1969

Length : 40:36

Review (AllMusic) : Recorded at a March 1969 concert in Toronto, Sunday Concert holds more interest than the usual live album because about half of the songs are Gordon Lightfoot compositions that had not been previously recorded in the studio. Accompanied by Red Shea on lead guitar and Rick Haynes on bass, he also mixed old favorites like "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" with the new material on this set, which has good (though not outstanding) sound. These then-new songs aren't among his classics, but are up to the general high standard of his '60s work, with the socially conscious "The Lost Children" and the poetic "Leaves of Grass" standing out as lyrical highlights. This is the only one of Lightfoot's '60s United Artists albums that is not included on The United Artists Collection. Captiol/EMI reissued this on CD in 1996.

Review (Wikipedia): Sunday Concert is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's first solo live album, released in 1969 on the United Artists label. Lightfoot's last recording for United Artists, it was also his first live album and until the release of a live DVD in 2002 remained Lightfoot's only officially released live recording. The album was recorded at Massey Hall in Toronto.The album is notable as it includes performances of five previously unreleased tracks. It also contains the first recording of Lightfoot's hits "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Ribbon of Darkness" together as a medley. This medley would later feature on Gord's Gold and would become a concert staple. "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" chronicles the fate of the SS Yarmouth Castle which caught fire and sank off the Bahamas in November, 1965. A 1993 CD reissue on Bear Family Records includes five studio recordings as bonus tracks.