"...A Painter Of Songs Passing Through..."
Typically classy BGO reissue that grabs three from the later part of Gordon Lightfoot's huge career – three albums of Country and Folk Rock that most passed by - 1986's "East Of Midnight" (a co-write with David Foster on "Anything For Love"), 1993's "Waiting For You" (covers Dylan's "Ring Them Bells") and finally 1998's "A Painter Passing Through".
Each of these three albums has long been deleted (the first was originally on Warner Brothers on LP and CD and the other two on Reprise CD only) and they're now made available again here via BGO of the UK. Details...
UK released February 2018 - Beat Goes On BGOCD 1325 (Barcode 5017261213259) offers three albums remastered onto 2CDs and plays out as follows...
CD1:
"East Of Midnight" (1986)
1. Stay Loose [Side 1]
2. Morning Glory
3. East Of Midnight
4. A Lesson In Love
5. Anything For Love
6. Let It Ride [Side 2]
7. Ecstasy Made Easy
8. You Just Gotta Be
9. A Passing Ship
10. I'll Tag Along
"Waiting For You" (1993)
11. Restless
12. Ring Them Bells
13. Fading Away
14. Only Love Would Know
15. Welcome To Try
16. I'll Prove My Love
17. Waiting For You
18. Wild Strawberries
19. I'd Rather Press On
20. Drink Yer Glasses Empty
CD2:
"A Painter Passing Through" (1998)
1. Drifters
2. My Little Love
3. Ringneck Loon
4. I Used To Be A Country Singer
5. Boathouse
6. Much To My Surprise
7. A Painter Passing Through
8. On Yonge Street
9. Red Velvet
10. Uncle Toad Said
There's the usual card slipcase, a detailed 20-page booklet from noted writer JOHN TOBLER and best of all - fabulous audio remasters from ANDREW THOMPSON. These were good then but they’re better now.
Highlights for me are "Morning Glory", "Fading Away" and a cover of Ian Tyson's "Red Velvet". For sure there are lacklustre moments on these albums, but there's also magic and more often than not as you listen - you're left with an abiding sense of admiration for his sheer songwriting capabilities long praised by many within his own ranks of troubadours (and you can so hear why).
A rather tasty little reissue actually. Recommended...
