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Old Dan's Records

1972 studio album by Gordon Lightfoot

Old Dan's Records is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's eighth studio album, released in 1972 on the Reprise Records label. The album reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart on November 5, 1972, and remained there for three weeks.[4] In the U.S., it peaked at #95 on the pop chart.

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The album marks a continued evolution in Lightfoot's sound as he begins to add country influences to his standard folk sound with the help of the banjo, dobro and steel guitar. Lightfoot would continue to use these country influences in his music until the early 1980s.

Despite its 1972 year of initial release, the album was nominated for and won the 1974 Juno Award for "Folk Album of the Year". Lightfoot also won a Juno that year as "Folk Singer of the Year".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot.

Side 1

  1. "Farewell to Annabel" – 2:59
  2. "That Same Old Obsession" – 3:46
  3. "Old Dan's Records" – 3:05
  4. "Lazy Mornin'" – 3:43
  5. "You Are What I Am" – 2:37

Side 2

  1. "Can't Depend on Love" – 3:12
  2. "My Pony Won't Go" – 3:50
  3. "It's Worth Believin'" – 3:24
  4. "Mother of a Miner's Child" – 3:18
  5. "Hi'way Songs" – 3:37

Personnel

Technical
  • Lee Herschberg - engineer
  • Ed Thrasher - art direction
  • John Reeves - photography

"Special thanks to Bill Richards and Guido Basso and members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra"

References

  1. [1]
    "Gordon Lightfoot - You Are What I Am".
  2. [2]
    "Gordon Lightfoot - Can't Depend on Love".
  3. [3]
    Old Dan's Records at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  4. [4]
    Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4233&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=fo29c3lm9r4jevi2cu27jn68o5
  5. [5]
    See Juno Awards of 1974.
  6. [6]
    "Release "Old Dan's Records" by Gordon Lightfoot". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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