Gordon Lightfoot Original Albums

The following is a list of all of Gordon Lightfoot's original albums, the two Gord's Gold albums, the four CD boxed set, and the new Complete Greatest Hits. Most of the original albums are available on CD today. The "Final Four" albums which had not yet been released on CD are finally making their appearance; two were released on July 2 and the last two are expected on August 20 (read more here). Click on any album title for the full list of tracks, for clips of many songs, and for lyrics for all of them. Thanks to Cathy Cowette, Sean Gaynor, Ed Mullen, Lisa Westbrook and Deirdre Callahan for help with lyrics files.

See the notes beneath the table for additional information.

Original Album		Year		CD
United Artists
Lightfoot!		1966		Yes. In combination with other album(s); see below.
The Way I Feel		1967		Yes. Single CD or in combination. See below.
Did She Mention My Name		1968		Yes. In combination with other album(s); see below.
Back Here On Earth		1968		Yes. In combination with other album(s); see below.
Sunday Concert		1969		Yes. Single CD or in combination. See below.
Warner Bros/Reprise
If You Could Read My Mind		1970		Yes
Summer Side Of Life		1971		Yes
Don Quixote		1972		Yes
Old Dan's Records		1972		The "Final Four"
Sundown		1973		Yes
Cold On The Shoulder		1975		Yes
Gord's Gold		1975		Yes
Summertime Dream		1976		Yes
Endless Wire		1978		Yes
Dream Street Rose		1980		The "Final Four"
Shadows		1982		The "Final Four"
Salute		1983		The "Final Four"
East Of Midnight		1986		Yes
Gord's Gold Volume 2		1988		Yes
Waiting For You		1993		Yes. No LP.
A Painter Passing Through		1998		Yes. No LP.
Rhino
Songbook		1999		Yes. No LP. Four CD boxed set.
Complete Greatest Hits		2002		Yes. No LP.
Rhino HiFive: Gordon Lightfoot		2006		MP3 album, 5 hits, no CD.
Linus Entertainment
Harmony		5/11/2004		Yes. No LP.

UA albums on CD

The five United Artists albums are not all released as individual CDs; the principal available CDs are listed in the table below. Various other reissues of United Artists material are not listed. On CD this includes "Best Of", "Early Morning Rain", "Over 60 Minutes With" and the remastered "Singer/Songwriter", as well as others. These CDs do not contain any additional songs, but are (somewhat random) selections from the five LPs.

The CDs in the list below, in combination, will allow you to get the five UA original albums which are (in order): Lightfoot!, The Way I Feel, Did She Mention My Name, Back Here On Earth and Sunday Concert. Note: You can get the complete 5 album collection by buying the first two CDs shown just below.

United Artists Collection	(EMI) Contains first four UA albums
Sunday Concert	(EMI) Sunday Concert
The Original Lightfoot (Not currently available)	(3 CD box, Canada) All five albums
Early Lightfoot/Sunday Concert	(BGO, UK)
The Way I Feel	(BGO, UK)
Did She Mention My Name/Back Here On Earth	(BGO, UK) or (Bear Family, Germany)*
Lightfoot!/The Way I Feel	(Bear Family, Germany)
Sunday Concert Plus	(Bear Family, Germany)**

*One bonus track

**Five bonus tracks

Note:

This list does not include LPs released prior to United Artists, or bootleg recordings on LP or CD. Availability of these is very limited. All of the CDs listed here are available in many retail stores and at all the major online music stores. Waiting For You, which is out of print, has limited availability of new and used copies via Amazon Marketplace.