Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot — If You Could Read My Mind 

His 1970 masterpiece, multi-gold and platinum-selling album!

Limited edition translucent gold colored vinyl reissue

Classics include the No. 1 single "If You Could Read My Mind," "Minstrel Of The Dawn," "The Pony Man," "Cobwebs & Dust" plus the very first recorded version of "Me and Bobby McGee"

After a string of highly regarded albums for United Artists, Gordon Lightfoot left to start a new journey with Reprise Records. In April of 1970, he delivered a great collection of songs initially titled "Sit Down Young Stranger" to the brass at the new label, and in a relatively short time, radio was picking up a lot of traction with the brilliance of "If You Could Read My Mind."

The label convinced Gordon Lightfoot to change the name of the album to "If You Could Read My Mind" and the rest is pop music history. Within a few short months, the album would sell millions of copies around the world, netting him a No. 1 single and a Top 5 album.

As the song would carry well into 1971 and 1972, Gordon would become one a world class artist, setting him up for a career that would last for many decades.

The album would also include more Lightfoot classics such as "Minstrel Of The Dawn" "The Pony Man" "Approaching Lavender" as well as the first ever recorded version of "Me and Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson.

His musician friends lined up to help record this masterwork with the likes of Randy Newman, Nick DeCaro, Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks, John B. Sebastian, plus long time bandmate greats Red Shea and Rick Haynes.

 

Side A

1. Minstrel of the Dawn

2. Me and Bobby McGee

3. Approaching Lavender

4. Saturday Clothes

5. Cobwebs & Dust

6. Poor Little Allison

Side B

1. Sit Down Young Stranger

2. If You Could Read My Mind

3. Baby It's Alright

4. Your Love's Return

5. The Pony Man

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