Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown
Label: |
Reprise Records – MS 2177 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album
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Country: |
Canada |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Acoustic |
Tracklist
| A1 | Somewhere U.S.A. | 2:50 | |
| A2 | High And Dry | 2:12 | |
| A3 | Seven Island Suite | 6:00 | |
| A4 | Circle Of Steel | 2:45 | |
| A5 | Is There Anyone Home | 3:15 | |
| B1 | The Watchman's Gone | 4:25 | |
| B2 | Sundown | 3:45 | |
| B3 | Carefree Highway | 3:45 | |
| B4 | The List | 3:00 | |
| B5 | Too Late For Prayin' | 4:15 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Early Morning Productions Ltd.
- Manufactured By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
- Distributed By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Moose Music
- Lacquer Cut At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
- Mastered At – Customatrix
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
- Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Corp. Of Canada Ltd.
- Published By – Moose Music
Credits
- Engineer – Lee Herschberg
- Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Skene
- Producer – Lenny Waronker
- Songwriter, Vocals – Gordon Lightfoot
Notes
This version with cat# MS 2177 has no maple leaf on back cover and no Warner Communications in rim text
- Sundown has no maple leaf on back cover and has Warner Communications in rim text
- Sundown has maple leaf on back cover and has Warner Communications in rim text
- Sundown has maple leaf on back cover, Warner Communications in rim text and Q code on labels
Runouts are etched, except for the parts "º", "o" and "O" which are stamped.
Printed on back cover:
All songs [...] published by Moose Music (CAPAC), ©1973 Moose Music, a division of Early Morning Productions Ltd., Toronto
Reprise Records, a Division of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
©1974-Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Shorepak Can. Pat. No. 758888, 1967
Printed on spine:
℗ 1974-Warner Bros. Records Inc.
[Shorewood 'SPC' logo] Litho in Canada
Printed on labels:
All songs [...] published by Moose Music, CAPAC
℗ 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Sundown has no maple leaf on back cover and has Warner Communications in rim text
- Sundown has maple leaf on back cover and has Warner Communications in rim text
- Sundown has maple leaf on back cover, Warner Communications in rim text and Q code on labels
Runouts are etched, except for the parts "º", "o" and "O" which are stamped.
Printed on back cover:
All songs [...] published by Moose Music (CAPAC), ©1973 Moose Music, a division of Early Morning Productions Ltd., Toronto
Reprise Records, a Division of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
©1974-Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Shorepak Can. Pat. No. 758888, 1967
Printed on spine:
℗ 1974-Warner Bros. Records Inc.
[Shorewood 'SPC' logo] Litho in Canada
Printed on labels:
All songs [...] published by Moose Music, CAPAC
℗ 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: CAPAC
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label): 31,702
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label): 31,703
- Matrix / Runout (A-side, variant 1): 31702-1A ② º 2-G:
- Matrix / Runout (B-side, varant 1): 31703-1A º 2-G:
- Matrix / Runout (A-side, variant 2): 31702-1B 2-G:
- Matrix / Runout (B-side, variant 2): 31703-1A º 2-G:
- Matrix / Runout (A-side, variant 3): 31702-1A 2-G: o
- Matrix / Runout (B-side, variant 3): 31703-1A º 2-G:
- Matrix / Runout (A-side, variant 4): 31702-1A 2-G:
- Matrix / Runout (B-side, variant 4): 31703-1A O 2-G:
Other Versions (5 of 101)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Sundown (LP, Album) | Reprise Records | REP 44 258 | 1974 | ||||
| Sundown (LP, Album, Stereo) | Reprise Records | K44258 | UK | 1974 | |||
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Sundown (LP, Album) | Reprise Records | HRES 291-55 | Spain | 1974 | ||
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Sundown (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing) | Reprise Records | MS 2177 | US | 1974 | ||
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New Submission
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Sundown (LP, Album, Club Sonderauflage) | Reprise Records | 63 491, MS 2177 | 1974 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Amazing dynamics, recording quality, absolutely gorgeous sounding. Seven Island Suite watered my crops and cured my diseases -
My second favourite Gordon Lightfoot LP after If You Could Read My Mind (aka Sit Down Young Stranger) which made me fall in love with his voice, Sundown is his tenth original album,it marked the pinnacle of Lightfoot's acoustic folk-country blend before he embarked on an increasing use of electric instruments, although he did include some electric guitar, notably on the title track.
Recorded in November of 1973 at Eastern Sound Studios,Toronto,and released January of 1974 on the Reprise Records label,It reached No. 1 in the US on the pop chart, the only Lightfoot album to achieve this. In his native Canada, it topped the RPM 100 for five consecutive weeks, first hitting No. 1 on June 22, 1974, the same day it reached the top on the south of the border.
The title track released as a single made it to No. 1 on the pop and adult contemporary charts as well as #13 on the country chart, while the other single "Carefree Highway" reached No. 10 on the pop chart, No. 1 on the AC chart and No. 81 on the country chart. -
Yet another masterpiece from Gord, with incredible songwriting, performance & recording quality. This original Canuck-pressed beauty sounds terrific, having a spaciously fidelious & smooth presentation with unreal bass on whisper-quiet vinyl. Viva Gord! -
Edited 7 years agoIf 'If you could read my mind' gave him his break in the USA as a star this album cemented his success. Hugely successful because of the title track and 'Carefree Highway' it's easy to overlook just how good some of these songs are and how accessible this album is. The production is very polished but the acoustic troubadour routes are still there. The MOFI half speed version really does trump other versions for sound but frankly the original pressing is pretty damn fine too.
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