Lightfoot! Explained

Lightfoot!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Gordon Lightfoot
Cover:	GL_Lightfoot!.jpg
Released:	January 1966^[1]
Recorded:	December 1964 New York City
Genre:	Folk
Length:	38:13
Label:	United Artists
Producer:	John Court
Next Title:	The Way I Feel
Next Year:	1967

Lightfoot! is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. Although it was recorded in December 1964, the album was not released until January 1966 on the United Artists label.^[2]

At the 2017 Polaris Music Prize, the album won the public vote for the Heritage Prize in the 1960–1975 category.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot, except as indicated

Personnel

• Gordon Lightfoot - guitar, piano, vocals
• David Rea - second guitar
• Bruce Langhorne - second guitar ("Long River" and "Peaceful Waters")
• Bill Lee - bass

Cover photography by Barry Feinstein

External links

• Album lyrics and chords

Notes and References

1. Web site: William R. Weiss . Gordon Lightfoot Chronology . Lightfoot.ca . 2015-09-26.
2. Web site: Release "Lightfoot!" by Gordon Lightfoot. MusicBrainz. 11 April 2017.
3. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/10/24/tragically-hip-album-makes-polaris-heritage-prize-list.html "Tragically Hip album makes Polaris Heritage Prize list"