Gordon Lightfoot’s Final Album to Be Released in July – Fakazakamp

The ultimate album from Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who died Might 1 at age 84, can be launched on July 14.

At Royal Albert Corridor is a double album that was recorded dwell in live performance on the legendary London venue on Might 24, 2016. It’s Lightfoot’s fourth dwell album, following a 1962 launch, Two Tones on the Village Nook; Sunday Live performance (which reached No. 143 on the Fakazakamp 200 in 1969); and All Stay, a 2012 launch.

At Royal Albert Corridor is described in a press assertion as “an unembellished dwell mixture of that night time’s efficiency, with out edits, overdubs, remixing, or re-sequencing. It captures each track carried out within the order they had been performed, all the way down to the encore by Gordon and his band – Rick Haynes on bass, Barry Keane on drums, Mike Heffernan on keys, and Carter Lancaster on guitar.”

It’s being launched through Linus Leisure, the Canadian unbiased label that launched Concord, Lightfoot’s final studio album together with his band, in 2004. (A subsequent studio album, Solo, didn’t characteristic his band.)

The upcoming, 26-track album options six of Lightfoot’s 11 Fakazakamp Scorching 100 hits, together with all 4 of his prime 10 hits: “If You May Learn My Thoughts,” “Sunset,” “Carefree Freeway” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” It additionally has his Scorching 100 hits “Wet Day Individuals” and the beautiful “Lovely” and consists of “Early Morning Rain,” a Scorching 100 hit that Lightfoot wrote in 1965 for Peter, Paul & Mary.

The gathering additionally options songs which have by no means beforehand appeared on a dwell album, together with “The Watchman’s Gone,” “Sea of Tranquility,” “Now and Then,” “All of the Pretty Girls,” “Drifters,” “Lovely,” “Did She Point out My Identify,” “Candy Guinevere,” “By no means Too Shut,” “Don Quixote,” “Minstrel of the Daybreak,” “I’d Somewhat Press On” and “Ready for You.”

Within the weeks previous to his loss of life, Lightfoot reportedly insisted that this dwell album be launched as quickly as attainable. He authorized the duvet art work and made it clear that no modifications had been to be made to the recording.

Lightfoot’s songs have been recorded by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand and lots of of different artists.

Lightfoot was inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2012. He gained 13 Juno Awards in his native Canada, capped by his induction into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1986. He gained 4 Juno Awards for male vocalist of the yr (1971-73 and 1975) and two for composer of the yr (1973 and 1977). Lightfoot was nominated for 4 Grammys (however by no means gained) — finest folks efficiency for Did She Point out My Identify (1968), finest pop vocal efficiency, male for “If You May Learn My Thoughts” (1971) and track of the yr and finest pop vocal efficiency, male for “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976).

The esteem with which Lightfoot was held was mirrored in tweets and different messages that had been launched following his loss of life. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote: “Now we have misplaced one in all our biggest singer-songwriters,” he states. Lightfoot “captured our nation’s spirit in his music – and in doing so, he helped form Canada’s soundscape. Might his music proceed to encourage future generations, and should his legacy dwell on ceaselessly. To his household, buddies, and plenty of followers throughout the nation and all over the world: I’m retaining you in my ideas at this tough time.”

Neil Younger, Billy Joel, Bryan Adams, Brian Wilson, Belinda Carlisle and extra additionally weighed in with considerate messages.

“Gordon was an awesome Canadian artist,” wrote Younger, a fellow Canadian. “A songwriter with out parallel, His melodies and phrases had been an inspiration to all writers who listened to his music, as they may proceed to be by means of the ages. There’s a distinctive and fantastic feeling to Gordon’s music. Lightfoot is a Canadian legend.”

Joel wrote: “Unhappy morning over right here. Relaxation simple Gordon Lightfoot. So unhappy to listen to of the loss of life of Gordon Lightfoot. He was a lifelong musical hero of mine…”

“This one is absolutely onerous to jot down,” learn an announcement from Adams, one other Canadian musician. “As soon as in a blue moon you get to work and hang around with one of many individuals you admired whenever you had been rising up. I used to be fortunate sufficient to say Gordon was my pal and I’m gutted to know he’s gone. The world is a lesser place with out him. I do know I converse for all Canadians once I say: thanks for the songs Gordon Lightfoot. Bless your candy songwriting coronary heart, RIP expensive pal.”

Right here’s the whole monitor itemizing for At Royal Albert Corridor:

Disc One

“The Watchman’s Gone”
“Sea of Tranquility”
“Now and Then”
“All of the Pretty Girls”
“Drifters”
“A Painter Passing Via”
“Christian Island”
“Wet Day Individuals”
“Shadows”
“Lovely”
“Carefree Freeway”
“Did She Point out My Identify”
“Ribbon of Darkness”
“Sunset”

Disc Two

“Candy Guinevere”
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
“By no means Too Shut”
“Don Quixote”
“Minstrel of the Daybreak”
“I’d Somewhat Press On”
“Let It Trip”
“If You May Learn My Thoughts”
“Stressed”
“Child Step Again”
“Early Morning Rain”
“Ready for You”