LIGHTFOOT, Gordon - If You Could Read My Mind (Start Your Ear Off Right 2026)
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Gordon LIGHTFOOT
If You Could Read My Mind (Start Your Ear Off Right 2026)
Rhino US
limited audiophile 180 gram vinyl LP (indie exclusive) Cat: RES1 6392Rel: 12 Jan 26
Folk/Americana Side 1 - Track 1. Minstrel Of The Dawn Side 1 - Track 2. Me & Bobby McGee Side 1 - Track 3. Approaching Lavender Side 1 - Track 4. Saturday Clothes Side 1 - Track 5. Cobwebs & Dust Side 1 - Track 6. Poor Little Allison Side 2 - Track 1. Sit Down Young Stranger Side 2 - Track 2. If You Could Read My Mind Side 2 - Track 3. Baby It's Alright Side 2 - Track 4. Your Love's Return Side 2 - Track 5. The Pony Man
In the late 60s, Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot edged into view from the folk circuit as a quietly formidable presence, aligned as much with peers like Ian & Sylvia and Bob Dylan as with the softer MOR reputation he later acquired. This early-70s album, recorded as his songwriting reached full maturity, reveals a writer balancing narrative poise with melodic confidence. 'Minstrel Of The Dawn' opens with pastoral imagery before slipping into dry irony, while 'Sit Down Young Stranger' and 'Cobwebs & Dust' foreground his precise, poetic lyricism. Elsewhere, 'Baby It's Alright' leans into a bluesier gait, and 'Saturday Clothes' surprises with a Bacharach-like harmonic elegance. Anchored by the emotional clarity of 'If You Could Read My Mind', it confirms Lightfoot as a craftsman of rare restraint and depth.
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