Sunday Concert

Live album by Gordon Lightfoot

Released

October 1969

Recorded

March, 1969
Massey Hall, Toronto

Genre

Folk, live

Length

40:36

Gordon Lightfoot chronology

Back Here on Earth
(1968)

Sunday Concert
(1969)

Sit Down Young Stranger
(1970)

Sunday Concert is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's fifth album, released in 1969 on the United Artists label. It was Lightfoot's first live album and until the release of a live DVD in 2002 remained Lightfoot's only officially released live recording. The album was recorded at Massey Hall in Toronto.

The album is notable as it includes performances of five previously unreleased tracks. It also contains the first recording of Lightfoot's hits "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Ribbon of Darkness" together as a medley. This medley would later feature on Gord's Gold and would become a concert staple. "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" chronicles the fate of the SS Yarmouth Castle which caught fire and sank off the Bahamas in November, 1965.

Sunday Concert was Lightfoot's last recording for United Artists.

On "Bear Family" CD re-issue the album contains four bonus tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

In his Allmusic review, critic Richie Unterberger praised the album, writing "These then-new songs aren't among his classics, but are up to the general high standard of his '60s work, with the socially conscious "The Lost Children" and the poetic "Leaves of Grass" standing out as lyrical highlights."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Gordon Lightfoot, except as noted.

"In a Windowpane" – 3:11
"The Lost Children" – 2:47
"Leaves of Grass" – 3:43
"I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness" – 2:54
"Apology" – 4:33
"Bitter Green" – 2:43
"Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" – 5:18
"Softly" – 3:16
"Boss Man" – 2:26
"Pussy Willows, Cat-Tails" – 2:53
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" – 6:41

Bonus tracks on Bear Family release

"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan)
"Movin', No 1"
"I'll Be Alright"
"Spin, Spin"
"Movin', No 2"

Personnel

Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano,
Red Shea - lead guitar
Rick Haynes - bass

References

1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Sunday Concert > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 7, 2011.

External links

Album lyrics and chords

Gordon Lightfoot

Band musicians	Rick Haynes Barry Keane Mike Heffernan Carter Lancaster

Former members	Red Shea John Stockfish Terry Clements Pee Wee Charles

Albums	Lightfoot! (1966) The Way I Feel (1967) Did She Mention My Name? (1968) Back Here on Earth (1968) Sunday Concert (live) (1969) Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) Summer Side of Life (1971) Don Quixote (1972) Old Dan's Records (1972) Sundown (1974) Cold on the Shoulder (1975) Summertime Dream (1976) Endless Wire (1978) Dream Street Rose (1980) Shadows (1982) Salute (1983) East of Midnight (1986) Waiting for You (1993) A Painter Passing Through (1998) Harmony (2004) All Live (live) (2012)

Compilations	Early Lightfoot (1969) The Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1970) Classic Lightfoot (1971) The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1974) The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot, Vol. 2 (1975) Gord's Gold (1975) Early Morning Rain (1976) Songbook (1985) Gord's Gold Volume 2 (1988) The Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1989) The Original Lightfoot (1992) The United Artists Collection (1993) Songbook (1999) Complete Greatest Hits (2002)

Singles	"(Remember Me) I'm the One" (1962) "It's Too Late, He Wins/Negotiations" (1962) "Adios, Adios" (1962) "Day Before Yesterday" (1963) "I'm Not Sayin'" (1965) "Ribbon of Darkness" (1965) "Spin Spin" (1966) "Go Go Round" (1966) "The Way I Feel" (1967) "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (1967) "Black Day in July" (1968) "Bitter Green" (1968) "Me and Bobby McGee" (1970) "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) "If I Could" (1971) "Talking in Your Sleep" (1971) "Summer Side of Life" (1971) "Beautiful" (1972) "Alberta Bound" (1972) "You Are What I Am" (1972) "The Same Old Obsession" (1972) "Can't Depend on Love" (1973) "It's Worth Believin'" (1973) "Sundown" (1974) "Carefree Highway" (1974) "Rainy Day People" (1975) "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976) "Race Among the Ruins" (1976) "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" (1977) "Daylight Katy" (1978) "Dreamland" (1978) "Dream Street Rose" (1980) "If You Need Me" (1980) "Baby Step Back" (1981) "Blackberry Wine" (1982) "In My Fashion" (1982) "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)" (1983) "Without You" (1983) "Anything for Love" (1986) "Stay Loose" (1986) "East of Midnight" (1987) "Ecstasy Made Easy" (1987) "I'll Prove My Love" (1993) "Waiting for You" (1993) "A Painter Passing Through" (1998) "Inspiration Lady" (2004)

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