RARE TWO TONES GORDON LIGHTFOOT 1ST LP CHATEAU RECORDS
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"The Two Tones at the village corner": RARE 1962 release on the tiny Chateau label from Toronto. Condition VG+ , vinly nice and shinny with few surface marks that DO NOT affect play, tinest warp in edge, slight rub sound for the first 30 seconds. Tracked record with light cartridge, no skips. Cover VG++, only slight rubbing. The following is just a little general info on the artist. Lightfoot, Gordon (Meredith). Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Orillia, Ont, 17 Nov 1939; honorary LLD (Trent) 1978. As a boy soprano in Orillia, Lightfoot performed on local radio, in oratorio and operetta, and in Kiwanis festivals. He appeared at 13 in a concert of Kiwanis festival winners at Massey Hall, the site of many of his later triumphs. In his teens he sang in a barbershop quartet, studied piano, and taught himself to play drums. He also studied jazz orchestration 1957-8 at Westlake College of Modern Music in Los Angeles. Returning to Canada, he worked 1958-61 in Toronto with such groups as the Swinging Eight (the choral and dance group on CBC TV's 'Country Hoedown') and the Gino Silvi Singers, then began singing folksongs and playing guitar. He appeared with Terry Whalen as the Two Tones in southern Ontario coffeehouses, made the LP Two Tones Live at the Village Corner (1962, Chateau CLP-1012), and performed at the 1962 Mariposa Folk Festival....the tracks on this rare original lp are.....We Come Here To Sing, Fast Freight, The Fox, Dark As A Dungeon, Sinnerman, This Is My Song, Kilgarry Mountain, Calypso Baby, Summer Love, Children Go Where I Send Thee, Copper Kettle, and Lord I'm So Weary..........nteed to please: money back. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS: I WILL COMBINE S/H AND MOST ITEMS ARE FOR SALE WITHOUT RESERVE. THE BUYER WILL PAY $12.00 S/H TO THE USA (TO THE LOWER 48): SAME PRICE FOR CANADA. (PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO MY LOCATION IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO, I WILL REDUCE S/H AND PICK UPS ARE WELCOME). SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED: MONEY BACK. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WRITE WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR TO SEE MORE PICS. SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED: MONEY BACK. BIDDERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ARE VERY WELCOME , AND WOULD PAY EXACT SHIPPING COSTS ONLY: WE WILL SHIP WORLD WIDE.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GST WILL APPLY TO CANADIAN RESIDENTS AND ONTARIO RESIDENTS WILL ALSO PAY THE PROVINCIAL SALES TAX. I WILL PROVIDE MY GST REGISTRATION NUMBER UPON REQUEST. WE WILL SHIP WORLD WIDE. WE ACCEPT PERSONAL CHECKS DRAWN ON USA OR CANADIAN BANKS (CHECKS CAN TAKE UP TO 10 BUSINESS DAYS TO CLEAR). WE ALSO ACCEPT INTERNATIONAL POSTAL MONEY ORDERS, BANK MONEY ORDERS, CASH, AND BIDPAY OR PAYPAL.
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