Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream (1976) Vinyl LP • Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles; there are some surface marks on side 1 but, ON MY PLAYER, there is no audio obstruction, be aware that you may have a slightly different result (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing, slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (Lyrics); one seam partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top-edge, slightly heavier along bottom-edge; some wear to corners. Developing split near center of bottom. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Race Among The Ruins
2. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
3. I'm Not Supposed To Care
4. I'd Do It Again
5. Never Too Close
6. Protocol
7. The House You Live In
8. Summertime Dream
9. Spanish Moss
10. Too Many Clues In This Room

About The Record:

Summertime Dream by Gordon Lightfoot peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian RPM national album chart, and No. 12 on the US Billboard pop chart. The album marked Lightfoot's commercial zenith in a remarkable period of popularity which had begun with the 1970 hit, If You Could Read My Mind. He would never again achieve the same level of commercial success. The album shot to popularity on the back of the haunting ballad, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which told the story of the final hours of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which had sunk on Lake Superior in November 1975. The song remains popular to this day and has been credited with making the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the most famous maritime incident in the history of the Great Lakes. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald reached No. 1 in Canada on November 20, 1976. In the US, it peaked at No. 2 on the pop chart and No. 50 on the country chart while Race Among the Ruins peaked at No. 65 on the pop chart.