Old Dan's Records is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's eighth studio album, released in 1972 on the Reprise Records label. The album reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart on November 25, 1972, and remained there for three weeks. In the U.S., it peaked at #95 on the pop chart.
The album marks a continued evolution in Lightfoot's sound as he begins to add country influences to his standard folk sound with the help of the banjo, dobro and steel guitar. Lightfoot would continue to use these country influences in his music until the early 1980s.
Despite its 1972 year of initial release, the album was nominated for and won the 1974 Juno Award for "Folk Album of the Year". Lightfoot also won a Juno that year as "Folk Singer of the Year".
Contents
Track listing
All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot
Side 1
"Farewell to Annabel" – 2:59
"That Same Old Obsession" – 3:46
"Old Dan's Records" – 3:05
"Lazy Mornin'" – 3:43
"You Are What I Am" – 2:37
Side 2
"Can't Depend on Love" – 3:12
"My Pony Won't Go" – 3:50
"It's Worth Believin'" – 3:24
"Mother of a Miner's Child" – 3:18
"Hi'way Songs" – 3:37
Personnel
Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, guitar, vibraphone
Red Shea - lead guitar, classical guitar, Dobro
Terry Clements - lead guitar
Rick Haynes - bass
Barry Keane - drums, percussion
Dave Brown - percussion
Bruce Good - autoharp
Larry Good - 5-string banjo
David Bromberg - slide Dobro ("My Pony Won't Go")
Nick De Caro - piano, orchestral arrangements
Ollie Strong - steel guitar
Technical
Lee Herschberg - engineer
Ed Thrasher - art direction
John Reeves - photography
"Special thanks to Bill Richards and Guido Basso and members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra"