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Don Quixote Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot Released February 1972 Recorded Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California from December 1971 to January 1972 Genre Folk Length 41:41 Label Reprise Producer Lenny Waronker Professional reviews The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space.
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Gordon Lightfoot chronology Summer Side of Life
(1971)Don Quixote
(1972)Old Dan's Records
(1972)Don Quixote is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 8th original album, released in 1972 on the Reprise Records Label. The album reached #42 on the Billboard album chart.
The album contains little innovation on Lightfoot's trademark folk sound although it is notable as it contains Lightfoot's second seafaring song (his first being "Marie Christine" from Back Here on Earth, a genre that Lightfoot would continually revisit over the next 10 years.
"Beautiful" was released as a single and peaked at #58 on the Billboard singles chart.
Track listing
- "Don Quixote" – 3:41
- "Christian Island" – 4:02
- "Alberta Bound" – 3:07
- "Looking at the Rain" – 3:40
- "Ordinary Man" – 3:19
- "Brave Mountaineers" – 3:36
- "Ode to Big Blue" – 4:48
- "Second Cup of Coffee" – 3:03
- "Beautiful" – 3:23
- "On Susan's Floor" (Shel Silverstein/Vince Matthews) – 2:58
- "The Patriot's Dream" – 6:04
All compositions by Lightfoot except as indicated.
Personnel
- Gordon Lighfoot - 6- & 12-string guitar
- Red Shea - hi-string guitar, classical guitar, dobro
- Terry Clements - lead acoustic guitar
- Rick Haynes - bass
- Ry Cooder - mandolin
- Bob Thompson - string arrangements "Don Quixote" and "The Patriot's Dream"
- Nick DeCaro - all other string arrangements
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Band musicians - Rick Haynes
- Terry Clements
- Red Shea
- Pee Wee Charles
- Barry Keane
- Mike Heffernan
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)
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)
Categories:- Gordon Lightfoot albums
- 1972 albums
- Albums produced by Lenny Waronker
- Reprise Records albums
- Works inspired by Don Quixote
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