Gordon Lightfoot 45 Negotiations 1962 Canada Chateau 148 NM Second Single

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-Artist / Group: Gordon Lightfoot

-Mini bio: Gordon Lightfoot was born on Nov. 17, 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Adultcontemporary-folk singer/songwriter/guitarist. Worked on Country Hoedown,CBC-TV series. Teamed with Jim Whalen as the Two Tones in 1962. Wrote Early Morning Rain for Peter, Paul and Mary. First recorded for Chateau in 1962.

-Charted 14 Billboard Top 100 hits between 1970-1982 including If You Could Read My Mind (1970), Talking In Your Sleep (1971), Sundown (1974), Carefree Highway (1974), Rainy Day People (1975), The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (1976) and Baby Step Back (1982).

-Gordon Lightfoot released many Classic Non-Hot 100 songs including Daisy-Doo (1962), Negotiations (1962), Is My Baby Blue Tonight (1962), Ribbon Of Darkness (1965), Early Morning Rain (1965), For Lovin' Me (1965), Go Go Round (1967), Canadian Railroad Trilogy (1967), Black Day In July (1968), Me And Bobby McGee (1970),  This Is My Song (1971) and Daylight Katy (1978).

-Titles: Negotiations / It's Too Late, He Wins

-Negotiations not written by Gordon Lightfoot was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. This recording was made at a time when Gordon Lightfoot wasn't yet sure which direction his musical style should lead him. Negotiations was one of only a very few true rock & roll singles released by Gordon Lightfoot, others would include Daisy-Doo (1962) Go Go Round (1966), Spin Spin (1967) and Black Day In July (1968) and although all of the last three mentioned had folk rock components, Daisy-Doo and Negotiations did not.

-Negotiations is a straight-ahead teen rocker with guitar, percolating bass, tinkling piano, solid drumming, female backing vocals and a spoken word/guitar solo! The very last bit of the recording sounds as though the song-writer was influenced by The Big Bopper's Chantilly Lace from a few years earlier.

-It's Too Late (He Wins) was written by Gordon Lightfoot and recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and is a melodic slow-tempo love ballad with beautiful vocals from Gordon Lightfoot and demonstrates his amazing vocal range with nice musical accompaniment including tinkling piano, light bass, drums, piano solo and female backing vocalists. This is closer to the musical direction Gordon Lightfoot would later take in the form of folk ballads.

-This was Gordon Lightfoot's second single and a non-album 45!

-Label: Chateau C-148

-Also released in Great Britain on Fontana in 1963, British first pressings of Negotiations credit the recording to Gordie Lightfoot, second pressings correctly list him as Gordon Lightfoot. In the United States, Negotiations was released on ABC-Paramount 10373. The Canadian Chateau pressing is the first issue and is most highly sought after by collectors of Canadian folk-rock music. 

-There were just three singles released on the canadian Chateau label, all from 1962 and were: Daisy-Doo b/w (Remember Me) I'm The One ( Chateau C-142), It's Too Late, He Wins b/w Negotiations (Chateau C-148) and Is My Baby Blue Tonight b/w I'll Meet You In Michigan (Chateau 152). These three were chronologically his first, second and third releases, all are very collectable.

-Year released: 1962

-Billboard number: Non charted

-Canada chart position: # 27 for both sides on Toronto radio station CHUM.

-Canadian pressing

-Visual grade: Near mint

-Labels: Near mint

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Record grading:

(M) Mint: A mint record should appear to have just left the manufacturers without any handling; that is, it should appear perfect! No light scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains on labels or writing, tears or splits; nothing. Perfect. And age has nothing to do with it; the same standards for Mint apply to a rare rockabilly single from 1955 as they do to a Top 40 record from 1988! There are no sliding values for Mint. A Mint record cover should appear to have never had a record in it; no ring-wear, dog-eared corners, writing, seam-splits; nothing! Perfect! Even a new, unplayed old stock record can have factory flaws. Mint should be used sparingly and will usually attract a premium value to serious collectors. Mint means perfect and nothing else!

(SS) Still sealed: Still sealed in the factory shrink wrap.

(M-) Mint minus: A nearly perfect record. The record will show no obvious signs of wear, very light surface scuffs from normal handling are permitted but no light scratches. Original finish intact. Picture sleeves should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling.

(VG+) Very good plus: The record will show some signs that it was played or otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Record surfaces may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or light scratches. Picture sleeves may have some slight ring wear, lightly turned up corners, or a small seam split.

(VG) Very good: Many of the defects found in a VG+ record or sleeve will be more pronounced in a VG record or picture sleeve. Groove wear may be noticeable, the record may have light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound, but the foreign noises will be less prominent than the music. Picture sleeves may have quite prominent ring wear. Creases, folds, seam splits and tears will be more obvious and may appear on all three sides, and there may be writing as well.

(VG-) Very good minus: Foreign noises may be about as prominent as the music. The record still plays through without skipping. The picture sleeve will have more significant seam splits, perhaps to the point where they were taped closed, and highly obvious ring wear and heavier writing. Can serve as a filler until a better one comes along.

(G) Good: We seldom offer a good record for sale unless it is particularily rare for the following reasons: Foreign noises are louder than the recorded music and listening can be distracted by the noise. May or may not play through without skipping, but should be so noted. Picture sleeves are so badly seam split that they may not be able to contain the record within.Tears, folds, writing and ring wear may be overwheming.