Old Dan's Records is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...

's ninth original album, released in 1972 on the Reprise Records

Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

 label. The album reached #1 in Canada

Canada

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 on the RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

national album chart on November 5, 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

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 influences to his standard folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 sound with the help of the banjo

Banjo

In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

, dobro

Dobro

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 and steel guitar

Steel guitar

Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...

. 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

Juno Awards of 1974

The Juno Awards of 1974, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 25 March 1974 in Toronto at a ceremony at the Inn on the Park's Centennial ballroom hosted by George Wilson of CFRB radio's Starlight Serenade programme.No television broadcasts had yet...

 for "Folk Album of the Year". Lightfoot also won a Juno that year as "Folk Singer of the Year".

Track listing

1. "Farewell to Annabel" – 2:59
2. "That Same Old Obsession
   That Same Old Obsession
   That Same Old Obsession is a song by Gordon Lightfoot, released on the 1972 Old Dan's Records album.-Chart performance:...
   
   " – 3:46
3. "Old Dan's Records" – 3:05
4. "Lazy Mornin'" – 3:43
5. "You Are What I Am
   You Are What I Am
   You Are What I Am is a song by Gordon Lightfoot, released on the 1972 Old Dan's Records album.-Chart performance:...
   
   " – 2:37
6. "Can't Depend on Love" – 3:12
7. "My Pony Won't Go" – 3:50
8. "It's Worth Believin'" – 3:24
9. "Mother of a Miner's Child" – 3:18
10. "Hi'way Songs" – 3:37

All compositions by Lightfoot

Credits

• Gordon Lightfoot - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Piano
  Piano
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  , Vibraphone
  Vibraphone
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• Red Shea - Guitar, Classical guitar
  Classical guitar
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  , Dobro
• Terry Clements - Guitar
• Barry Keane - Drum
  Drum
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  s, Percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Rick Haynes- Bass