The Great Donovan

~ Release by Donovan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
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1London Town
recording of:
London Town
lyricist and composer:
Tim Hardin
4:08
2Codine
producer:
Terry Kennedy
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1964)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1964)
cover recording of:
Cod’ine (in 1964)
lyricist and composer:
Buffy Sainte‐Marie
publisher:
Gypsy Boy Music Inc.
4:49
3Catch the Wind
recording of:
Catch the Wind
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:56
4Universal Soldier
cover recording of:
The Universal Soldier
lyricist and composer:
Buffy Sainte‐Marie
2:14
5Colours
live recording of:
Colours
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Donovan Music Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
2:46
6Sunshine Superman
recording of:
Sunshine Superman
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Donovan Music Ltd.
3:16
7Season of the Witch
recording of:
Season of the Witch
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
4:57
8The Trip
recording of:
The Trip
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
4:36
9Guinevere
recording of:
Guinevere
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:43
10Breezes of Patchulie
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1966-05)
bass:
Bobby Ray (60s/70s US folk artist/bassist) (in 1966-05)
drums (drum set):
"Fast" Eddy Hoh (in 1966-05)
electric violin:
A. Friend (worked with Donovan) (in 1966-05)
sitar:
Shawn Phillips (in 1966-05)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1966-05)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Hollywood, 1961-1972) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1966-05)
recording of:
Breezes of Patchulie (in 1966-05)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
4:36
11Museum
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1966)
bass:
Spike Heatley (in 1966) and Danny Thompson (English double bass player) (in 1966)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Orr (in 1966)
electric guitar:
Jimmy Page (in 1966)
flute:
Harold McNair (in 1966)
keyboard:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor) (in 1966)
percussion:
Tony Carr (in 1966)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1966)
arranger:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
recording of:
Museum (in 1966)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:52
12Super Lungs
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1966-05)
bass:
Bobby Ray (60s/70s US folk artist/bassist) (in 1966-05)
drums (drum set):
"Fast" Eddy Hoh (in 1966-05)
organ:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1966-05)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1966-05)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Hollywood, 1961-1972) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1966-05)
recording of:
Superlungs
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:18
13Mellow Yellow
recording of:
Mellow Yellow
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Donovan (Music) Ltd.
3:42
14Writer in the Sun
recording of:
Writer in the Sun
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
4:30
15Sand and Foam
recording of:
Sand and Foam
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:20
▼CD 2
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1Sunny South Kensington
recording of:
Sunny South Kensington
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:50
2Epistle to Dippy
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Epistle to Dippy
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:11
3There Is a Mountain
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1967)
bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player) (in 1967)
flute:
Harold McNair (in 1967)
percussion:
Tony Carr (in 1967)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1967)
arranger:
Harold McNair
recording of:
There Is a Mountain (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:35
4Wear Your Love Like Heaven
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar and whistling:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1967-09)
bongos [bongo] and congas [conga]:
"Candy" John Carr (in 1967-09)
drums (drum set):
Keith Webb (in 1967-09)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Cliff Barton (in 1967-09)
electric guitar:
Eric Leese (in 1967-09)
flute:
Harold McNair (in 1967-09)
keyboard:
Mike O'Neil (British pianist/keyboarder and singer) (in 1967-09)
vibraphone:
Mike Carr (UK organist, pianist, vibraphonist) (in 1967-09)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1967-09)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (London, 1967 - 1972) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-09)
recording of:
Wear Your Love Like Heaven (in 1967-09)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
52:26
5Oh Gosh
recording of:
Oh Gosh
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
1:47
6The Tinker and the Crab
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar and harmonica:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
bell, finger cymbals and zill [Turkish Cymbals]:
Tony Carr
flute:
Harold McNair
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (London, 1967 - 1972) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Tinker and the Crab
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:53
7Poor Cow
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
percussion:
Tony Carr
strings:
String quartet (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
arranger:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (London, 1967 - 1972) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Poor Cow
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:59
8Hurdy Gurdy Man
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar and tambura:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968)
bass:
John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures) (in 1968)
drums (drum set):
Clem Cattini (in 1968)
electric guitar:
Allan Holdsworth (in 1968) and Jimmy Page (in 1968)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968)
arranger:
John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures)
recording of:
Hurdy Gurdy Man (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
53:15
9Jennifer Juniper
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-09)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968-09)
bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player) (in 1968-09)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968-09)
arranger:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor)
recording of:
Jennifer Juniper (in 1968-09)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:42
10Teen Angel
recording of:
Teen Angel
composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:19
11Lalena
recording of:
Lalena
lyricist:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:57
12To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
recording of:
To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Peer Southern Music (publisher) (in 1968)
3:13
13Atlantis
recording of:
Atlantis (Donovan song)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Donovan (Music) Ltd., Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Peer Southern Music (publisher) (in 1968)
5:02
14Barabajagal
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968)
bass:
Ron Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ronnie Wood) (in 1968)
drums (drum set):
Tony Newman (rock drummer for Jeff Beck Group/May Blitz) (in 1968)
electric guitar:
Jeff Beck (English rock guitarist) (in 1968)
keyboard:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist) (in 1968)
background vocals:
Madeline Bell (in 1968), Leslie Duncan (in 1968) and Suzi Quatro (US rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & actress) (in 1968)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968)
additional performer:
Jeff Beck Group
recording of:
Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
43:20
15Happiness Runs
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968-05)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1968-05), Leslie Duncan (in 1968-05), Mike McCartney (in 1968-05) and Graham Nash (in 1968-05)
recorded at:
Olympic Studios (1966-2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-05)
recording of:
Happiness Runs
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:27
▼CD 3
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1Celia of the Seals
recording of:
Celia of The Seals
composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:02
2Riki Tiki Tavi
recording of:
Riki Tiki Tavi
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:57
3Clara Clairvoyant
recording of:
Claira Clairvoyant
2:52
4Roots of Oak
producer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1970)
bass and guitar:
Mike Thomson (worked with Donovan) (in 1970)
drums (drum set):
John Carr (in 1970)
vocals:
John Carr (in 1970), Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1970) and Mike Thomson (worked with Donovan) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970)
recording of:
Roots of Oak
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
5:04
5Maria Magenta
recording of:
Maria Magenta
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:13
6Cosmic Wheels
recording of:
Cosmic Wheels
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
4:03
7I Like You
producer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) and Michael Peter Hayes
bass:
Clive Chaman (in 1970)
drums (drum set):
Cosy Powell (in 1970)
guitar:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1970)
strings:
Chris Spedding (in 1970)
violin [lead violin]:
Pat Halling (in 1970)
vocals:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (in 1970)
arranger:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor)
recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970)
recording of:
I Like You
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
4:35
8Yellow Star
producer:
Andrew Oldham
acoustic guitar:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
bass:
Alan Spenner (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
clavinet:
Jean Roussel (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Denny Seiwell (drummer / percussionist) (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Henry McCullough (Northern Irish guitarist, vocalist and songwriter) (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
percussion:
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos) (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
vocals:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-09-01 until 1973-10-13)
recording of:
Yellow Star
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:06
9Rock and Roll Souljer
producer:
Norbert Putnam
acoustic guitar and harmonica:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
bass:
Norbert Putnam (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Buttrey (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
electric guitar:
Reggie Young (guitarist and songwriter) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Johnny Christopher (Guitarist, lyricist, composer, singer, session musician) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
horn:
Benny Cauley (from 1974-09 until 1974-10), Harrison Calloway (American trumpeter, songwriter, producer and arranger.) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10), Charlie Rose (American trombone player) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10), Ronnie Eades (American saxophonist) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10) and Harvey Thompson (saxophonist) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
keyboard:
David Paul Briggs (US producer and musician) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
background vocals:
Lea Jane Berinati (from 1974-09 until 1974-10), Ginger Holladay (American singer-songwriter) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10), Mary Holladay (from 1974-09 until 1974-10), Buffy Sainte‐Marie (from 1974-09 until 1974-10), Byron Warner (from 1974-09 until 1974-10) and Florence Warner (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
vocals:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
strings arranger:
David Paul Briggs (US producer and musician)
concertmaster:
Sheldon Kurland (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
recorded at:
Quadrafonic Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1974-09 until 1974-10)
recording of:
Rock and Roll Soldier
composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
3:51
10The Quest
3:32
11Age of Treason
producer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (on 1974-09-13)
mixer:
Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (on 1974-09-13)
vocals:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (on 1974-09-13)
recorded at:
The Sound Factory West in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1974-09-13)
recording of:
Age of Treason (on 1974-09-13)
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
4:22
12What the Soul Desires
producer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
mixer:
Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (on 1974-09-13)
vocals:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist) (on 1974-09-13)
recorded at:
The Sound Factory West in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1974-09-13)
2:35
13Dark Eyed Blue Jean Angel
3:49