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Music CD - Donovan: Donovan's Greatest Hits
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Music CD: Donovan's Greatest Hits
Artist: Donovan
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks:
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1. Mellow Yellow
2. Colours
3. Hurdy Gurdy Man
4. Catch The Wind
5. Lalena
6. Epistle To Dippy
7. Sunshine Superman
8. There Is A Mountain
9. Jennifer Juniper
10. Wear Your Love Like Heaven
11. Season Of The Witch
12. Atlantis
13. To Susan On The West Coast Waiting
14. Barabajagal
15. Riki Tiki Tavi
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074646573020
Format: Extra tracks
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 1999-03-30
Studio: Sony
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Summary: A Renaissance Kind of Guy
Comment: Familiarity with Donovan's recordings is essential to understanding pop culture of the 60's, particularly the psychedelic/flower power/Summer of Love era. Donovan had a strong mystical, spiritual edge and a quality of educated refinement and erudition which not only fit right in but also gave the era some class.
This collection is a very good summary of what Donovan had to offer. The versions of "Catch The Wind" and "Colors" on this CD are the original folk (acoustic) versions, as opposed to the rock-band versions found on the original LP of the greatest hits. Why this was done, I don't know, but it's OK with me, because that is how I first knew Donovan, and his evolution into a rock artist had a similar shock value, although lesser, to Bob Dylan's. The thing to remember is that both were folk artists first, and they brought that sensibility to rock music, thereby changing it. And change it they did! "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow" not only have fascinating lyrics and superb music, but the vocals - how cool can you get? I love "Epistle To Dippy" because of the mindbending humor and the tight, tight production - a most excellent track, one of my absolute favorites. "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" has colorful imagery, spiritual lyrics and magical music - it's practically a hymn. "Jennifer Juniper" is special to me because it has some French lyrics, and I was learning French at the time it was released. Also, the hot book at the time was "Valley of the Dolls", which had a main character named Jennifer. I always associated that song with her, and it took on added poignancy when Sharon Tate, who played Jennifer in the film, was murdered. "Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a musical and poetic explosion that really blew my mind when I first heard it. "Lalena" is a more personal piece, a somber song about a woman who leads a suffocating life. "Atlantis" has a beautiful spoken description of how that island might have been, and it ends with a rousing "Hey Jude"-style repeated sentence, and fades out. And "Barabajagal" - "Love is hot, Truth is molten..." The song is funky and boiling. What else can I say?
If you want to explore Donovan more deeply, the "Sunshine Superman" album is a masterpiece, with my favorite tracks being "The Trip", "Guinevere" and "Celeste". Also, the "Mellow Yellow" album is almost as good, with "Sand and Foam", "Writer In the Sun" and "Sunny South Kensington" being standouts.
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Summary: donovan and sebastian
Comment: I don't listen to Belle & Sebastian but I recently heard "the boy with arab strap" and some of their other stuff at friends house who's cukoo for those cocca puffs. I suggested to her that she should listen to Donovan because BS are doing the exact same thing he did.
There's a long influential sleeve here.
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Summary: Donovan/CD
Comment: You just can't beat the old ones. CD came in excellent condition and was fast!!
Roxann Hill
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Summary: Great Music
Comment: I had been thinking about getting this CD for awhile, and I am glad I did. I was about 10 years old when this music was popular. Some of the songs I had forgotten about, so I got a pleasant surprise when I played it for the first time. As an adult I can appreciate Donovan's talent a lot more than I did in 1968!
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Summary: GREAT CD
Comment: This CD was everything I remember Donovan to be, GREAT complilation and great music!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Greatest Hits is the budget option for those who've concluded that two discs of Donovan is a disc too many and zero is one too few. Troubadour, Sony's 1992 Donovan box set, boasts nearly three times the tracks this 15-song single-disc retrospective offers, but Greatest Hits delivers what it promises: "Colours" and "Catch the Wind" from his folkie phase and "Mellow Yellow," "Sunshine Superman," and "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" from the lad's best-pal-a-flower-ever-had period. Also included are plenty more catchy folk-rock hits cut between 1964 and 1970 as well as four bonus tracks, including the delightfully earnest "Atlantis" and "Barabajagal," with the celebrated first-edition Jeff Beck Group providing backing. Donovan's blissed-out liner notes ("Whatever you think this song is about, it probably is") round out the package quite quaintly. --Steven Stolder
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