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Donovan Philips Leitch Born May 10 1946 In Maryhill Glasgow Better Known As Simply Donovan Is A Scottish Singer Songwriter And Musician. Originally A '60s Folk Singer As The Decade Progressed Donovan Cultivated His Own Unique Eclectic Sound Mixing Elements Of Folk Pop Jazz World Music And More Often With A Twinge Of Psychedelia. His Most Well-Known Work Was Suffused With Altruistic Political Overtones Making Him An Iconic Figure Of The "flower Power" Counter-Culture Of The '60s. Donovan Came To Fame In The United Kingdom In Early 1965 With A Series Of Live Performances On The Television Pop Series Ready Steady Go!. He First Hit The Charts In 1965 With His Single "Catch The Wind" Continuing On With A String Of Hits Most Of Them Produced By Mickie Most. Donovan's 1966 Sunshine Superman Marked Not Only A Transition To The Burgeoning Psychedelic Scene But Is Also Viewed As A Formative Album In Its Genre Inspiring Countless Contemporaries. His 1967 Double Album A Gift From A Flower To A Garden—the First Major Album Released As A Boxed Set—completed The Transition From Beat Poet Folkster To Hippie Troubadour. As A Close Friend Of The Beatles He Traveled With Them To India During Their Stay At The Ashram Of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi And Taught Them The "clawhammer" Finger-Picking Style Which Is Featured On Several Tracks On Their Seminal 1968 Double Album The Beatles Better Known As "The White Album." The Decline Of Donovan's Commercial Popularity Coincides Roughly With His Split From Most In 1969 As Well As Gradually Lessened Interest In Psychedelics By Artists And The Record-Buying Public Alike. With The Advent Of Punk Rock During The Mid-'70s Donovan Now Viewed As A "nice Boy" '60s Relic Truly Fell From Favor. Music Critics' Tastes Too Had Changed Donovan's New Product While Still Quirky And Experimental Earned Little But Scorn And Derision. As The Decades Progressed Donovan Would Record And Perform Only Sporadically Often Separated By Several Years. Donovan's Career Went Through A Revival Of Sorts With The Emergence Of Britain's Rave Scene In The '90s. As A Result His Most Famous Works Were Reissued And Once Again Viewed Favorably By Critics. With The Release Of The Back-To-Basics Rick Rubin-Produced Sutras In 1996 Donovan's Career Settled Into A Comparatively Steady Stream Of New Releases Coupled With Archival Material And Various Reissues. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Hall Of Fame In 2012.
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Donovan Philips Leitch Born May 10 1946 In Maryhill Glasgow Better Known As Simply Donovan Is A Scottish Singer Songwriter And Musician. Originally A '60s Folk Singer As The Decade Progressed Donovan Cultivated His Own Unique Eclectic Sound Mixing Elements Of Folk Pop Jazz World Music And More Often With A Twinge Of Psychedelia. His Most Well-Known Work Was Suffused With Altruistic Political Overtones Making Him An Iconic Figure Of The "flower Power" Counter-Culture Of The '60s. Donovan Came To Fame In The United Kingdom In Early 1965 With A Series Of Live Performances On The Television Pop Series Ready Steady Go!. He First Hit The Charts In 1965 With His Single "Catch The Wind" Continuing On With A String Of Hits Most Of Them Produced By Mickie Most. Donovan's 1966 Sunshine Superman Marked Not Only A Transition To The Burgeoning Psychedelic Scene But Is Also Viewed As A Formative Album In Its Genre Inspiring Countless Contemporaries. His 1967 Double Album A Gift From A Flower To A Garden—the First Major Album Released As A Boxed Set—completed The Transition From Beat Poet Folkster To Hippie Troubadour. As A Close Friend Of The Beatles He Traveled With Them To India During Their Stay At The Ashram Of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi And Taught Them The "clawhammer" Finger-Picking Style Which Is Featured On Several Tracks On Their Seminal 1968 Double Album The Beatles Better Known As "The White Album." The Decline Of Donovan's Commercial Popularity Coincides Roughly With His Split From Most In 1969 As Well As Gradually Lessened Interest In Psychedelics By Artists And The Record-Buying Public Alike. With The Advent Of Punk Rock During The Mid-'70s Donovan Now Viewed As A "nice Boy" '60s Relic Truly Fell From Favor. Music Critics' Tastes Too Had Changed Donovan's New Product While Still Quirky And Experimental Earned Little But Scorn And Derision. As The Decades Progressed Donovan Would Record And Perform Only Sporadically Often Separated By Several Years. Donovan's Career Went Through A Revival Of Sorts With The Emergence Of Britain's Rave Scene In The '90s. As A Result His Most Famous Works Were Reissued And Once Again Viewed Favorably By Critics. With The Release Of The Back-To-Basics Rick Rubin-Produced Sutras In 1996 Donovan's Career Settled Into A Comparatively Steady Stream Of New Releases Coupled With Archival Material And Various Reissues. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Hall Of Fame In 2012.
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Fairytale Finds Donovan Evolving His Styles Further Towards British Folk Especially On Songs Such As "Summer Day Reflection Song" And "Jersey Thursday". "Sunny Goodge Street" Foreshadows The Jazzy Feel And Descriptions Of Life In Urban London That Donovan Would Continue To Explore Over The Next Two Years. Like His Previous Album What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid Fairytale Primarily Features Donovan Singing And Playing Mouth Harp And Acoustic Guitar. Shawn Phillips Is Playing The Extra Twelve-String Guitar.
For Release In The US Hickory Records Added A Cover Of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier" And Removed A Cover Of Bert Jansch's "Oh Deed I Do". Donovan's Recording Of "Universal Soldier" Was Released In The US As A Single The Previous September And Was Achieving Some Chart Success.
The Canadian Pressing Issued On The British Pye Label Omitted "Belated Forgiveness Plea" But Included "Oh Deed I Do" And "Universal Soldier".
"To Try For The Sun" Was Covered By Lindsey Buckingham On His 2006 Album "Under The Skin".
Reissues In January 1969 Fairytale Was Reissued In An Edited Form Marble Arch Records MAL 867 In The UK. "Colours" And "The Little Tin Soldier" Were Both Removed From The Album.
In February 1991 Castle Records Reissued The UK Version Of Fairytale On Compact Disc Castle CLACD226 In The UK.
In 1996 Sequel Records Reissued The US Version Of Fairytale On Compact Disc Sequel 1004-2 . The CD Features Seven Bonus Tracks. The First Bonus Track Is A Cover Of Bert Jansch's "Oh Deed I Do". On The Original US Version Of Fairytale "Oh Deed I Do" Was Cut And A Cover Of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier" Was Added. The Next Three Songs "Do You Hear Me Now" "The War Drags On" And "The Ballad Of A Crystal Man" Are From Donovan's 1965 EP Universal Soldier. "Turquoise" And "Hey Gyp Dig The Slowness " Were Originally Released As Donovan's Third UK Single On 30 October 1965. The Last Bonus Track Is The Single Version Of "Colours".
On 19 February 2002 Sanctuary Records Reissued The Original UK Version Of Fairytale On Compact Disc. The CD Features Six Bonus Tracks. The First Four Bonus Tracks Were Originally Released 15 August 1965 In The UK On Donovan's Universal Soldier EP. That EP Featured A Different Take Of "The Ballad Of A Crystal Man". The Last Two Bonus Tracks Are Both Sides Of Donovan's Third Single "Turquoise"/"Hey Gyp Dig The Slowness " Released 30 October 1965 In The UK.
On 22 February 2005 Silverline Records Reissued The Original UK Version Of Fairytale On DualDisc. The DualDisc Has An Identical Track Listing To The 2002 Sanctuary Records Reissue.
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Fairytale Is The Second Album From British Singer-Songwriter Donovan. It Was First Released In The UK On 22 October 1965 Through Pye Records Catalog Number NPL 18128 . The US Version Of Fairytale Was Released By Hickory Records Catalog Number LPM 127 / LPS 127 In November 1965 With A Slightly Different Set Of Songs. Peter Eden And Geoff Stephens Produced The Album.Fairytale Finds Donovan Evolving His Styles Further Towards British Folk Especially On Songs Such As "Summer Day Reflection Song" And "Jersey Thursday". "Sunny Goodge Street" Foreshadows The Jazzy Feel And Descriptions Of Life In Urban London That Donovan Would Continue To Explore Over The Next Two Years. Like His Previous Album What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid Fairytale Primarily Features Donovan Singing And Playing Mouth Harp And Acoustic Guitar. Shawn Phillips Is Playing The Extra Twelve-String Guitar.
For Release In The US Hickory Records Added A Cover Of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier" And Removed A Cover Of Bert Jansch's "Oh Deed I Do". Donovan's Recording Of "Universal Soldier" Was Released In The US As A Single The Previous September And Was Achieving Some Chart Success.
The Canadian Pressing Issued On The British Pye Label Omitted "Belated Forgiveness Plea" But Included "Oh Deed I Do" And "Universal Soldier".
"To Try For The Sun" Was Covered By Lindsey Buckingham On His 2006 Album "Under The Skin".
Reissues In January 1969 Fairytale Was Reissued In An Edited Form Marble Arch Records MAL 867 In The UK. "Colours" And "The Little Tin Soldier" Were Both Removed From The Album.
In February 1991 Castle Records Reissued The UK Version Of Fairytale On Compact Disc Castle CLACD226 In The UK.
In 1996 Sequel Records Reissued The US Version Of Fairytale On Compact Disc Sequel 1004-2 . The CD Features Seven Bonus Tracks. The First Bonus Track Is A Cover Of Bert Jansch's "Oh Deed I Do". On The Original US Version Of Fairytale "Oh Deed I Do" Was Cut And A Cover Of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier" Was Added. The Next Three Songs "Do You Hear Me Now" "The War Drags On" And "The Ballad Of A Crystal Man" Are From Donovan's 1965 EP Universal Soldier. "Turquoise" And "Hey Gyp Dig The Slowness " Were Originally Released As Donovan's Third UK Single On 30 October 1965. The Last Bonus Track Is The Single Version Of "Colours".
On 19 February 2002 Sanctuary Records Reissued The Original UK Version Of Fairytale On Compact Disc. The CD Features Six Bonus Tracks. The First Four Bonus Tracks Were Originally Released 15 August 1965 In The UK On Donovan's Universal Soldier EP. That EP Featured A Different Take Of "The Ballad Of A Crystal Man". The Last Two Bonus Tracks Are Both Sides Of Donovan's Third Single "Turquoise"/"Hey Gyp Dig The Slowness " Released 30 October 1965 In The UK.
On 22 February 2005 Silverline Records Reissued The Original UK Version Of Fairytale On DualDisc. The DualDisc Has An Identical Track Listing To The 2002 Sanctuary Records Reissue.