The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Album
The Hurdy Gurdy Man (Album) by Donovan
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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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Published: 07 Jul 2022, 22:33
The Hurdy Gurdy Man Is The Sixth Studio Album Seventh Overall By Scottish Singer-Songwriter Donovan. It Was Released In The US In October 1968 Epic Records BN 26420 Stereo But Not In The UK Because Of A Continuing Contractual Dispute That Also Prevented Sunshine Superman And Mellow Yellow From Being Released There. A Songbook Of Lead Sheets To The Album Was Nonetheless Issued In Both Countries. Donovan Wrote And Recorded Much Of The Hurdy Gurdy Man In Late 1967 Not Long After Recording The Songs That Would Form A Gift From A Flower To A Garden. The Rest Of The Hurdy Gurdy Man Was Recorded In April 1968 After He Visited Rishikesh In India To Study Transcendental Meditation Under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. John Lennon Cynthia Lennon George Harrison Pattie Boyd Paul McCartney Jane Asher Ringo Starr Mia Farrow Prudence Farrow And Mike Love Were There As Well. Harrison Wrote A Verse For "Hurdy Gurdy Man" When They Were In India But It Was Cut From The Studio Version In Order To Ensure That The Song Was Not Overly Long For A Single. On His 1973 Live Album Live In Japan Spring Tour 1973 And His 1990 Live Album Rising Donovan Explains The Story And Sings The Previously Omitted Verse. The Last Verse Of "Hurdy Gurdy Man" Written By Harrison Is "When The Truth Gets Buried Deep / Beneath A Thousand Years Of Sleep / Time Demands A Turn Around / And Once Again The Truth Is Found". Donovan's Songwriting For The Hurdy Gurdy Man Centered On Drones On Such Songs As "Peregrine" "The River Song" And "Tangier" - The Latter Two Being Compositions By His Friend "Gypsy Dave" Gyp Mills - And Pop Music On Most Of The Other Tracks. "As I Recall It" Continued Donovan's Infatuation With Jazz. "Jennifer Juniper" And "Hurdy Gurdy Man" Were Both Released As Singles Well Before The Album Was Released. The Recording Sessions For The Album Are Purported To Have Included Future Led Zeppelin Members Jimmy Page And John Paul Jones. Page Was In The Yardbirds At The Time And Was Actively Looking To Rebuild That Band. The Album Credits John Bonham For Percussion On The Song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" And Clem Cattini As The Drummer.