Donovan Phillips Leitch,known mononymously as Donovan,is a Scottish musician,songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965,and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles and albums during the late 1960s. His work became emblematic of the flower power era with its blend of folk,pop,psychedelic rock,and jazz stylings.
A double album is an audio album that spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold,typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually,though not always,released as such because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium. Recording artists often think of double albums as being a single piece artistically;however,there are exceptions,such as John Lennon's Some Time in New York City and OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below . Since the advent of the compact disc,albums are sometimes released with a bonus disc featuring additional material as a supplement to the main album,with live tracks,studio out-takes,cut songs,or older unreleased material. One innovation was the inclusion of a DVD of related material with a compact disc,such as video related to the album or DVD-Audio versions of the same recordings. Some such discs were also released on a two-sided format called DualDisc.
Island of Circles is a tribute album to singer-songwriter Donovan that was released on June 26,1992,by Nettwerk. The title song "Island of Circles" is provided by Donovan himself. Along with Donovan's contemporaneous box set collection Troubadour:The Definitive Collection 1964–1976,the album contributed to a resurgence of interest in Donovan's music in the early 1990s,after he had been deemed unfashionable and out of step with changing musical tastes in the 1970s.
Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the US in February 1967 (Epic Records LN 24239 / BN 26239,but not released in the UK because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman from a UK release. In June 1967,a cross-section of both albums was released as Sunshine Superman in the UK. "Mellow Yellow" was the name of Donovan's hit single released the previous November.
The Hurdy Gurdy Man is the sixth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in North America in October 1968 on Epic Records,but not in the UK due to a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman (1966) and Mellow Yellow (1967) from being released there. A songbook of lead sheets to the album was nonetheless issued in both countries. In Canada the album reached No. 19.
Donovan's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States in January 1969 on Epic Records and in the United Kingdom in March 1969 on Pye Records. Donovan's Greatest Hits peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200,and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada the album reached No. 2.
Open Road is the eighth studio album,and ninth overall,from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan and the debut album from the short-lived band Open Road. While his previous work was composed by his playing solo on acoustic guitar and then recorded with a shifting cast of session musicians,Open Road was Donovan's effort toward writing and recording music as a member of a band.
HMS Donovan is the ninth studio album,and tenth album overall,from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It marks the second album of Donovan's children's music,after the For Little Ones portion of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden. HMS Donovan is the second double album of Donovan's career,and was released in the UK only,in July 1971.
Slow Down World is the thirteenth studio album by Scottish singer/songwriter Donovan,released in the US in May 1976 and the UK on 4 June 1976.
Rising Again is an expanded version of the 1990 live album Rising from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the UK on 22 May 2001.
Pied Piper is the twentieth studio album,by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It marks the third album of his children's music,after the For Little Ones portion of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden and H.M.S. Donovan. Pied Piper was released in both the UK and US on 19 March 2002.
Donovan's Greatest Hits and More is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom in September 1989.
Definitive Collection is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the Netherlands and Austria on 7 November 1995.
Donovan in Concert is the sixth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan,and the first live album of his career. It was recorded in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim,California on 17 November 1967. It was released in the United States in June 1968 and in the United Kingdom in September 1968. The album reached No.18 on the US charts.
Love Is Hot,Truth Is Molten is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in Australia on 7 April 1998.
Sunshine Superman:The Very Best of Donovan is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released on 8 October 2002.
Try for the Sun:The Journey of Donovan is the second CD boxed set from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released on 13 September 2005.
This is the discography of Scottish singer,songwriter and guitarist Donovan.
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" is a song and US single by British singer-songwriter Donovan,released in 1967. It became the opening track of his 1967 double-disc album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden. It peaked at No. 23 in the Billboard Hot 100.
Karl Ferris is an English music photographer/designer. He worked on album covers for Eric Clapton,Cream,Donovan,The Hollies and Jimi Hendrix.
