Colours (1991 Donovan album)

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Colours
Donovan-Colours 1991.JPG
Compilation album by
Released1991
Recorded1965
Genre folk
Label Del Rack
Producer Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
Donovan chronology
The Collection
(1990)
Colours
(1991)
Island of Circles
(1992)

Colours is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States (Del Rack DRZ 921) in 1991.

Contents

History

In the early 1990s, audio engineer Steve Hoffman digitally remixed and remastered ten songs from the original master tapes of Donovan's 1965 Pye Records recordings. The songs were released as a compilation album entitled Colours, but bore no resemblance to the previous albums of the same title.

Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

  1. "Catch the Wind" – 2:53
  2. "Colours" – 2:43
  3. "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:11
  4. "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" – 3:06
  5. "Josie" – 3:24
  6. "Jersey Thursday" – 2:11
  7. "Belated Forgiveness Plea" – 2:54
  8. "Sunny Goodge Street" – 2:54
  9. "Ballad of Geraldine" – 4:40
  10. "The Little Tin Soldier" (Shawn Phillips) – 2:58

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