Donovan File

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Donovan File
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Compilation album by Donovan
Released November 1977
Recorded 1965
Genre Folk
Label Pye Records
Producer Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
Donovan chronology
Donovan
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(1978)

Donovan File is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom (Pye FILD 004) in 1977.

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

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Contents

History

In 1977, Pye Records issued another set of Donovan's 1965 recordings in a double album titled Donovan File. The album was part of a "File" series encompassing many bands and artists who recorded for Pye in the 1960s. The album featured nearly all of Donovan's 1965 recordings, excluding the single versions of "Catch the Wind" and "Colours", the French EP track "Every Man Has His Chain", and the EP version of "Ballad of a Crystal Man".

Pye Records was a British record label. Its best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956–69), Petula Clark (1957–71), The Searchers (1963–67), The Kinks (1964–71), Sandie Shaw (1964–71), Status Quo (1968–71) and Brotherhood of Man (1975–79). The label changed its name to PRT Records in 1980, before being briefly reactivated as Pye Records in 2006.

Colours (Donovan song) song by Donovan

"Colours" is a song written and recorded by British singer-songwriter Donovan. The "Colours" single was released in the United Kingdom on 28 May 1965 through Pye Records and a few months later in the United States through Hickory Records. The "Colours" single was backed with "To Sing for You" on the United Kingdom release and "Josie" on the United States release.

Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

  1. "Catch the Wind"
  2. "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?"
  3. "Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers)
  4. "Cuttin' Out"
  5. "Car Car" (Woody Guthrie)
  6. "Keep on Truckin'" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch)
  7. "Gold Watch Blues" (Mick Softley)
  8. "To Sing for You"
  9. "Josie"
  10. "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch)
  11. "Tangerine Puppet"
  12. "Donna Donna" (Aaron Zeitlin, Sholom Secunda, Arthur S Kevess, Teddi Schwartz)
  13. "Ramblin' Boy"
  14. "Sunny Goodge Street"
  15. "Oh Deed I Do" (Bert Jansch)
  16. "Colours"
  17. "To Try for the Sun"
  18. "Circus of Sour"
  19. "Summer Day Reflection Song"
  20. "Candy Man" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch)
  21. "Jersey Thursday"
  22. "Belated Forgiveness Plea"
  23. "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
  24. "Ballad of a Crystal Man"
  25. "Little Tin Soldier" (Shawn Phillips)
  26. "Ballad of Geraldine"
  27. "The War Drags On" (Mick Softley)
  28. "Do You Hear Me Now?" (Bert Jansch)
  29. "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"
  30. "Turquoise"

Personnel

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