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.
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.
Fairytale is the second album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was first released in the UK on 22 October 1965 through Pye Records. The US version of Fairytale was released by Hickory Records in November 1965 with a slightly different set of songs. Peter Eden,Geoff Stephens and Terry Kennedy produced the original album.
A Gift From a Flower to a Garden is the fifth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan,released in December 1967 through Pye Records in the UK and Epic Records in the US. It marks the first double-disc album of Donovan's career and one of the first box sets in pop music. In the US,Epic also released the two discs separately as the stand-alone albums Wear Your Love Like Heaven and For Little Ones.
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.
Barabajagal is the seventh studio album and eighth album overall from British singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released by Epic Records in the United States on 11 August 1969,but was not released in the United Kingdom because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman,Mellow Yellow,and The Hurdy Gurdy Man from being released in the UK. The album reached No. 22 in Canada and the title single reached No. 20.
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.
Essence to Essence is the eleventh studio album,and thirteenth album overall,from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in both the UK and the US in December 1973.
Troubadour:The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 is the first CD boxed set from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan,released in the US on 4 August 1992. It was originally released as a two CD set in a long box. The long box also contained a picture booklet. In 1995,it was released again without the long box and picture booklet.
"Barabajagal" is a song by British singer/songwriter Donovan Leitch,released by Donovan in 1969. It was later used as title track to the album Barabajagal. The instrumental backing is provided by The Jeff Beck Group,with backing vocals by Lesley Duncan,Suzi Quatro and Madeline Bell.
Definitive Collection is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the Netherlands and Austria on 7 November 1995.
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.
"Rock 'n' Roll with Me" is a power ballad written by David Bowie and Geoff MacCormack and recorded in January 1974 that first appeared on Bowie's Diamond Dogs album,supposedly to address the artist's complex relation with his fans. A version recorded during the Diamond Dogs tour in July 1974 was released on the album David Live.
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water was an American experimental psychedelic rock band from New York City active from 1986 to 1996. Their three albums and several EPs consist of experimental cover versions of songs from various genres of popular music.
Cosmic Wheels is the tenth studio album,and eleventh album overall,by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in both the UK and the US in March 1973.
The Best Band in the Land is the third and final studio album of CCS. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London,January to May 1973 and released in September that year. In Australia,the album was titled The Band Played the Boogie.
Totally Driven is the greatest hits album by British hard rock band Uriah Heep,released on 12 November 2015 on their own label,Uriah Heep Records. The album contains re-recorded versions of 27 of their best known songs,recorded with the long-standing 1986-2007 lineup.
There Is an Ocean is a film documenting the Scottish songwriter Donovan during his time spent in Greece with his band Open Road in 1970. The film remained unreleased until 2005 when it was included in the box set Try for the Sun:The Journey of Donovan.
Eco-Song is a theme album by Scottish singer songwriter Donovan. It is a compilation album of 21 songs taken from his catalog and described as "climate change songs". The album,which was mastered at Estudi 1 in Llevant,Majorca,is ascribed to "Donovan &Linda",giving co-credit to Donovan's wife and muse,Linda Lawrence. Eco-Song is dedicated to climate change activist Greta Thunberg. The songs are intended as the soundtrack for an opera by Donovan and Sebastian Dean,to be titled Slow Down World,based on the plot of four young students in Cork involved in a climate strike.
Open Road was a short-lived band originally assembled by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan for his 1970 album of the same name,with original members Mike Thomson on guitar,bass and vocals and John Carr on drums and vocals. Having previously played solo then with a shifting cast of session musicians,Open Road was Donovan's effort toward writing and recording music as a member of a band.
