| Summer Day Reflection Songs | ||||
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| Released | 25 April 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | folk | |||
| Label | Castle | |||
| Producer | Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens | |||
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Summer Day Reflection Songs is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released on 25 April 2000.
In 2000, Castle Records released every song of Donovan's 1965 Pye Records recordings on one collection. Summer Day Reflection Songs features all of the tracks from What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid and Fairytale , as well as all of Donovan's Pye single recordings, B-sides and EP tracks. Castle also included "Every Man Has His Chain", a song that had only previously appeared as a track on a French EP dating from 1965.
All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.
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, psychedelica, and jazz stylings.
What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid is the debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the UK four days after his nineteenth birthday on 14 May 1965, through Pye Records. Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, and Geoff Stephens produced the album. The album was released in the US as Catch the Wind on Hickory Records in June 1965. Hickory Records changed the title to match that of Donovan's debut single.
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.
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.
"Universal Soldier" is a song written by singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. The first released recording was a single by The Highwaymen, released in September 1963. The song was also released on Sainte-Marie's debut album It's My Way!, released in April 1964. "Universal Soldier" was not an immediate popular hit at the time of its release, but it did garner attention within the contemporary folk music community. It became a hit a year later when Donovan covered it, as did Glen Campbell. Sainte-Marie said of the song: "I wrote 'Universal Soldier' in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early sixties. It's about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all." The idea was based on that politicians, with power over the military, in democratic states are elected by the people.
The Real Donovan is the first compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the US in September 1966.
Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the US in April 1968. Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be marked the second Hickory Records compilation of Donovan's 1965 Pye Records material in the United States, following the moderately successful The Real Donovan from 1966.
A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in West Germany in 1969.
Early Treasures is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States in 1973.
Catch the Wind is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1971 and did not chart. This 1971 release bears little resemblance to the 1965 version of What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid released as Catch the Wind in the United States.
Donovan File is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1977.
The Best of Donovan is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the US in November 1969. The Best of Donovan marked the third Hickory Records compilation of Donovan's 1965 Pye Records material in the United States, following the Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be from 1968.
Catch the Wind is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom in April 1986 and did not chart. This 1986 release bears little resemblance to the 1965 version of Catch the Wind released in the United States or to Catch the Wind from 1971.
Colours is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom in June 1972 and did not chart.
The Early Years is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom in March 1993 and the United States in October 1994.
Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom in September 1993 and the United States on 21 May 1996.
Wonderful Music of Donovan is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released by Remember Records (1993) and in Portugal in 1996.
Mellow is a 2CD compilation album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, released on 1 November 1997.
Storyteller is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released on 16 September 2003 and was the first Donovan album released as a Super Audio CD/CD hybrid.
Bert Jansch was a Scottish folk musician. His discography consists of 21 studio albums, 8 live albums, 36 compilations, 5 videos, 2 EPs, and 12 singles. In addition, his compositions and guitar work have been featured on a number of albums by other artists.
