Donovan discography

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Donovan's discography

Contents 1 Singles 2 Albums 3 Compilations 3.1 1960s 3.2 1970s 3.3 1980s 3.4 1990s 3.5 2000s 4 Unreleased albums 5 Tribute albums 6 Bootlegs 7 References

[edit] Singles

• NOTE: "Jennifer Juniper" 1990 credited to The Singing Corner - Trevor & Simon (from BBC1-TV's Going Live show) with Donovan

Title	Year	Highest UK Chart Position	Highest US Chart Position
"Catch the Wind"	1965	#4	#23
"Colours"	1965	#4	#61
"The Universal Soldier" [EP]	1965	#1	#53
"Turquoise"	1965	#30	-
"Josie"	1966	-	-
"Sunshine Superman"	1966	#2	#1
"Mellow Yellow"	1966	#8	#2
"Epistle to Dippy"	1966	-	#19
"There is a Mountain"	1967	#8	#11
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven"	1967	-	#23
"Jennifer Juniper"	1968	#5	#26
"The Hurdy Gurdy Man"	1968	#4	#5
"Laleña"	1968	-	#33
"Atlantis"	1968	#23	#7
"To Susan On The West Coast Waiting"	1969	-	#35
"Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)"	1969	#12	#36
"Riki Tiki Tavi"	1970	-	#55
"Celia Of The Seals"	1971	-	#84
"I Like You"	1973	-	#66
"Maria Magenta"	1973	-	-
"Sailing Homeward"	1974	-	-
"Rock 'n' Roll With Me"	1974	-	-
"Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel"	1975	-	-
"Rock 'n' Roll Souljer"	1975	-	-
"Dare To Be Different"	1977	-	-
"The Light"	1977	-	-
"Mee Mee I Love You"	1981	-	-
"Neutron"	1981	-	-
"Lay Down Lassie"	1982	-	-
"Jennifer Juniper" [live]	1990	#68	-
"Newest Bath Guide"	1992	-	-
"Atlantis" [reissue]	2001	-	-
"Happiness Runs"	2005	-	-

[edit] Albums

• What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid [UK] (1965) / Catch the Wind [U.S. title] (1965) #30 U.S.; #3 UK
• Fairytale (1965) #85 U.S.; #20 UK
• Sunshine Superman [U.S.] (1966) #11 U.S.
• Mellow Yellow [U.S.] (1967) #14 U.S.
• A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) #19 U.S.; #13 UK; double album also released separately as:
  • Wear Your Love Like Heaven [U.S.] (1967) #60 U.S. and
  • For Little Ones [U.S.] #185 U.S. (1967)
• Donovan in Concert [Live] (1968) #18 U.S.
• The Hurdy Gurdy Man [U.S.] (1968) #20 U.S.
• Everlasting Sea [U.K.] (1968) (very rare demo copies - studio recordings for shelved proposed album)
• Barabajagal [U.S.] (1969) #23 U.S.
• Open Road (1970) #16 U.S.; #30 UK (extensive use of flanging sound effects at the track Celtic Rock)
• H.M.S. Donovan (1971)
• Cosmic Wheels (1973) #25 U.S.; #15 UK
• Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 [Japan] (1973)
• Essence to Essence (1973) #174 U.S.
• 7-Tease (1974) #135 U.S.
• Slow Down World (1976) #174 U.S.
• Donovan (1977)
• Neutronica [France][Germany] (1980)
• Love Is Only Feeling [Germany] (1981)
• Lady of the Stars (1984) (aka Sunshine Superman (1994, 1997), Till I See You Again, Forever Gold, Golden Tracks)
• Rising [UK] / aka: The Classics Live [U.S.] / 25 Years in Concert [Holland] [Live] (1990)
• One Night in Time [Japan] (1993) (tape)
• The Children of Lir (1994 Irish release) (Brian O' Reilly's musical legend)
• Sutras (1996)
• Rising Again [Live] (2001)
• Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986 (2001)
• Pied Piper (2002)
• Celtia (2002) (very rare demo copies)
• Sixty Four (2004)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (2004 re-recorded versions)
• Beat Cafe (2004)
• classic lives reworked (2006) (Europe only - itunes)
• in concert - the complete anaheim 1967 show (2006)
• Laleña 9 tracks reworked (2006) (Europe only - itunes)
• Wear your love like heaven (2007) (Europe only - itunes)

[edit] Compilations

[edit] 1960s

• The Real Donovan [U.S.] (1966) #96 U.S.
• Sunshine Superman [UK] (1967) #25 UK
• Universal Soldier [UK] (1967) #5 UK
• Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be [U.S.] (1968) #177 U.S.
• A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan [West Germany] (1969)
• The World of Donovan [UK] (1969)
• Donovan's Greatest Hits (1969) #4 U.S.
• The Best of Donovan [U.S.] (1969) #135 U.S.

[edit] 1970s

• Donovan P. Leitch [U.S.] (1970) #128 U.S.
• Catch the Wind [UK] (1971)
• Hear Me Now [U.S.] (1971)
• Golden Hour of Donovan [UK] (1971)
• The World of Donovan [U.S.] (1972)
• Colours [UK] (1972)
• Early Treasures [U.S.] (1973)
• The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan^[1] [UK] (Pye 502, March 1975)
• The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan Vol. 2 ^[2] [UK] (Pye 507, Feb 1976)
• Donovan File [UK] (1977)
• Star Discothek: Donovan [West Germany] (Pye 200 890-241) (circa 1978)

[edit] 1980s

• Spotlight on Donovan^[3] (PRT Records, SPOT 1017, October 1981)
• The Best of Donovan double album, (CBS 2CSP 002, 1982, Australia)
• Minstrel Boy (1983)
• Catch the Wind [UK] (1986)
• Colours [UK] (1987)
• Donovan's Greatest Hits and More (1989)

[edit] 1990s

• The EP Collection (1990)
• The Collection (1990)
• Colours (1991)
• Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 (1992)
• The Early Years (1993)
• Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom (1993)
• Donovan in Concert (=Rising) (1994)
• Live (=Rising) [Germany] (1995)
• Universal Soldier (1995)
• Definitive Collection [Austria] [Holland] (1995)
• Wonderful Music of Donovan [Portugal] (1996)
• Golden Hits (=Lady of the Stars) [Holland, [U.S.] (1996)
• Peace and Love Songs [U.S.] (1996)
• Performance (=Rising) (1997)
• Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live (=Rising) (1997)
• Mellow (1997)
• Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten [Australia] (1998)
• The Very Best of Donovan (=Rising) (1998)
• Cosmic Wheels (=Rising) (1998)
• Atlantis Calling (1999)

[edit] 2000s

• Summer Day Reflection Songs (2000)
• Super Hits (2000)
• Catch the Wind (2000)
• Colours: Live in Concert (2001)
• The Very Best of Donovan [Germany] (2002)
• The Very Best of Donovan: The Early Years (2002)
• Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan (2002)
• Atlantis [Holland] (2002)
• Storyteller (2003)
• Catch the Wind [UK] (2003)
• The Great Donovan (=Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976) [Australia] (2003)
• To Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan (2005) (Legacy Recordings)
• The Best of Donovan Sunshine Superman (2006)

[edit] Unreleased albums

• Moon in Capricorn
• Celtia (only Irish label)
• Lonely hotel
• The minstrel
• country
• cosmo street
• Christmas day
• Everlasting sea (1968 studio recordings for shelved proposed album, including "eight little fishes", "smile in reverse", "pebble and the man", "down town", "so you see", ...)
• The Acetates (1971-1972, Open Road recording sessions, Open Road disbanded before an album was officially finished; some works on this 3 disk collection can be found on later albums, specifically including Beat Cafe)
• New songs from an icon (only promotional copy for peermusic)

[edit] Tribute albums

• Donovan My Way (Vic Lewis and his Orchestra) (1968)
• The Boy With the Saffron Robe (Vic Lewis and his Orchestra)
• Island of Circles (1992)
• A Gift from a Garden to a Flower: A Tribute to Donovan (2002)

[edit] Bootlegs

• Live in Tokyo (2 cd)
• Old fashionned Picture Book
• On Christmass Day
• Roller Derby Queen
• Live in Dublin (2 cd)
• Open Road Fever
• Country Album
• The Gift (or follow me)
• Mellow Yellow (or Donovan) (1983 Joker records)

[edit] References

v • d • e Donovan Discography Studio albums What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (US-title: "Catch the Wind") · Fairytale · Sunshine Superman · Mellow Yellow · A Gift from a Flower to a Garden · The Hurdy Gurdy Man · Barabajagal · Open Road · HMS Donovan · Cosmic Wheels · Essence to Essence · 7-Tease · Slow Down World · Donovan · Neutronica · Love Is Only Feeling · Lady of the Stars · One Night in Time · Sutras · Pied Piper · Sixty Four · Brother Sun, Sister Moon · Beat Cafe · Live albums Donovan in Concert · Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 · Rising · Rising Again · Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986 Singles (UK) "Catch the Wind"  · "Colours"  · "Turquoise"  · "Josie"  · "Remember the Alamo" (withdrawn)  · "Sunshine Superman"  · "Mellow Yellow"  · "There is a Mountain"  · "Jennifer Juniper"  · "The Hurdy Gurdy Man"  · "Atlantis"  · "Barabajagal"  · "Riki Tiki Tavi"  · "Celia of the Seals"  · "I Like You"  · "Maria Magenta"  · "Sailing Homeward"  · "Rock 'n' Roll with Me"  · "Rock 'n' Roll Souljer"  · "The Light"  · "Dare to Be Different"  · "Lay Down Lassie" ... E.P.s (UK) The Universal Soldier  · Colours  · Donovan Vol. 1  · Catch the Wind  · Hurdy Gurdy Donovan Singles (USA) "Catch the Wind"  · "Colours"  · "Universal Soldier"  · "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond"  · "To Try for the Sun"  · "Sunshine Superman"  · "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"  · "Sunny Goodge Street"  · "Mellow Yellow"  · "Epistle to Dippy"  · "There is a Mountain"  · "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"  · "Jennifer Juniper"  · "The Hurdy Gurdy Man"  · "Laleña"  · "Do You Hear Me Now?"  · "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" · "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)"  · "Riki Tiki Tavi"  · "Candy Man"  · "Celia of the Seals"  · "I Like You"  · "Maria Magenta"  · "Sailing Homeward"  · "Rock 'n' Roll with Me"  · "Rock and Roll Souljer"  · "A Well Known Has-Been" ... other notable songs "Season of the Witch" (album track) · "Museum" (album track) Box sets Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976  · To Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan Related articles Brother Sun, Sister Moon (soundtrack)  · Island of Circles (tribute)