Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

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Troubadour – The Definitive Collection 1964-1976
Troubadour – The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 cover
Compilation album by Donovan
Released August 4, 1992
Recorded 1964 – 1976
Genre folk
Length 150:44
Label Epic Records (USA)
Legacy Records (USA)
Producer Terry Kennedy
Peter Eden
Geoff Stephens
Mickie Most
Donovan
Professional reviews
Donovan chronology
Island of Circles
(1992)		 Troubadour – The Definitive Collection 1964-1976
(1992)		 One Night in Time
(1993)
The Great Donovan
Rajon Records (AUS)
Rajon Records (AUS)

Troubadour – The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 is the first CD boxed set from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the US (Epic/Legacy E2K 46986) on August 4, 1992. Troubadour – The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 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.

Contents

[edit] History

By the early 1990s, CDs were fast becoming the standard format for music. This provided a challenge for artists such as Donovan, whose entire catalog had been issued on vinyl. In order to rectify the situation, many record companies released CD boxed sets. These boxed sets allowed a more in depth overview than traditional greatest hits or best of compilations. Like greatest hits and best of collections, many of the boxed sets also included rare or previously unreleased recordings as a purchasing incentive for fans who may already have earlier albums.

In a mutually beneficial move for both record company and artist, Epic Records released Troubadour – The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 in 1992. The two disc boxed set features almost all of Donovan's charting singles, many album tracks, and several rare and unreleased tracks. Troubadour – The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 helped put Donovan back in the minds of his older fans, and helped acquaint more recent generations with his music.

[edit] The Great Donovan

On November 25, 2003, Australian record label Rajon Records (Rajon 50198) released the compilation under the title The Great Donovan spread out over three discs. For some unknown reason, The Great Donovan omitted the "Riki Tiki Tavi" outtake included on Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

[edit] Album origins of tracks

The following is a list explaining the original releases of each song. Tracks that were previously unreleased are noted with *, followed by explanations of their origin.

[edit] Disc one

  • "London Town"* (from Donovan's 1964 demo tape, later released on Sixty Four)
  • "Codine"* (from Donovan's 1964 demo tape, later released on Sixty Four)
  • "Catch the Wind" (from What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid, released May 14, 1965)
  • "Universal Soldier" (from Universal Soldier, released August 15, 1965)
  • "Colours" (from Fairytale, released October 22, 1965)
  • "Sunshine Superman" (from Sunshine Superman, released September 1966)
  • "Season of the Witch" (from Sunshine Superman)
  • "The Trip" (from Sunshine Superman)
  • "Guinevere" (from Sunshine Superman)
  • "Breezes of Patchulie"* (from the Sunshine Superman sessions)
  • "Museum"* (alternate version of the Mellow Yellow track from the Sunshine Superman sessions)
  • "Super Lungs"* (alternate version of the Barabajagal track from the Sunshine Superman sessions)
  • "Mellow Yellow" (singe A-side, released Nov 1966)
  • "Writer in the Sun" (from Mellow Yellow)
  • "Sand and Foam" (from Mellow Yellow)
  • "Sunny South Kensington" (from Mellow Yellow)
  • "Epistle to Dippy" (from "Epistle to Dippy" / "Preachin' Love", released February 1967)
  • "There Is a Mountain" (from "There Is a Mountain" / "Sand and Foam", released August 1967)
  • "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" (from A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, released December 1967)
  • "Oh Gosh" (from A Gift from a Flower to a Garden)
  • "The Tinker and the Crab" (from A Gift from a Flower to a Garden)
  • "Poor Cow" (from "Jennifer Juniper" / "Poor Cow", released February 1968)

[edit] Disc two

  • "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" (1968 single)
  • "Jennifer Juniper" (from The Hurdy Gurdy Man)
  • "Teen Angel" (from "Hurdy Gurdy Man" / "Teen Angel", released May 1968)
  • "Laleña" (from "Laleña" / "Aye My Love", released October 1968)
  • "To Susan On The West Coast Waiting" (from Barabajagal, released August 11, 1969)
  • "Atlantis" (from Barabajagal)
  • "Barabajagal" (from Barabajagal)
  • "Happiness Runs" (from Barabajagal)
  • "Celia of the Seals" (from H.M.S. Donovan, released July 1971)
  • "Riki Tiki Tavi" (from Open Road, released August 1970)
  • "Clara Clairvoyant" (from Open Road)
  • "Roots of Oak" (from Open Road)
  • "Riki Tiki Tavi"* (alternate version of the Open Road track)
  • "Maria Magenta" (from Cosmic Wheels, released March 1973)
  • "Cosmic Wheels" (from Cosmic Wheels)
  • "I Like You" (single version of Cosmic Wheels track)
  • "Yellow Star" (from Essence to Essence, released December 1973)
  • "Rock and Roll Souljer" (from 7-Tease, released November 1974)
  • "The Quest" (from 7-Tease)
  • "Age of Treason"* (from the 7-Tease sessions)
  • "What the Soul Desires"* (from the 7-Tease sessions)
  • "Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel" (from Slow Down World, released May 1976)

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

[edit] Original album

[edit] Disc one

  1. "London Town" (Tim Hardin) – 4:05
  2. "Codine" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 4:47
  3. "Catch the Wind" – 2:53
  4. "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:11
  5. "Colours" – 2:43
  6. "Sunshine Superman" – 3:13
  7. "Season of the Witch" – 4:55
  8. "The Trip" – 4:34
  9. "Guinevere" – 3:40
  10. "Breezes of Patchulie" – 4:33
  11. "Museum" – 2:50
  12. "Super Lungs" – 3:15
  13. "Mellow Yellow" – 3:40
  14. "Writer in the Sun" – 4:28
  15. "Sand and Foam" – 3:17
  16. "Sunny South Kensington" – 3:48
  17. "Epistle to Dippy" – 3:09
  18. "There Is a Mountain" – 2:33
  19. "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – 2:24
  20. "Oh Gosh" – 1:45
  21. "The Tinker and the Crab" – 2:51
  22. "Poor Cow" – 2:56

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 3:13
  2. "Jennifer Juniper" – 2:39
  3. "Teen Angel" – 2:17
  4. "Laleña" – 2:56
  5. "To Susan On The West Coast Waiting" – 3:11
  6. "Atlantis" – 5:00
  7. "Barabajagal" – 3:18
  8. "Happiness Runs" – 3:24
  9. "Celia of the Seals" – 2:59
  10. "Riki Tiki Tavi" – 2:55
  11. "Clara Clairvoyant" – 2:50
  12. "Roots of Oak" – 5:05
  13. "Riki Tiki Tavi" – 4:42
  14. "Maria Magenta" – 2:10
  15. "Cosmic Wheels" – 4:01
  16. "I Like You" – 4:33
  17. "Yellow Star" – 3:04
  18. "Rock and Roll Souljer" – 3:48
  19. "The Quest" – 3:30
  20. "Age of Treason" – 4:20
  21. "What the Soul Desires" – 2:33
  22. "Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel" – 3:46