Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986

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Greatest Hits Live – Vancouver 1986
Live album by Donovan
Released	October 2, 2001
Recorded	1986
Genre	folk
Length	63:33
Label	Varèse Sarabande
Producer	Patrick Hehir Cary E. Mansfield
Professional reviews
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Donovan chronology
Rising Again (2001) Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986 (2001) Pied Piper (2002)

Greatest Hits Live – Vancouver 1986 is the fifth live album, and twenty-fourth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the on October 2, 2001 (Varése Sarabande 302 066 259 2) on CD.

[edit] History

During the 1980s, Mellow Records recorded many of Donovan's live concerts. These recordings comprised the albums Rising (1990) and Rising Again (early 2001). In late 2001, Varèse Sarabande released another set of these live recordings titled Greatest Hits Live – Vancouver 1986. As the title describes, the tracks were recorded in Vancouver, Canada in 1986. The initial release of the album also has three tracks from a 1986 Donovan concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City. As an added incentive for Donovan's fans, Sarabande added a 1981 demo version of the Neutronica track, "Only to Be Expected".

Since it was from the same time period, Greatest Hits Live – Vancouver 1986 sounds quite similar to both Rising and Rising Again. The instrumentation is sparse, and Donovan even recites the same stories around the songs. Greatest Hits Live – Vancouver 1986 also shares many of the same songs as Rising and Rising Again.

[edit] Album origins of tracks

The following is a list explaining the original releases of each song.

• "Josie" (from What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid, released May 14, 1965)
• "Catch The Wind" (from What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid)
• "Isle of Islay" (from A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, released December 1967)
• "Sunshine Superman" (from Sunshine Superman, released September 1966)
• "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" (from "Turquoise"/"Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" single, released October 30, 1965)
• "Universal Soldier" (from Universal Soldier, released August 15, 1965)
• "Laleña" (single, released October 1968)
• "Jennifer Juniper" (from The Hurdy Gurdy Man, released October 1968)
• "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (from The Hurdy Gurdy Man)
• "Happiness Runs" (from Barabajagal, released August 11, 1969)
• "The Little Tin Soldier" (from Fairytale, released October 22, 1965)
• "Mellow Yellow" (single, released Nov 1966)
• "Atlantis" (from Barabajagal)
• "There Is a Mountain" (single, released August 1967)

Bonus tracks:

• "Sailing Homeward" (from Essence to Essence, released December 1973)
• "Mr. Flute Man" (no studio version released, live version from Rising Again, released May 22, 2001)
• "Young Girl Blues" (from Mellow Yellow)
• "Only to Be Expected" (demo recording of song from Neutronica)

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

1. "Josie" – 3:47
2. "Catch The Wind" – 3:18
3. "Isle of Islay" – 5:17
4. "Sunshine Superman" – 3:49
5. "Hey Gyp Dig the Slowness" – 2:34
6. "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 3:57
7. "Laleña" – 2:58
8. "Jennifer Juniper" – 2:47
9. "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 5:00
10. "Happiness Runs" – 4:22
11. "The Little Tin Soldier" (Shawn Phillips) – 3:50
12. "Mellow Yellow" – 2:50
13. "Atlantis" – 2:57
14. "There Is a Mountain" – 2:35

Bonus tracks:

1. "Sailing Homeward" – 3:27
2. "Mr. Flute Man" – 2:08
3. "Young Girl Blues" – 5:11
4. "Only to Be Expected" – 2:38