Donovan

Donovan with The Jeff Beck Group

Donovan Alpha Listing Complete title listing for UK/US 45s/EPs/LPs.

Catch The Wind² / Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?¹ Leitch (2:17) / Leitch (2:56) Hickory 1309, 4/65 BB T20 London Phil Orch strings and vocal echo version; Was his first UK single, too (Pye 7N-15801, 3/65)

Colours² / Josie Leitch (2:44) / Leitch (3:25) Hickory 1324, 6/65 BB T20 with harmonica

	Catch The Wind
	Hickory LPS-123
	6/65 BB [UK: 5/65] T20
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover

Side One
Josie	Leitch	3:26
Catch The Wind	Leitch	2:53
The Alamo	Bowers	3:04
Cuttin' Out	Leitch	2:17
Car Car	Guthrie	1:30
Keep On Truckin'	arr Leitch	1:46
Side Two
Gold Watch Blues	Softly	2:30
To Sing For You	Leitch	2:42
You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond	arr Leitch	4:00
Tangerine Puppet	Leitch	1:50
Donna Donna	Kevess-Schwartz-Secunda-Secunda-Zeitlin	2:55
Ramblin' Boy	Kevess-Schwartz-Secunda-Secunda-Zeitlin	2:35

Note: Album titled What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid in UK (see notes)
 

Newport Folk Festival(7/22/65) with Joan Baez

Shindig: 8/11/65, Catch The Wind Colours, Colours

Shindig: 9/30/65, Colours

Universal Soldier / Do You Hear Me Now?¹ Sainte-Marie (2:11) / Jansch (1:45) Hickory 1338, 9/65 BB

	Fairytale
	Hickory LPS-127
	11/65 BB [UK: 10/65] T20
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover

Side One
Universal Soldier	Sainte-Marie	2:11
To Try For The Sun	Leitch	3:36
Sunny Goodge Street	Leitch	2:55
Colours	Leitch	2:44
Circus Of Sour	Bernath	1:50
Summer Day Reflection Song	Leitch	2:11
Side Two
Candy Man	Leitch	3:25
Jersey Thursday	Leitch	2:13
Belated Forgiveness Plea	Leitch	2:54
The Ballad Of A Crystal Man	Leitch	3:50
Little Tin Soldier	Phillips	3:02
Ballad Of Geraldine	Phillips	4:38

Note: For the US album, Hickory took off Bert Jansch's Deed I Do and added the hit single
 

	The Big TNT Show(1/16/66)
	Joanie, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Byrds, more

Hullabaloo: 3/7/66, Genevieve

You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond³ / The Little Tin Soldier arr Leitch (2:50) / Phillips (2:58) Hickory 1375, 3/66

To Try For The Sun / Turquoise Leitch (3:37) / Leitch (3:29) Hickory 1402, 7/66 UK UK Chart info is for the B-side

Sunshine Superman³ / The Trip² Leitch (3:05) / Leitch (4:25) Epic 10045, 7/66  #1  T20

	Sunshine Superman
	Epic BN-26217
	8/26/66 T20 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   UK Cover A pastische of US Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow releases, 6/67  UK Back Cover

Side One
Sunshine Superman	Leitch	3:05
Legend Of A Girl Child Linda	Leitch	6:36
Three King Fishers	Leitch	3:07
Ferris Wheel	Leitch	4:03
Bert's Blues	Leitch	3:46
Side Two
Season Of The Witch	Leitch	4:46
The Trip	Leitch	4:26
Guinevere	Leitch	3:33
The Fat Angel	Leitch	4:01
Celeste	Leitch	4:00

Note: Fat Angel was written for Cass Elliott; Three King Fishers should be titled Twelve King Fishers
Linda is Linda Lawrence, Brian Jones' then girlfriend. She was Donovan's muse and inspired many songs (source ).
Not released (in this form anyway) in England due to legal tussle twixt Pye (UK label) and Epic (see notes)
 

	The Real Donovan
	Hickory LPS-135
	9/66 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Turquoise(non-LP 45)	Leitch	3:19
Oh Deed I Do(UK vers Fairytale)	Jansch	2:05
Catch The Wind	Leitch	2:53
Remember The Alamo	Powers	3:04
The Ballad Of The Crystal Man	Leitch	3:15
Colours	Leitch	2:44
Side Two
Hey Gyp(non-LP 45)	Leitch	3:13
Belated Forgiveness Plea	Leitch	2:53
Ramblin' Boy	Leitch	2:35
The War Drags On(non-LP 45)	Softly	3:43
Josie	Leitch	3:26
To Try For The Sun	Leitch	3:37

Note: First of a few Hickory recomps to cash-in on Donovan's success. This ones here 'cause of the noted tracks.
There were other Hickory albums, see Discogs for them.
 

Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) / The War Drags On Leitch (2:45) / Softley (3:43) Hickory 1417, 10/66

Mellow Yellow / Sunny South Kensington Leitch (3:47) / Leitch (3:48) Epic 10098, 10/66 T20 T20

Epistle To Dippy / Preachin' Love¹ Leitch (3:09) / Leitch (2:39) Epic 10127, 1/67 T20 Jimmy Page plays guitar on the A-Side.

	Mellow Yellow
	Epic BN-26239
	2/10/67 T20 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Mellow Yellow	Leitch	3:42
Writer In The Sun	Leitch	4:28
Sand And Foam	Leitch	3:17
The Observation	Leitch	2:21
Bleak City Woman	Leitch	2:22
Side Two
House Of Jansch	Leitch	2:43
Young Girl Blues	Leitch	3:45
Museum	Leitch	2:54
Hampstead Incident	Leitch	4:40
Sunny South Kensington	Leitch	3:48

Note: Not released in England due to legal tussle twixt Pye (UK label) and Epic (see Sunshine, above)
 

	Dont Look Back(5/17/67)
	Dononvan sings about Bob on his 1965 British Tour

Sunny Goodge Street / Summer Day Reflection Song Leitch (2:52) / Leitch (2:04) Hickory 1470, 7/67 from Fairytale, 1965 Hickory LP

There Is A Mountain / Sand And Foam Leitch (2:38) / Leitch (3:17) Epic 10212, 8/67 T20 T20

	Festival(10/23/67)
	clips from Newport Folk Festivals 1963-1966

Wear Your Love Like Heaven: "Donovan ," Fall 67, Karl Ferris put together this film of Donovan. Songs are: Three King Fishers, Oh! Gosh, Wear Your Love Like Heaven, and Ferris Wheel. Flower power in colour.

Wear Your Love Like Heaven / Oh Gosh Leitch (2:26) / Leitch (1:52) Epic 10253, 12/67 BB

	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
	Epic B2N-171
	12/67 T20 [UK: 4/68] T20
	Back Cover with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi  Goodies!   Wear Your Love Like Heaven   For Little Ones

Phonograph Record/The First Side One
Wear Your Love Like Heaven	Leitch	2:26
Mad John's Escape	Leitch	2:16
Skip-A-Long Sam	Leitch	2:23
Sun	Leitch	3:13
There Was A Time	Leitch	1:59
Side Two
Oh Gosh	Leitch	1:42
Little Boy In Corduroy	Leitch	2:33
Under The Greenwood Tree	Shakespeare-Leitch	1:53
The Land Of Doesn't Have To Be	Leitch	2:32
Someone Singing	Leitch	2:44
Phonograph Record/The Second Side Three
Song Of The Naturalist's Wife	Leitch	2:50
The Enchanted Gypsy	Leitch	3:15
Voyage Into The Golden Screen	Leitch	3:10
Isle Of Islay	Leitch	2:20
The Mandolin Man And His Secret	Leitch	3:28
Lay Of The Last Tinker	Leitch	1:45
Side Four
The Tinker And The Crab	Leitch	2:50
Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)	Leitch	2:57
The Lullaby Of Spring	Leitch	3:22
The Magpie	Leitch	1:26
Starfish-On-The-Toast	Leitch	2:38
Epistle To Derroll	Leitch	5:42

Note: Against Donovan's wishes, Epic also released as two separate records Wear Your Love Like Heaven BB (Epic BN-26349) and
For Little Ones BB (BN-26350). See notes for covers.
Came with a folder that contained the lyrics to all the songs on record two printed on multi-colour, textured paper, with drawings by
Mick Taylor and Sheena McCall. See them @ 45worlds .
Derroll is Derroll Adams, a singer and banjo player who was an early influence.
 

	Poor Cow(1/31/68)
	Film includes unique Donovan song

Jennifer Juniper / Poor Cow¹ Leitch (2:40) / Leitch (2:56) Epic 10300, 2/68 BB T20 B-side credit: from the Motion Picture Poor Cow

Note: Poor Cow was the original plug side, thus the earlier picture sleeve.
More about the song history here (it was originally written for a Lord Of The Rings film as envisioned by Donovan)
 

Hurdy Gurdy Man / Teen Angel¹ Leitch (3:15) / Leitch (2:16) Epic 10345, 5/68 BB T20 see album for players on A-side

	In Concert
	Epic BN-26386
	7/68 T20 [UK: 9/68]
	Back Cover   Los Angeles Times Ad

Side One
Isle Of Islay	Leitch	4:23
Young Girl Blues	Leitch	6:09
There Is A Mountain	Leitch	3:11
Poor Cow	Leitch	3:21
Celeste	Leitch	5:21
The Fat Angel	Leitch	3:19
Guinevere	Leitch	2:40
Side Two
Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)	Leitch	3:30
Preachin' Love	Leitch	5:05
The Lullaby Of Spring	Leitch	3:08
Writer In The Sun†	Leitch	4:36
Pebble And The Man	Leitch	3:27
Rules And Regulations	Leitch	2:33
Mellow Yellow	Leitch	4:21

Note: Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on 11/17/67
Isle Of Islay includes KRLA DJ (Rhett Walker) and Donovan's dad (Donald) intros
Some references list a September 23 date—that concert was at The Hollywood Bowl.
The complete concert was issued on a 2-CD set in 2006.
 

Laleña / Aye My Love¹ Leitch (2:52) / Leitch (1:45) Epic 10393, 9/68 BB

	The Hurdy Gurdy Man
	Epic BN-26420
	10/68 T20 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Hurdy Gurdy Man	Leitch	3:18
Peregrine	Leitch	3:36
The Entertaining Of A Shy Girl	Leitch	1:40
As I Recall It	Leitch	2:07
Get Thy Bearings	Leitch	2:51
Hi, It's Been A Long Time	Leitch	2:36
West Indian Lady	Leitch	2:17
Side Two
Jennifer Juniper	Leitch	2:40
The River Song	Leitch	2:14
Tangier	Leitch	4:10
A Sunny Day	Leitch	1:55
The Sun Is A Very Magic Fellow	Leitch	2:45
Teas	Leitch	2:33

Note: Another album not released in England due to legal tussle twixt Pye (UK label) and Epic
Some sources credit Jimmy Page (guitar) and John Bonham (drums) on Hurdy Gurdy Man.
 

	Greatest Hits
	Epic BXN-26439
	1/69 T20 [UK: 3/69]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Epistle To Dippy(non-LP 45)	Leitch	3:10
Sunshine Superman(unedited stereo)	Leitch	4:30
There Is A Mountain(non-LP 45)	Leitch	2:38
Jennifer Juniper	Leitch	2:40
Wear Your Love Like Heaven	Leitch	2:24
Season Of The Witch(stereo)	Leitch	4:46
Side Two
Mellow Yellow	Leitch	3:42
Colours(new recording)	Leitch	4:20
Hurdy Gurdy Man	Leitch	3:18
Catch The Wind(new recording)	Leitch	5:04
Laleña(non-LP 45)	Leitch	2:52

Note: Colours and Catch The Wind were recorded in Nov 68, with Big Jim Sullivan-g, John Paul Jones-b
8-page booklet of photos attached in gatefold—see them @ 45worlds .
 

To Susan On The West Coast Waiting / Atlantis Leitch (3:13) / Leitch (4:58) Epic 10434, 1/69 BB / T20 UK To Susan... was the original plug side

Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) / Trudi Leitch (3:30) / Leitch (2:25) Epic 10510, 7/69 BB T20 Also shown, the first UK issue with original song titles; story at 45cat

	Barabajagal
	Epic BN-26481
	8/11/69 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   "Donovan's Isle" Insert

Side One
Barabajagal†	Leitch	3:22
Superlungs My Supergirl	Leitch	2:40
Where Is She	Leitch	2:46
Happiness Runs	Leitch	3:29
I Love My Shirt‡	Leitch	3:38
Side Two
The Love Song	Leitch	3:14
To Susan On The West Coast Waiting‡	Leitch	3:13
Atlantis‡	Leitch	4:58
Trudi†	Leitch	2:25
Pamela Jo‡	Leitch	4:25

Note: And the last album not released in England due to legal tussle twixt Pye (UK label) and Epic. That's four if you're counting at home.
 

Riki Tiki Tavi / Roots Of Oak Leitch (2:56) / Leitch (5:02) Epic 10649, 7/70 BB

	Open Road
	Epic BN-30125
	7/21/70 T20 [UK: 9/70] UK
	Full Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Changes	Leitch	2:56
Song For John	Leitch	2:43
Curry Land	Leitch	4:38
Joe Bean's Theme	Leitch	2:52
People Used To	Leitch	4:09
Celtic Rock	Leitch	3:37
Side Two
Riki Riki Tavi	Leitch	2:55
Ciara Clairvoyant	Leitch	2:57
Roots Of Oak	Leitch	4:53
Season Of Farewell	Leitch	3:25
Poke At The Pope	Leitch	2:47
New Year's Resovolution	Leitch	5:09

Isle of Wight Festival(8/30/70) Donovan with Open Road

Celia Of The Seals / The Song Of The Wandering Aengus Leitch (3:00) / Yeats-Leitch (3:55) Epic 10694, 1/71 BB A-side credit: Donovan with Danny Thompson (Concert Bass Fiddle) B-side credit: from "The Collected Poems of W B Yeats"

After his Open Road band broke up, he recorded a kids record and in 1973, Cosmic Wheel. Donovan toured in the 80s and 90s and released several albums.

Be Not Too Hard	Joan Baez (Joan)	8/67
Catch The Wind	The Blues Project (Live At The Cafe Au-Go-Go)	4/66
	Peter Fonda (45)	3/67
Colours	Joan Baez (Farewell, Angelina)	10/65
as Donovan's Colours	Van Dyke Parks (Song Cycle)	12/67
Fat Angel	Jefferson Airplane (Bless Its Pointed Little Head)	2/69
Hey Gyp	The Animals (Animalism)	11/66
Laleña	Deep Purple (Deep Purple)	6/69
Mountain Jam   (Theme from There Is A Mountain)	The Allman Brothers Band (Eat A Peach)	2/72
Season Of The Witch	The Lamp Of Childhood (45)	10/66
	Vanilla Fudge (Renaissance)	6/68
	Brian Auger & The Trinity with Julie Driscoll (Open)	8/68
	Al Kooper-Stephen Stills (Super Session)	7/68
	Terry Reid (Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid)	11/68
Sunny Goodge Street	Judy Collins (In My Life)	11/66
Super Lungs (Supergirl)	Terry Reid (Terry Reid)	8/69
Try For The Sun	Hearts And Flowers (Now Is The Time For)	6/67
Turquoise	Joan Baez (Joan)	8/67
Wear Your Love Like Heaven	Richie Havens (1983)	12/68
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