Donovan - Fairytale
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Artist: DonovanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-02-15
Music Label: Castle Us
Soundtracks:
- Colours
- To Try For The Sun
- Sunny Goodge Street
- Oh Deed I Do
- Circus Of Sour
- The Summer Day Reflection Song
- Candy Man
- Jersey Thursday
- Belated Forgiveness Plea
- The Ballad Of A Crystal Man
- Little Tin Soldier
- Ballad Of Geraldine
- Universal Soldier
- Ballad Of A Crystal Man
- The War Drags On
- Do You Hear Me Now
- Turquoise
- Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)
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Music Review: DONOVAN'S 2nd UK Album Remastered & Bolstered Up With 6 Superb Extras!
Rating: 5 Stars
Released in October 1965, Donovan's 2nd UK album for Pye Records is represented on this "Expanded Edition" by Tracks 1 to 12 - and it's something of a lost Sixties Folk/Rock classic.
The album's opener "Colours" is a balls-to-the-wall 60's classic - it truly is. "Fairytale" features a lot of tracks like that - just Donovan and his acoustic guitar - more Folk than Pop really. In fact, when you hear almost any track on this very hard-to-find LP, it's easy to see why Donovan was often referred to as Britain's Bob Dylan. And it wasn't just because of the similar vocal styles - they were both such good songwriters and commentators on the times.
Highlights include "The Ballad Of A Crystal Man" which is represented on this disc twice - the full album version and the edited EP version - it's a fantastically strong and emotive anti-Vietnam piece equal to anything his Bobness put out on the other side of the pond. Lyrically the other songs are equally clever and even witty too. There's a "violent hash smoker" in "Sunny Goodge Street", while a quietly sinister "Jersey Thursday" gives us sly white powder references, "on a tiny piece of coloured glass, my love was born - and reds, and golds and yellows were the colours of the dawn..." Oh yeah!!
The extras (13 to 18) also make the purchase so worthwhile for fans. "Turquoise" and "Hey GYP (Dig The Slowness)" are his 3rd 7" single for Pye Records and both tracks are non-album. The last four songs, "Universal Soldier", "Do You Hear Me Now", "Ballad Of A Crystal Man" and "The War Drags On" are again non-album and make up the 4-tracks of the rare UK-only "Universal Soldier EP" from September 1965. ("Universal Soldier" and "Do You Hear Me Now" were released as a 7" in the States on Hickory).
So - a good album bolstered up with relevant bonuses. And the remastered sound quality on all is excellent too - very clear and not excessively hissy like some Sixties recordings can be.
"Fairytale" is a snip at any price for fans and a great way of discovering the wildly underrated Donovan for the uninitiated - especially those who want to veer away from his better-known hits. Highly Recommended.
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Description of Fairytale
UK expanded deluxe edition reissue of the folk-rock icon's sophomore album, originally released in 1965. 18 tracks including the hit 'Colours' & six bonus tracks, 'Universal Soldier', 'The Ballad Of A Crystal Man', 'The War Drags On', 'Do You Hear Me Now' (All from EP 'Universal Soldier'), 'Turquoise' & 'Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)' (A & B-side of original single). Standard jewel case housed in a slipcase featuring original artwork. 2001.Classic Rock CDs
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