Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

Donovan - Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976
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Artist: Donovan
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Limited Edition
CD Release Date: 1996-10-29
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. London Town
  2. Codine
  3. Catch the Wind
  4. Universal Soldier
  5. Colours
  6. Sunshine Superman
  7. Season of the Witch
  8. Trip
  9. Guinevere
  10. Breezes of Patchulie
  11. Museum
  12. Superlungs My Supergirl
  13. Mellow Yellow
  14. Writer in the Sun
  15. Sand and Foam
  16. Sunny South Kensington
  17. Epistle to Dippy
  18. There Is a Mountain
  19. Wear Your Love Like Heaven
  20. Oh Gosh
  21. Tinker and the Crab
  22. Poor Cow
Music CD 2
  1. Hurdy Gurdy Man
  2. Jennifer Juniper
  3. Teen Angel
  4. Lalena
  5. To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
  6. Atlantis
  7. Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
  8. Happiness Runs
  9. Celia of the Seals
  10. Riki Tiki Tavi
  11. Clara Clairvoyant
  12. Roots of Oak
  13. Riki Tiki Tavi
  14. Maria Magenta
  15. Cosmic Wheels
  16. I Like You
  17. Yellow Star
  18. Rock & Roll Souljer
  19. Quest
  20. Age of Treason
  21. What the Soul Desires
  22. Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel

Music reviews of Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

Music Review: More than adequate anthology
Rating: 3 Stars

Donovan is another of the performers from the 1960s whose career might not have occurred were it not for those who came before and the emergence of the hippie movement. The American market had been softened up by the first waves of the British Invasion such that any type of Brit accent, dress and attitude could get you a listen. Without that, why else would there be retrospectives on Herman's Hermits and Freddie and The Dreamers to name but two bands.

I mwntion these two because - in addition to being the cynosure of musical inconsequence - they also contributed to the subversion of rock 'n' roll in favor of softer and more mellow sounds that had more linkage to the music hall and folk genres than the rock genre. In the US, folk/folk-rock/country rock was always influenced by a blues flavor - often enhanced/accelerated by drugs - a more true folkie sound tending to eminate from the UK and waft across the pond. This sound came in part out of a distinctly non-American cultural bias towards mysticism. This is the center-mass for Donovan's, perhaps there is no better way to describe this than in his own words; namely, "where your love like heaven."

But, I am not hear to deride Donovan, but to praise him (sorry Mr. Shakespere) somewhat. Amidst what might be considered a mind-numbing collectionj of material are some truly wonderful pieces that - for some strange inexplicable reason - remain as fresh as when recorded. Others, to be sure, are, at best, better comsigned to the 'precious' category. But, let me name a few that make this two-CD set worth the price of admission. "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting," "Catch the Wind," 'Colors," "Season of the Witch," "Jennifer Juniper," and "Atlantis."

Perhaps it would have been better as a single CD, but you can say the same about the Dave Clark Five's anthology, too.




Description of Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

Features 21 total tracks including 'Mellow Jellow', 'Jennifer Juniper', 'Colours', 'Riki Tiki Tavi', 'Hurdy Gurdy Man', 'There Is A Mountain', 'Atlantis' and more. Epic. 2005.
Heaven knows, the Scotsman born Donovan Leitch was ripe for ridicule, even when he was hitting the charts with regularity. He was the ultimate flower child, and his airier pronouncements made cynics want to tighten up those love beads around his neck. Listening to Troubadour, however, it's striking how versatile, melodic, and agreeable most of his material sounds decades after "Mellow Yellow" has faded into a jaundiced yellow. Clearly under the sway of Bob Dylan early on in his career, Donovan nevertheless was capable of directing his reverence into something as enchanting as "Catch the Wind." Amping up as the '60s progressed, he assembled a series of psychedelic-pop classics, including "Season of the Witch," the "Hey Jude"-like sing-along "Atlantis," and the uncharacteristically driving "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (the latter features three-quarters of what was to become Led Zeppelin providing stellar support). This two-disc anthology may be more Donovan than some desire, but the booklet, seven previously unreleased tracks, and expansive perspective it provides makes it a more-than-worthy overview for those who take their paisley folk-rock with a beatific smile. --Steven Stolder

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