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Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Donovan
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 9184
Format: Box Set, Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 1
MPN: 46986
UPC: 074644698626
EAN: 0074644698626
ASIN: B0000027GB
Release Date: October 29, 1996
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | London Town | | • | Codine | | • | Catch The Wind | | • | Universal Soldier | | • | Colours | | • | Sunshine Superman | | • | Season Of The Witch | | • | The Trip | | • | Guinevere | | • | Breezes Of Patchulie | | • | Museum | | • | Super Lungs | | • | Mellow Yellow | | • | Writer In The Sun | | • | Sand And Foam | | • | Sunny South Kensington | | • | Epistle To Dippy | | • | There Is A Mountain | | • | Wear Your Love Like Heaven | | • | Oh Gosh | | • | The Tinker And The Crab | | • | Poor Cow |
Disc 2
| • | Hurdy Gurdy Man | | • | Jennifer Juniper | | • | Teen Angel | | • | Lalena | | • | To Susan On The West Coast Waiting | | • | Atlantis | | • | Barabajagal | | • | Happiness Runs | | • | Celia Of The Seals | | • | Riki Tiki Tavi | | • | Clara Clairvoyant | | • | Roots Of Oak | | • | Riki Tiki Tavi (Previously Unreleased Version) | | • | Maria Magenta | | • | Cosmic Wheels | | • | I Like You | | • | Yellow Star | | • | Rock And Roll Souljer | | • | The Quest | | • | Age Of Treason | | • | What The Soul Desires | | • | Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel |
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Amazon.com
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
Album Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
a bit of Sunshine catches the wind September 17, 2008
Donovan has a bad rep. He was considered poor cow to Bob Dylan bull.
Donovan was an English folk singer that had the same tenor and earnestness, but a sweeter lick on the ear. Donovan had a huge mid 60's hit capturing Dylan's sweeping lyrical with "Catch the Wind". Donovan recorded a couple of LPs, released on Hickory (a C/W label !) as the new Dylan. He signed with Mickey Most, the premier producer of English bands, Animals, Herman's Hermits, Lulu, etc...
Things changed...Donovan went from folk angst to hippie prophet to gentle smile to selling lipstick wear your love like heaven!
This 2CD set has the start of his folk promise and his excursion into the new wonder of the mid/late 60's. "Mellow Yellow", a 1966 song that still revererates, "Season of the Witch", and "Sunshine Superman" + more.
Essential and goo goo barajagal
 All The Donovan You Need June 24, 2008
TROUBADOUR: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 1964-1976 contains the absolute cream of Donovan's crop of folk-turned-psychedelic folk-rock style, quickly moving from his early days as the British Dylan to a more psychedelic sound that was perfect for the flower-power era. The folk years are only represented by four or five songs, as Donovan quickly moves into more hippie-oriented turf. Even though I've never even tried any drugs not ordered by a physician, I must say that these songs are great whether your stoned or clear-headed. The fact that Donovan, like so many other post-1964 rock artists, opposes Indonesia's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist makes TROUBADOUR: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 1964-1976 an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.
Nearly Perfect April 18, 2008
There are a few songs I have on vinyl that are worth using to make this a three CD set, but this'll do.
 A good collection but not all reproduced in stereo February 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No doubt about it, this is a good set.Fantastic for the price but for one downfall. The majority of the songs are reproduced in mono not stereo.
I personally feel that this is a definite problem. Donavon's music is deserving of better treatment than this.
The most off putting thing about it, is that this information is not made known, I was unable to find any mention of it in the product description.
Needless to say I was very disappointed when I received my copy and played it.
Perhaps for those of us that want a better version there will be one available in the future. In the meantime I will keep the CD (I did consider returning it)and make the best of it.
What a great visit with a true, humane artist ! January 31, 2008
Donovan was and always will be among the top 5 favorites of mine. I am very selective with music and I agree with many reviews here that Donovan deserves the highest respect as a song writer, singer and artist. (True humans often get dismissed in the jungle of crazy ideologies).
I was searching for his 'Happiness Runs' song and ended up downloading 2 CD's and some...Here I am, staying up all night listening and remembering our fragile humanity with this great Soul's sensitive, brilliant yet simple melodies. Blessings to you, Donovan!
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