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Fairytale
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DONOVAN
FAIRYTALE
Original 1965 album liner notes
the magician
he sparkles
in satin and velvet
you gaze at his
splendour with
eyes you’ve not
used yet
I tell you
his name is
love…
love…
love…
Side One
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER
– Buffy St. Marie –
Woodmere Pub. BMI
TO TRY FOR THE SUN
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
SUNNY GOODGE STREET
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
COLOURS
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
CIRCUS OF SOUR
– Paul –
SUMMER DAY REFLECTION SONG
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
Side Two
CANDY MAN
– Arr. Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
JERSEY THURSDAY
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
BELATED FORGIVENESS PLEA
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
THE BALLAD OF THE CRYSTAL MAN
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
THE LITTLE TIN SOLDIER
– J. Phillips –
Paragon Music BMI
THE BALLAD OF GERALDINE
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
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Less than a years ago, the British recording industry reached a sort of floating period between the first wild rampage of the Liverpool sound and the shifting of gears into a new trend. It was one of those indecisive moments when the followers and the opportunists tumbled all over each other trying to cash in on somebody else’s originality, and record buyers began to look around for something new.
They looked all about and soon they were attracted to a young lad with a sensitive face, dark, wavy hair that was long enough to spill over his collar a bit, jeans, a denim jacket and a miner’s cap, and a touch of the northern dialect of Scotland in his speech, tempered by his roamings throughout the British Isles.
The lad was Donovan, an 18-year-old singer from Glasgow, who brought a new kind of music that was almost as old as the hills. Donovan’s was the simple, direct, sincere music of the folk artist, the unamplified, ungimmicked folk singer who played his guitar, blew his harmonica and preached his poetic words to all who would listen.
This was the Donovan who traveled the byways and the shorelines of England singing on street corners as his buddy and traveling mate, Gypsy Dave, would blow his kazoo and pass the hat. Word began to spread about the young troubadour and through new friends he met at one of the stop-offs of his meanderings, in Southend, he eventually made his way to London where he taped some of the songs he had written.
The tapes of the songs led first to a series of appearances on the popular, “Ready, Steady, Go” television show, and later to a contract with Pye Records, where important things began to happen almost immediately. Last Spring, Donovan’s first single recording, “Catch The Wind” was released in England on Pye Records, and a bit later in America on Hickory Records. On both sides of the Atlantic, the record and the artist became that refreshing something that record fans had been looking for. “Catch The Wind” became a substantial hit, and the first of an unbroken series of single successes for Donovan.
Early last summer, Donovan was brought into America for the first time to appear on the popular West Coast television program, “Shindig.” His impact was immediate, and within weeks he was on his way back to America, this time to appear at the famous Newport Folk Festival and to accept a series of additional TV offers involving all the hottest West Coast-originated, pop record-oriented programs.
At Newport, Donovan was acclaimed by the folk great, the press, and the fans alike. Later, he flew to California where he appeared on eight of the major TV shows there in a period of seven days.
Meanwhile, Donovan has added new distinction to his career with his hit recordings of his own song, “Colours,” and “Universal Soldier,” the interesting protest tune by the Indian girl singer-writer, Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Both of these important recent hits are included in this brand new album collection. As it was being released, Donovan returned for his third visit to America, a visit which included for the first time in the United States, a series of evenings with Donovan, highlighting the same warmth and simplicity of performance and the same wealth of imaginative and highly creative song material that have captured his in-person fans in Britain.
Much has been heard from this young man already. Much more is going to be heard from him now and for perhaps years to come. The fascinating selections in this album provide a ready explanation for his broad and ever-expanding audience.
Ren Grevatt
STEREO
Hickory RECORDS, INC. 2510 Franklin Road, Nashville, Tennessee
LPM 127
To buy this album from Amazon.com, click here: Fairytale
________________________________________________DONOVAN
FAIRYTALE
Original 1965 album liner notes
the magician
he sparkles
in satin and velvet
you gaze at his
splendour with
eyes you’ve not
used yet
I tell you
his name is
love…
love…
love…
Side One
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER
– Buffy St. Marie –
Woodmere Pub. BMI
TO TRY FOR THE SUN
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
SUNNY GOODGE STREET
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
COLOURS
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
CIRCUS OF SOUR
– Paul –
SUMMER DAY REFLECTION SONG
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
Side Two
CANDY MAN
– Arr. Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
JERSEY THURSDAY
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
BELATED FORGIVENESS PLEA
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
THE BALLAD OF THE CRYSTAL MAN
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
THE LITTLE TIN SOLDIER
– J. Phillips –
Paragon Music BMI
THE BALLAD OF GERALDINE
– Donovan –
Southern Music ASCAP
________________________________________________
Less than a years ago, the British recording industry reached a sort of floating period between the first wild rampage of the Liverpool sound and the shifting of gears into a new trend. It was one of those indecisive moments when the followers and the opportunists tumbled all over each other trying to cash in on somebody else’s originality, and record buyers began to look around for something new.
They looked all about and soon they were attracted to a young lad with a sensitive face, dark, wavy hair that was long enough to spill over his collar a bit, jeans, a denim jacket and a miner’s cap, and a touch of the northern dialect of Scotland in his speech, tempered by his roamings throughout the British Isles.
The lad was Donovan, an 18-year-old singer from Glasgow, who brought a new kind of music that was almost as old as the hills. Donovan’s was the simple, direct, sincere music of the folk artist, the unamplified, ungimmicked folk singer who played his guitar, blew his harmonica and preached his poetic words to all who would listen.
This was the Donovan who traveled the byways and the shorelines of England singing on street corners as his buddy and traveling mate, Gypsy Dave, would blow his kazoo and pass the hat. Word began to spread about the young troubadour and through new friends he met at one of the stop-offs of his meanderings, in Southend, he eventually made his way to London where he taped some of the songs he had written.
The tapes of the songs led first to a series of appearances on the popular, “Ready, Steady, Go” television show, and later to a contract with Pye Records, where important things began to happen almost immediately. Last Spring, Donovan’s first single recording, “Catch The Wind” was released in England on Pye Records, and a bit later in America on Hickory Records. On both sides of the Atlantic, the record and the artist became that refreshing something that record fans had been looking for. “Catch The Wind” became a substantial hit, and the first of an unbroken series of single successes for Donovan.
Early last summer, Donovan was brought into America for the first time to appear on the popular West Coast television program, “Shindig.” His impact was immediate, and within weeks he was on his way back to America, this time to appear at the famous Newport Folk Festival and to accept a series of additional TV offers involving all the hottest West Coast-originated, pop record-oriented programs.
At Newport, Donovan was acclaimed by the folk great, the press, and the fans alike. Later, he flew to California where he appeared on eight of the major TV shows there in a period of seven days.
Meanwhile, Donovan has added new distinction to his career with his hit recordings of his own song, “Colours,” and “Universal Soldier,” the interesting protest tune by the Indian girl singer-writer, Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Both of these important recent hits are included in this brand new album collection. As it was being released, Donovan returned for his third visit to America, a visit which included for the first time in the United States, a series of evenings with Donovan, highlighting the same warmth and simplicity of performance and the same wealth of imaginative and highly creative song material that have captured his in-person fans in Britain.
Much has been heard from this young man already. Much more is going to be heard from him now and for perhaps years to come. The fascinating selections in this album provide a ready explanation for his broad and ever-expanding audience.
Ren Grevatt
STEREO
Hickory RECORDS, INC. 2510 Franklin Road, Nashville, Tennessee
LPM 127
