donovan

last year i got really into donovan. I'd gotten a couple of his early albums a few years back, but with the exception of "colours" and a few others, wasn't all that into them. but i continued to check out his section in the used bins. good thing cause i found "hms donovan" and "barabajagal", two great albums. really i was looking for "a gift from a flower to a garden" cause a friend of a friend, way back when i was in college, recommended i check it out. eventually i found a combined release of "mellow yellow" with "wear your love like heaven". not the deal you'd think it to be. "wear you love like heaven" is only the first half of the "a gift from a flower to a garden" double album. rather than just matching "...heaven" with it's other half "for little ones" they paired it with it's predecessor "...yellow". anyways, i just downloaded the full "...garden". also downloaded what i'd say is my favorite of his albums, "open road". sadly i don't think "open road" is in print. anyways, here you go:

(keep it in mind, none of these songs are on his greatest hits album)

3 from "open road":

"clara clairvoyant"

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"celtic rock" (doom without the metal)

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"changes"

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2 from "hms donovan" (written as an album for children)

"lost time"

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"lord of the dance" (listen to the lyrics and imagine michael flatley performing as jesus)

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1 from "barabajagal"

"trude"

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and as a bonus, my morning jacket's cover of "wear your love like heaven". it's off the donovan tribute album "a gift from a garden to a flower" which if you're in a hurry and not paying attention you could end up paying $14 for a used copy, thinking you were buying the donovan album "a gift from a flower to a garden" like i did. this was the only worthwhile track;

my morning jacket "wear your love like heaven"

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and then a great use of donovan's "colours" from the film "rules of attraction". i don't know where the version they use is from, cause it's not the album or single version. curious.