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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0074646573020 Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony MPN: 65730 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: March 30, 1999 Studio: Sony Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Greatest Hits is the budget option for those who've concluded that two discs of Donovan is a disc too many and zero is one too few. Troubadour, Sony's 1992 Donovan box set, boasts nearly three times the tracks this 15-song single-disc retrospective offers, but Greatest Hits delivers what it promises: "Colours" and "Catch the Wind" from his folkie phase and "Mellow Yellow," "Sunshine Superman," and "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" from the lad's best-pal-a-flower-ever-had period. Also included are plenty more catchy folk-rock hits cut between 1964 and 1970 as well as four bonus tracks, including the delightfully earnest "Atlantis" and "Barabajagal," with the celebrated first-edition Jeff Beck Group providing backing. Donovan's blissed-out liner notes ("Whatever you think this song is about, it probably is") round out the package quite quaintly. --Steven Stolder Average Rating:
 Rating:  - QUITE RIGHT, SLICK.....In the early to mid sixties, Donovan was considered by many to be the UK's answer to Bob Dylan. While I think Bob Dylan has always been lightyears beyond Donovan in every aspect, I do enjoy alot of this guys stuff... although I don't even see him so much as a folk rocker, as alot of his stuff is very pop oriented. But always catchy, lighthearted fun. This album is one I've owned for a long time on record and have always enjoyed throughout. The CD version is expanded, and includes a handful of tracks ... Read More Rating:  - Donovan's Greatest Hits-ExpandedDonovan Leitch was an icon, of sorts, of the sixties. He was a part of the hippie/folk music movement that began back then. Bob Dylan was one of the big movers & shakers of this movement & many, including Donovan, took up this banner. Donovan was definitely at the front of this movement for a period of time & had some major hits, some of them classic & timeless. This is supposedly the original version with bonus tracks added. Well, it is & it isn't; at least two of the tracks that were on the original ... Read More Rating: - Excellent remasteringThis remastered version of Donovan's greatest hit's really hit's the spot. Buyer beware though, the track sequencing has been rearranged from the original. I have the nice price issue of this same collection and the track listing is as follows on it. 1.Epistle To Dippy 2.Sunshine Superman 3.There Is A Mountain 4.Jennifer Juniper 5.Wear your Love Like Heaven 6.Season Of The Witch 7.Mellow Yellow 8.Colors 9.Hurdy Gurdy Man 10.Catch The Wind Read More Rating: - A Renaissance Kind of GuyFamiliarity with Donovan's recordings is essential to understanding pop culture of the 60's, particularly the psychedelic/flower power/Summer of Love era. Donovan had a strong mystical, spiritual edge and a quality of educated refinement and erudition which not only fit right in but also gave the era some class. This collection is a very good summary of what Donovan had to offer. The versions of "Catch The Wind" and "Colors" on this CD are the original folk (acoustic) versions, as opposed ... Read More Rating:  - donovan and sebastianI don't listen to Belle & Sebastian but I recently heard "the boy with arab strap" and some of their other stuff at friends house who's cukoo for those cocca puffs. I suggested to her that she should listen to Donovan because BS are doing the exact same thing he did. There's a long influential sleeve here. |
