Donovan's Greatest Hits and More is a compilation album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 from Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Donovan

Donovan

Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...

. It was released in the United Kingdom (EMI CDP 1462 [CD]; EMI EMS 1333 [LP]) in September 1989.

History

In the late 1980s, Epic Records and EMI Records began releasing Donovan's music on compact disc for the first time. In the United Kingdom, EMI added several tracks to Donovan's Greatest Hits

Donovan's Greatest Hits

Donovan's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States in January 1969 , and in the United Kingdom in March 1969 . Donovan's Greatest Hits was a major seller, reaching #4 in the US...

, shuffled the track order and added several songs from Barabajagal

Barabajagal

"Barabajagal" is a song by Donovan released by Donovan in 1969. It was later used as title track to the album Barabajagal. The instrumentation is provided by the Jeff Beck Group....

as well as four b-sides that had not yet been released on an album. The album's cover art depicted a photograph from the same photo session that produced the album cover for Wear Your Love Like Heaven.

Even after Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

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reintroduced "Poor Cow" and "Teen Angel", "Preachin' Love" and "Aye My Love" were unique to Donovan's Greatest Hits and More until they were included as bonus tracks on the 2005 remastered versions of Mellow Yellow and The Hurdy Gurdy Man

The Hurdy Gurdy Man

The Hurdy Gurdy Man is the sixth studio album and seventh album overall from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States in October 1968 , but was not released in the UK because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow...

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Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch.

1. "Sunshine Superman" – 4:34
2. "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – 2:25
3. "Jennifer Juniper" – 2:42
4. "Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" – 3:19
5. "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 3:17
6. "Epistle to Dippy" – 3:12
7. "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" – 3:13
8. "Catch the Wind" – 5:03
9. "Mellow Yellow" – 3:41
10. "There Is a Mountain" – 2:36
11. "Happiness Runs" – 3:26
12. "Season of the Witch" – 4:56
13. "Colours" – 4:12
14. "Superlungs My Supergirl" – 2:41
15. "Laleña" – 2:56
16. "Atlantis" – 5:03
17. "Preachin' Love" – 2:40
18. "Poor Cow" – 2:57
19. "Teen Angel" – 2:19
20. "Aye My Love" – 2:03

Personnel

• Madeline Bell – vocals
• Tim Chacksfield – project coordinator
• Peter Doggett – liner Notes, story
• Donovan – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Lesley Duncan – vocals
• John Paul Jones – arranger
• Paul McCartney – vocals, musician
• Lorne Murdoch – liner notes, story
• Phil Smee – package design

External links

• Donovan's Greatest Hits And More - Donovan Unofficial Site