Mellow 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 on November 1, 1997 (Recall 158).

History

In 1997, Recall Records reissued a large portion of Donovan's 1965 Pye Records

Pye Records

Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...

 catalog with the two CD compilation Mellow. The album excluded several songs from those recordings, however, including "Turquoise

Turquoise (song)

"Turquoise" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The "Turquoise" single was released in the United Kingdom on October 30, 1965 through Pye Records and charted to #30. The "Turquoise" single was backed with "Hey Gyp " and only released in the United Kingdom...

" and "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)".

Disc one

1. "Colours" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:47
2. "To Try for the Sun
   To Try for the Sun
   "To Try for the Sun" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The "To Try for the Sun" single was backed with "Turquoise" and released in the United States in January 1966 through Hickory Records ....
   
   " (Donovan Leitch) – 3:39
3. "Sunny Goodge Street" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:58
4. "Oh Deed I Do" (Bert Jansch
   Bert Jansch
   Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
   
   ) – 2:10
5. "Circus of Sour" (Paul Bernath) – 1:53
6. "Summer Day Reflection Song" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:13
7. "Candy Man" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch) – 3:28
8. "Jersey Thursday" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:15
9. "Belated Forgiveness Plea" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:57
10. "Ballad of a Crystal Man" (Donovan Leitch) – 3:54
11. "The Little Tin Soldier" (Shawn Phillips) – 3:05
12. "Ballad of Geraldine" (Donovan Leitch) – 4:41
13. "Universal Soldier
    Universal Soldier (song)
    "Universal Soldier" is a song written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. The song was originally released on Sainte-Marie's debut album It's My Way! in 1964. "Universal Soldier" was not a popular hit at the time of its release, but it did garner attention within the...
    
    " (Buffy Sainte-Marie
    Buffy Sainte-Marie
    Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC is a Canadian Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire includes...
    
    ) – 2:14
14. "Do You Hear Me Now" (Bert Jansch
    Bert Jansch
    Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
    
    ) – 1:49
15. "The War Drags On" (Mick Softley
    Mick Softley
    Michael 'Mick' Softley is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. A figurehead during the British folk scene, Softley set up his own folk club, released three albums and has been known to work with Mac MacLeod , Donovan Leitch and Maddy Prior...
    
    ) – 3:43

Disc two

1. "Josie" (Donovan Leitch) – 3:29
2. "Catch the Wind
   Catch the Wind (song)
   "Catch the Wind" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on March 12, 1965 through Pye Records and a few months later in the United States through Hickory Records...
   
   " (Donovan Leitch) – 2:57
3. "Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers
   Jane Bowers
   Jane Bowers was a Texas folk singer and songwriter best known for her composition "Remember the Alamo". Many of her songs were primarily recorded by The Kingston Trio.-Selected songs:...
   
   ) – 3:05
4. "Cuttin' Out" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:20
5. "Car Car" (Woody Guthrie
   Woody Guthrie
   Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
   
   ) – 1:32
6. "Keep on Truckin'" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch) – 1:51
7. "Gold Watch Blues" (Mick Softley
   Mick Softley
   Michael 'Mick' Softley is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. A figurehead during the British folk scene, Softley set up his own folk club, released three albums and has been known to work with Mac MacLeod , Donovan Leitch and Maddy Prior...
   
   ) – 2:33
8. "To Sing for You" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:44
9. "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch) – 4:04
10. "Tangerine Puppet" (Donovan Leitch) – 1:52
11. "Donna Donna
    Donna Donna
    Donna Donna is a Yiddish theater song about a calf being led to slaughter. The song's title is a variant on Adonai, a Jewish name for God.-History:...
    
    " (Aaron Zeitlin
    Aaron Zeitlin
    Aaron Zeitlin , the son of the famous Jewish writer Hillel Zeitlin and Esther Kunin, authored several books on Yiddish literature, Poetry and Parapsychology.-Biography:...
    
    , Sholom Secunda, Arthur S Kevess, Teddi Schwartz) – 2:57
12. "Ramblin' Boy" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:34
13. "Catch the Wind" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:19
14. "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:56

External links

• Mellow - Donovan Unofficial Site