1. Donovan - Love Floats (4:18)
2. Donovan - Poorman's Sunshine (4:02)
3. Donovan - Beat Cafe (4:14)
4. Donovan - Yin My Yang (3:35)
5. Donovan - Whirlwind (4:46)
6. Donovan - Two Lovers (3:42)       play
7. Donovan - Question (3:06)         play
8. Donovan - Lord of the Universe (4:47)
9. Donovan - Lover O Lover (4:56)
10. Donovan - Cuckoo (3:49)
11. Donovan - Do Not Go Gentle (4:27)
12. Donovan - Shambala (5:29)

Double Bass – Danny Thompson
Drums, Percussion – Jim Keltner
Keyboards, Producer – John Chelew
Vocals, Guitar – Donovan Leitch 

Beat Cafe is Donovan's first record in nine years. His last, the Rick Rubin-produced Sutras was issued in 1993 and was hopelessly misunderstood -- especially coming as it did on the heels of Rubin's first collaboration with Johnny Cash. This side, produced by the rootsy yet eclectic John Chelew who has worked with everyone from Richard Thompson to the Blind Boys of Alabama and John Hiatt goes right to the heart of Donovan's particular musical esthetic.

The title on this set is significant. The instrumentation is spare, with drums by Jim Keltner, acoustic , upright bass by the legendary Danny Thompson, and keyboards by Chelew.Donovan handled the guitar chores. In other words, small combo, cafe style. . . Atmosphere is everything in these songs; they are intimate, rhythm-conscious, tuneful, and lyrically savvy. In addition, they're inspired by that eternally present, romantically eulogized generation of poets, dope fiends, midnight travelers, and coffeehouse sages, the Beats. The set features 12 new songs; ten of them are Donovan Leitch originals. The covers include a compelling read of the mysterious and traditional "The Cuckoo,"and a jazzy spoken word take on Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle." There are some flashes of the hippy mystic of old here, but mostly, this is a fingerpopping set by Donovan the enigma as well as Donovan the songwriter. Chelew and band do a wonderful job of illustrating this juxtaposition. With this band tight, deeply in the groove at all times, the tunes open up and out as if the group were on the barroom stage, and extended the dancefloor jumping and jiving into the street on a delirious, humid moonlit night of uncontainable joy. "Poorman's Sunshine," with its skittering brushed snare drums and a B3 tracking the melody with Thompson's bass pushing the rhythm, jumps out at the listener, as does the title track with Thompson driving the whole engine. "Yin My Yang" may have a seemingly ridiculous title, but it's not in the context of what this album tries to achieve. Donovan is celebrating the self-referential, "anything-is-possible" revelation that fuelled the language and spirit of his heroes of yore, and propelled his own romantic, "everything-is-love" aesthetic. The shimmering, dark, Eastern minor-key psychedelic spoken word/sung ditty of "Two Lovers" is one of those poems that makes Donovan so unique (think, "Atlantis" here). The organic jazzed-up funk of "The Question" is one of those crazy moments that makes the whole world open and the body twitch in time. The album ends with the whispering "Shambala," a tender, blissful dirge that is utterly moving and hauntingly beautiful in its optimism and hope. If anything, if albums are "needed" anymore, the spirit in this one is. Donovan reminds listeners that possibility and hope are not passé, but as full of chance and wild grace as ever. Welcome back, Donovan; you've been missed.

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Side one
1    "Sunshine Superman" – 3:15				play
2    "Legend of a Girl Child Linda" – 6:50
3    "Three King Fishers" – 3:16
4    "Ferris Wheel" – 4:12
5    "Bert's Blues" – 4:00

Side two
6    "Season of the Witch" – 4:56 +
7    "The Trip" – 4:34
8    "Guinevere" – 3:41						play
9    "The Fat Angel" – 4:11
10    "Celeste" – 4:08

Personnel
    Donovan - vocals and acoustic guitar
    Bobby Ray - bass 
    "Fast" Eddy Hoh - drums
    Shawn Phillips - sitar

On "Sunshine Superman":
    Donovan - vocals and acoustic guitar
    Jimmy Page and Eric Ford - electric guitars
    John Cameron - keyboards and arrangement
    Spike Healey - bass
    Bobby Orr - drums
    Tony Carr – percussion

Sunshine Superman is the third album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States in September 1966. but was not released in the United Kingdom because of a contractual dispute. In June 1967, a compilation of the Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow albums was released as Sunshine Superman in the UK. Sunshine Superman was named after Donovan's hit single released the previous July.

These recordings mark a distinct change in Donovan's music, representing some of the first psychedelia released. A full rock band backs up Donovan on many of the songs, and the instrumentation has been expanded to include sitar and other unique musical instruments. This change is partially the result of working with producer Mickie Most, whose pop sensibilities led to chart hits for many other artists at the time.

Donovan's lyrics began to encompass his increasing ability to portray "Swinging London" and give listeners an insider's look into the mid-sixties pop scene. He was known to be close to The Beatles and Brian Jones at this time, and he became widely known after "Sunshine Superman" became a chart-topper in the US, and hit #2 in the UK. Donovan's penchant for name-dropping in songs such as two influenced by his travel to Los Angeles, "The Trip" and "The Fat Angel" (written for Mama Cass) coupled with his chart success helped elevate him to superstar status. In addition to noting the people in the pop scene, Donovan recorded "Bert's Blues" for his friend and folk music notable Bert Jansch.

Contrasting this modern bent was Donovan's fascination with medieval themes in such songs as "Legend of a Girl Child Linda" (written for Brian Jones' girlfriend Linda Lawrence) and "Guinevere". The rich descriptions of colour and environment that Donovan developed in individual songs on Fairytale were now evident throughout his writing.

Several other songs were recorded for Sunshine Superman, but did not make the cut. These include "Museum" (later rerecorded and released on Mellow Yellow), "Superlungs My Supergirl" (later rerecorded and released on Barabajagal) and "Breezes of Patchulie" (originally called "Darkness of My Night" and released on Donovan's 1964 demo collection Sixty Four). The Sunshine Superman recordings of these songs were all included on Troubadour The Definitive Collection 1964–1976.

In the video for the Beatles' "A Day in the Life", a close up of a spinning turntable shows the Epic Records version of Sunshine Superman playing. The film was shot at the recording sessions for the song, which was included on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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1. Only You (4:28)
2. Amore (5:52)
3. Two Lovers (3:59)
4. Astrella (4:12)
5. Amore (Inst) (5:34)
6. Hotel Lonely (3:28)
7. Two Lovers (Inst) (4:20)
8. Open Up Your Heart (3:06)
9. Astrella (Inst) (3:04)
10. The Dignity of Man (Bonus Track) (5:09)

Donovan discovers lost tapes, the second to be available is Sensual Donovan. A buried treasure release, this series will continue.

Donovan releases a new un-released set of songs rediscovered in the Archive .

It is amazing to find this complete album which I had forgotten I made. It was never released in 1970 when I recorded it with John Phillips ( Mamas & Papas ) in The Factory Recording Studio in Hollywood. The band was essentially The Jazz Crusaders , Joe Sample (keyboards), Wilton Felder (bass) and I think Stix Hooper (drums) but not the regular Crusaders guitarist Larry Carlton. For this session the guitar was David T.Walker.

This album was not finished when I found it in the archive, but all the basic tracks were there. Wilton Felder was to add his horns but didn’t, so I completed the album in The Works Studio Dublin with Rod Callan.

The horn players I used were Michael Buckley (who co-arranged the horns with me) and Ronan Dooney. The female vocal on Only You and Hotel Lonely was Susanne Bushnell. --- donovan.ie

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01. Josie (Donovan Leitch) - 3:26
02. Catch The Wind (Leitch) - 2:53
03. Remember The Alamo (Jane Bowers) - 3:02
04. Cuttin' Out (Leitch) - 2:17
05. Car Car (Riding In My Car) (Woody Guthrie) - 1:28
06. Keep On Truckin' (Traditional, arr.by Leitch) - 1:47
07. Goldwatch Blues (Mick Softley) - 2:29
08. To Sing For You (Leitch) - 2:42
09. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (Traditional, arr.by Donovan) - 4:00
10. Tangerine Puppet (Leitch) - 1:49
11. Donna Donna (Sholom Secunda, Aaron Zeitlin) - 2:53
12. Ramblin' Boy (Leitch) - 2:30

Personnel:
- Donovan Leitch - guitar, harmonica, arranger, vocals
- Skip Alan - drums
- Brian Locking - bass
- Gypsy Dave – kazoo

Donovan's album debut, What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid, presented his breakout British single "Catch the Wind" and added an assortment of pleasant folkie jams. Though he was often derided at the time as a pale imitation of Bob Dylan, there isn't a lot of evidence here; true, he does cover a Woody Guthrie song ("Car Car Riding in My Car") and gives it some twang worthy of the master, but his style is his own, slanted toward the mysticism of British folk less than the earthiness of its American cousin. Donovan summons the proper age-old weariness for "Goldwatch Blues," gets a bit bluesy for "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond," and lets it all hang out for "Keep on Truckin'." --- John Bush, Rovi

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01. Rock And Roll Souljer – 3:48
02. Your Broken Heart – 3:28
03. Salvation Stomp – 2:44
04. The Ordinary Family – 4:16
05. Ride-a-Mile – 4:42
06. Sadness – 2:36							play
07. Moon Rok – 2:48
08. Love Of My Life – 4:15
09. The Voice Of Protest – 3:17
10. How Silly – 2:34
11. The Great Song Of The Sky – 2:47		play
12. The Quest – 3:30


- Donovan - acoustic Guitar, vocals, harmonica, bass
- Kenneth Buttrey, Earl Palmer - drums, percussion
- Reggie Young, Teddy Erwin - electric guitar
- John Christopher - rhythm guitar
- Ben Cauley, Charlie Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades,
 George Bohanon, Johnny Rotella, Tony Terran, Bill Puett, George Tidwell - horns
- David Briggs, Mike Melvoin, Mark Radice - keyboards
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Byron Warner, Florence Warner, Ginger Holladay,
 Lea Jane Berinati, Mary Holladay - backing vocals
- Norbert Putnam - producer, bass
- Red Callender – bass

7-Tease might be considered the opening of what one could call Donovan's years in the wilderness. His next to last album, Cosmic Wheels, had managed to generate sales but its successor, Essence to Essence, marked the tipping point beyond which, because of the seeming datedness of his image, or whatever reason, he was no longer regarded by the public as being terribly important or relevant, or his records programmed by radio stations or ordered by record retailers in quantities resembling his earlier work. All of this is a pity because a fair hearing of 7-Tease reveals an album steeped in disillusionment, yet built upon beautiful melodies and some of the most diverse and appealing sounds and arrangements of his career, and a harder rocking sound than he was usually known for (courtesy of Nashville-based producer Norbert Putnam, who'd done something similar for Joan Baez). Listening to it 30 years after the fact is an eerie experience, vividly evoking the feelings of uncertainty surrounding the period in which it was made (and for those too young to know, the early to mid-'70s saw the self-destruction and resignation of a U.S. president, crippling oil boycotts affecting daily life in America, and serious political and social strife on every continent except Antarctica) -- all wrapped up in songs that were achingly beautiful, piercing in their directness, and generally as clever as any music of its era. "Rock and Roll Souljer" is a rousing opener (and a could've/should've-been single) whose spelling is a perfectly valid hint of its direction -- it comes with a soul chorus, a bracing, all-too-brief sax solo, and a mix of acoustic and electric guitars that's pretty much a harbinger of the whole album, and it almost deliberately gives a nod to "Universal Soldier" from the opening of Donovan's career. The rest of the album crosses boundaries between folk-based balladry ("Your Broken Heart," "Ride-a-Mile"), Dixieland jazz ("Salvation Stomp"), personal confessional ("The Ordinary Family"), folk-pop ("Sadness"), hard electric rock ("Moon Rok"), political commentary intermingled with breezy-'50s jazz-pop ("How Silly"), serious acoustic folk ("The Great Song of the Sky"), topical songwriting ("The Quest"), and some bittersweet reminiscences ("The Voice of Protest"). For all of its lack of success, Donovan later said that he went into 7-Tease the way he approached every album he ever cut, including such unabashed hits as Sunshine Superman and Hurdy Gurdy Man, and he saw no difference in his way of making music or the quality of what he delivered -- and it turns out that he was 100-percent correct; 7-Tease is about as good as any long-play record he ever made, and as fine an album that can be heard from any '60s artist working in the '70s (and that would include John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez et al). ---Bruce Eder, AllMusic Review

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01. Barabajagal – 3:23					play
02. Superlungs My Supergirl – 2:46
03. Where Is She – 2:46
04. Happiness Runs – 3:25
05. I Love My Shirt – 3:12
06. The Love Song – 3:06				play
07. To Susan On The West Coast Waiting – 3:10
08. Atlantis – 4:56
09. Trudi – 2:23
10. Pamela Jo – 4:24

Personnel:
- Donovan Leitch – acoustic guitar, vocals
- Jeff Beck - electric guitar (01,09)
- Ron Wood - bass (01,09)
- Nicky Hopkins - piano (01,09)
- Tony Newman - drums (01,09)
- Big Jim Sullivan - electric guitar (02)
- John Paul Jones - bass and arrangement (02)
- Alan Hawkshaw - piano (03)
- Harold McNair - flute (03)
- Danny Thompson - bass (03)
- Tony Carr - drums (03)
- Richard "Ricki" Polodor - electric guitar (08)
- Bobby Ray - bass (05,06,07,08,10)
- Gabriel Mekler - piano (05,06,07,08,10), melodica (07), organ (08)
- Jim Gordon - drums (05,06,07,08,10)
- Graham Nash - backing vocals (04)
- Mike McCartney - backing vocals (04)
- Lesley Duncan - backing vocals (01,04,09)
- Madeline Bell - backing vocals (01,09)
- Suzi Quatro - backing vocals (01,04,09)

Barabajagal is the seventh studio album and eighth album overall from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the U.S. on August 11, 1969 (Epic Records BN 26481 (stereo)), but was not released in the UK because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow, and The Hurdy Gurdy Man from being released in the UK. While the majority of the Barabajagal sessions took place in November 1968, "Happiness Runs" and "Where Is She" were recorded the previous May. All of these songs except "Atlantis", "I Love My Shirt" and "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" were shelved while Donovan's Greatest Hits was still high in the charts. "Atlantis" / "I Love My Shirt" was released as a single in November 1968 in the UK. In the U.S., "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" / "Atlantis" was eventually released in March 1969. "Atlantis" ended up charting higher than its a-side. Some of the songs recorded were originally meant to be included on the unreleased Moon In Capricorn album.

In May 1969, Mickie Most produced at least one session with Donovan fronting the Jeff Beck Group. "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" (also "Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" and simply "Barabajagal") and "Trudi" (originally "Bed with Me") resulted from these sessions. There were other songs recorded by Donovan and the Jeff Beck Group, but they remained unreleased until they appeared as bonus tracks on the 2005 UK reissue of the album. Rod Stewart was in the band at this time, but he does not sing lead on any of the songs that were released. Tony Newman is featured as drummer.

"Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" / "Trudi" was released as a single in June of 1969 in the UK and in August 1969 in the United States. Following the pattern of Donovan's previous releases, his next album was named after the hit single of the time. The inclusion of "Atlantis" and "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" helped make Barabajagal a strong seller in the United States.

The songs on this album represent all facets of Donovan's career. Several rockers adorn the album, including the title track, "Trudi", "The Love Song" and "Superlungs (My Supergirl)". "I Love My Shirt" updates the sound of Donovan's children's music, and there are several slow songs featuring breathy vocals ("Where Is She?", "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting") reminiscent of the For Little Ones portion of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden. It is during the Barabajagal sessions that Donovan's musical vision and work ethic began to diverge from that of producer Mickie Most. The two eventually stopped working together, effectively ending Donovan's chart success.

"Happiness Runs" is a round sung by Donovan, Graham Nash, Michael McCartney, and Lesley Duncan and was originally released without the round as "Pebble and the Man" on Donovan in Concert. "Superlungs (My Supergirl)" was originally recorded during the Sunshine Superman sessions, but was not used for that album. That recording was released on Troubadour The Definitive Collection 1964 – 1976. Donovan re-recorded the song for Barabajagal.

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01. Isle Of Islay – 4:22
02. Young Girl Blues – 6:09
03. There Is A Mountain – 3:04				play
04. Poor Cow – 3:28
05. Celeste – 5:15
06. The Fat Angel – 3:24
07. Guinevere – 2:41
08. Widow With Shawl (A Portrait) – 3:34
09. Preachin' Love – 5:03
10. The Lullaby Of Spring – 3:08
11. Writer In The Sun – 4:30
12. Pebble And The Man – 3:10				play
13. Rules And Regulations – 2:54
14. Mellow Yellow – 4:16

Personnel:
- Donovan – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Tony Carr – percussion
- Harold McNair – flute
– Mickie Most – producer

Donovan in Concert is the sixth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, and the first live album of his career. This concert was recorded in September 1967, several months before Donovan released A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, and the concert included several songs that would not have been widely known to a US audience, including some which were UK single b-sides. "Poor Cow" is introduced by Donovan as "Poor Love", its original title, which was changed when the song appeared in the film Poor Cow. It retained that title when released as the b-side to "Jennifer Juniper" in February of 1968.

The music at the concert was much more subdued than Donovan's singles of the time, and Donovan was backed by the core group of musicians who had recorded with him on his previous albums including flautist Harold McNair and percussionist Tony Carr. They play many genres of music, from folk to jazz. The concert was introduced by an unnamed announcer, who then hands the proceedings to Donovan's father Donald Leitch.

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01. Mellow Yellow – 3:39
02. Writer In The Sun – 4:27
03. Sand And Foam – 3:17
04. The Observation – 2:20
05. Bleak City Woman – 2:23			play
06. House Of Jansch – 2:42
07. Young Girl Blues – 3:45
08. Museum – 2:55
09. Hampstead Incident – 4:40
10. Sunny South Kensington – 3:48	play

Personnel:
- Donovan - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
- John Cameron - Keyboards
- John Paul Jones – Keyboards

Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States in March 1967. The songs on Mellow Yellow represent a transition in Donovan's writing. Donovan's songs had previously illustrated his infatuation with an ability to define the mid-sixties pop music scene. On Mellow Yellow this is still evident in "Sunny South Kensington", "Museum" (originally recorded for the Sunshine Superman album and rerecorded for Mellow Yellow) and the title track, but is also tempered with world-weary observations of that scene ("Young Girl Blues"). The contractual problems that prevented the release of Donovan's music in the UK led him to write such songs as the resigned "Writer in the Sun", where he contemplates the possibility of his own forced retirement from the music business at age 20.

Mickie Most's production and the arrangements of John Paul Jones accommodate these two divergent traits of Donovan's songwriting throughout Mellow Yellow. The peppier songs feature a diverse selection of instruments similar to Sunshine Superman and helped make a top 10 hit out of the title track on both sides of the Atlantic. The introspective ruminations feature sparse instrumentation that highlights Donovan's guitar playing, singing, and lyrics.

On Mellow Yellow, Donovan gave a nod to his friend Bert Jansch on "House of Jansch", marking the third Donovan album in a row that paid tribute to the British folk personage.

It has been rumored that Donovan's friend Paul McCartney whispers the "quite rightly" part of "Mellow Yellow", but this is actually whispered by Donovan.

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