Hurdy Gurdy Songs: Words & Music By Donovan 1965-1971 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

UK collection. The latest in Ace Records' popular Songwriters series is a kaleidoscopic trip into the craft of one of the most covered and influential artists of the '60s. The body of work he wrote and recorded during the golden period we celebrate on Hurdy Gurdy Songs has become one of the most critically and commercially successful of the era, and continues to attract new listeners and demand reappraisal; proof that Donovan - the psychedelic minstrel whose records colored the late 60s pop landscape - was one of a kind. A prolific writer, he gifted a number of songs to other artists 'You Just Gotta Know My Mind' and 'Snakeskin' appear on our collection and serve to illustrate the widespread appeal of his material to female interpreters as diverse as Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lipton and Bridget St John. Donovan's whirlwind journey through the second half of the 60s left him beaten and bruised but the music he created - in which the eclectic influences of pop, spirituality, poetry, magic and the spirit of the age found their way into these unique and enduring songs - continues to thrill and beguile today. Album Tracks 1. Museum - Herman's Hermits 2. Superlungs - Terry Reid 3. Sunny Goodge Street - Tom Northcott 4. The Pebble and the Man - Bridget St John 5. Sunshine Superman - the Standells 6. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Eartha Kitt 7. Young Girl Blues - Marianne Faithfull 8. Poor Cow - Noel Harrison 9. Celeste - Paul Jones 10. Season of the Witch - Lou Rawls 11. Translove Airways (Fat Angel) - Big Jim Sullivan 12. You Just Gotta Know My Mind - Dana Gillespie 13. Oh Gosh - Sandie Shaw 14. There Is a Mountain - Dandy 15. Try and Catch the Wind - the Gosdin Brothers 16. Skip-A-Long Sam - the Sugar Shoppe 17. Snakeskin - Julie Felix 18. Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) - Keith Shields 19. Three King Fishers - Gábor Szabó 20. Hampstead Incident - Bojo