Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden

Title: A Gift from a Flower to a Garden Artist: Donovan Release Date: 12/1967 Re-Released On: 1/26/2009 Label: EMI Music Distribution, Collectors' Choice Music, Sony Music Distribution Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 5017261201942, 617742014426, 0617742014426, 074640017148, 5099926788920 Genre: Rock Styles: British Invasion, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, British Folk, Psychedelic Pop, British Psychedelia Moods: Delicate, Dreamy, Pastoral, Trippy, Bittersweet, Carefree, Eccentric, Sprawling, Whimsical, Wistful, Amiable/Good-Natured, Autumnal, Earnest, Ethereal, Gentle, Laid-Back/Mellow, Literate, Plaintive, Springlike, Calm/Peaceful, Cheerful, Happy, Innocent, Intimate, Light, Precious, Searching, Spiritual, Summery, Warm, Naive, Playful, Reflective, Soothing, Yearning Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 8 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Wear Your Love Like Heaven
2. Mad John's Escape
3. Skip-A-Long Sam
4. Sun
5. There Was a Time
6. Oh Gosh
7. Little Boy in Corduroy
8. Under the Greenwood Tree
9. The Land of Doesn't Have to Be
10. Someone Singing
11. Song of the Naturalist's Wife
12. The Enchanted Gypsy
13. Voyage into the Golden Screen
14. Isle of Islay
15. The Mandolin Man and His Secret
16. Lay of the Last Tinker
17. The Tinker and the Crab
18. Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)
19. The Lullaby of Spring
20. The Magpie
21. Starfish-On-The-Toast
22. Epistle to Derroll

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD EMI Music Distribution 2678892 2000 CD Collectors' Choice Music 01442 2000 CD Collectors' Choice Music 144 2000 CD Sony Music Distribution 0144

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Rock music's first two-LP box set, A Gift from a Flower to a Garden overcomes its original shortcomings and stands out as a prime artifact of the flower-power era that produced it. The music still seems a bit fey, and overall more spacy than the average Moody Blues album of this era, but the sheer range of subjects and influences make this a surprisingly rewarding work. Essentially two albums recorded simultaneously in the summer of 1967, the electric tracks include Jack Bruce among the session players. The acoustic tracks represent an attempt by Donovan to get back to his old sound and depart from the heavily electric singles ("Sunshine Superman," etc.) and albums he'd been doing -- it is folkier and bluesier (in an English folk sense) than much of his recent work. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ashley Kozak Executive Producer Candy John Carr Conga, Bongos, Percussion Cliff Barton Bass, Bass (Electric) Donovan Vocals, Whistle (Human), Harmonica, Arranger, Guitar, Composer Eric Leese Guitar (Electric), Guitar Harold McNair Flute Jack Bruce Bass John Tobler Liner Notes Karl Ferris Photo Design Keith Webb Drums Ken Baldock Bass, String Bass Michael Ross Trevor Engineer Mick Taylor Illustrations Mickie Most Producer Mike Carr Vibraphone, Vocals (Background) Mike O'Neil Organ, Harpsichord, Piano, Keyboards Sid Maurer Art Direction Tony Carr Finger Cymbals, Drums, Bells, Turkish Finger Cymbals, Conga