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    Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan

    09/13/2005 | Sony 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Donovan Leitch's instantly recognizable vibrato may not appear until track six, but the casual "Hurdy Gurdy Man" fan has no business picking up this four-disc/sixty-song collection of the Scottish troubadour's four decades of whimsical pop confections and beatnik balladry. Sony's Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan includes a previously unreleased documentary from 1970, a lovely book that chronicles the singer/songwriter's storied career, complete with quotes of praise from current hipster bards like Devendra Banhart and the Polyphonic Spree's Tim DeLaughter, and 15 B-side, rare demos and live recordings, all housed in the finest faux-purple velvet box one could imagine. While there are some suspicious omissions ("Roots of Oak," "Age of Treason," "Cosmic Wheels"), there's enough here to satiate even the most rabid Donovan fan for weeks. Those interested in a less time consuming biographical experience would do well with 1992's slightly superior -- and infinitely more cohesive -- Troubadour. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Catch the Wind (Single Version)
  • 2:17

  • 2
  • Josie
  • 3:27

  • 3
  • Co'dine (Demo Version)
  • 4:47

  • 4
  • Colours
  • 2:45

  • 5
  • Universal Soldier
  • 2:12

  • 6
  • Sunny Goodge Street
  • 2:55

  • 7
  • Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)
  • 3:10

  • 8
  • Sunshine Superman (Extended Version)
  • 4:33

  • 9
  • The Trip (Single Version)
  • 4:34

  • 10
  • Legend of a Girl Child Linda
  • 6:53

  • 11
  • Three King Fishers
  • 3:17

  • 12
  • Season of the Witch
  • 4:56

  • 13
  • Guinevere
  • 3:41

  • 14
  • The Fat Angel
  • 4:12

  • 15
  • Mellow Yellow
  • 3:43

  • 16
  • Sand and Foam
  • 3:17

  • 17
  • Young Girl Blues
  • 3:46

  • 18
  • Museum
  • 2:56

  • 19
  • Hampstead Incident
  • 4:42

  • 20
  • Sunny South Kensington
  • 3:49

  • 21 (2)
  • Epistle to Dippy
  • 3:10

  • 22 (2)
  • Preachin' Love
  • 2:39

  • 23 (2)
  • There Is a Mountain
  • 2:35

  • 24 (2)
  • Wear Your Love Like Heaven
  • 2:25

  • 25 (2)
  • Oh Gosh
  • 1:48

  • 26 (2)
  • Isle of Islay
  • 2:22

  • 27 (2)
  • Epistle to Derroll (Live)(#)
  • 5:43

  • 28 (2)
  • To Try for the Sun (Live)(#)
  • 3:20

  • 29 (2)
  • Someone's Singing (Live)(#)
  • 3:55

  • 30 (2)
  • The Tinker and the Crab (Live)(#)
  • 3:06

  • 31 (2)
  • Jennifer Juniper
  • 2:42

  • 32 (2)
  • Poor Cow (From Poor Cow)
  • 2:57

  • 33 (2)
  • Hurdy Gurdy Man
  • 3:20

  • 34 (2)
  • Get Thy Bearings
  • 2:53

  • 35 (2)
  • Lalena
  • 2:56

  • 36 (2)
  • Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
  • 3:24

  • 37 (2)
  • Lord of the Reedy River (#)
  • 3:04

  • 38 (2)
  • Moon in Capricorn (#)
  • 2:03

  • 39 (2)
  • To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
  • 3:13

  • 40 (2)
  • Atlantis
  • 5:08

  • 41 (3)
  • Celia of the Seals
  • 3:00

  • 42 (3)
  • The Song of the Wandering Aengus
  • 3:55

  • 43 (3)
  • The Ferryman's Daughter (#)
  • 1:49

  • 44 (3)
  • She Moved Through the Fair (#)
  • 2:52

  • 45 (3)
  • The Traveling People (#)
  • 1:50

  • 46 (3)
  • Riki Tiki Tavi
  • 2:55

  • 47 (3)
  • Clara Clairvoyant
  • 2:52

  • 48 (3)
  • Young But Growing (Live)(#)
  • 4:33

  • 49 (3)
  • Keep on Truckin' (Live)(#)
  • 2:53

  • 50 (3)
  • Stealin' (Live)(#)
  • 4:09

  • 51 (3)
  • I Like You
  • 5:17

  • 52 (3)
  • Maria Magenta
  • 2:12

  • 53 (3)
  • A Working Man (Live)
  • 3:09

  • 54 (3)
  • Tinker Tune (Live)
  • 2:50

  • 55 (3)
  • Sailing Homeward
  • 2:57

  • 56 (3)
  • Your Broken Heart
  • 3:33

  • 57 (3)
  • Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel
  • 3:52

  • 58 (3)
  • Please Don't Bend
  • 4:12

  • 59 (3)
  • Love Floats
  • 4:20

  • 60 (3)
  • Happiness Runs (2004 Version)(#)
  • 3:43

  • 61 (4)
  • Bonus Material (DVD)(*)

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    Credits

    • Donovan Leitch
    • Arranger, Compilation Producer, Executive Producer, Liner Notes, Producer


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