Donovan

The Strange Brew takes an alternative look at the Sunshine Superman – Donovan! Paul Revere and the Raiders – Catch the Wind (Just Like Us!, Columbia (US),1966) Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll And The Trinity – Season of the Witch (Open, Marmalade, 1967) Keith Shields – Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) (Single A-side, Decca, 1967) Dana Gillespie – You Just Gotta Know My Mind (Foolish Seasons, London (US), 1967) Scott McKenzie – Celeste (The Voice of Scott McKenzie, CBS, 1967) Mike Vickers – Sunshine Superman (I Wish I Were a Group Again, Columbia, 1967) Dandy – There Is A Mountain (Single A-side, Giant, 1967) Marianne Faithfull – In the Night Time (Love in a Mist, Decca, 1967) Julie Felix – Saturday Night (Flowers, Fontana, 1967) Tom Northcott – Sunny Goodge Street (Single A-side, Warner Brothers Can), 1967) The Sugar Shoppe – Skip-A-Long Sam (Single A-side, Capitol (Can), 1968) Georgie Fame – Mellow Yellow (The Third Face Of Fame, CBS, 1968) Claudine Longet – Colours (Colours, A&M (US), 1968) Noel Harrison ‎– Poor Cow (The Great Electric Experiment Is Over, Reprise (US), 1969) Deep Purple – Lalena (BBC radio session; 6 June 1969, Deep Purple, Harvest, 1969 and 2000) Bridget St. John – The Pebble and the Man (Songs for the Gentle Man, Dandelion, 1970) Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (Single A-side, Warner Brothers, 1973) From cover versions, guest spots and unreleased Donovan Leitch gems listen to the other side of  Britain’s legendary psychedelic troubadour.Â