Donovan - Fairytale (1965/1996 Sequel Records)
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Artist: Donovan
Album: Fairytale
Released: 1965 (1996)
Sequel Records (Sequel 1004-2)
Genre: British Folk, Folk-Rock
Donovan's second album found the Scottish folkie in possession of his own voice, a style of earnest, occasionally mystical musings indebted neither to Woody Guthrie nor Bob Dylan. True, Fairytale's highlights - "Sunny Goodge Street," "Jersey Thursday," and "The Summer Day Reflection Song" -use a sense of impressionism pioneered by Dylan, but Donovan flipped Dylan's weariness on its head. His persona is the wistful hippie poet, continually moving on down the road, but never bitter about the past. The folkie "Colours," already a hit before the album's release, is also here (though without Donovan's harmonica). A few of his songs are inconsequential and tossed-off ("Oh Deed I Do," "Circus of Sour"), but a few of these ("Candy Man" especially) succeed too, thanks to Donovan's effervescent delivery.
--- Allmusic.com by John Bush ---
Track List:
1. Universal Soldier [Mono][*]
2. I'll Try for the Sun [Mono]
3. Sunny Goodge Street
4. Colours
5. Circus of Sour
6. Summer Day Reflection Song
7. Candy Man
8. Jersey Thursday
9. Belated Forgiveness Plea
10. Ballad of a Crystal Man
11. Little Tin Soldier
12. Ballad of Geraldine
13. Oh Deed I Do
14. Do You Hear Me Now [Mono][*]
15. War Drags On [Mono][*]
16. Ballad of a Crystal Man [Edit] [Mono][*]
17. Turquoise [Mono][*]
18. Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) [Mono][*]
19. Colours [Mono][*]
[*]: Bonus Tracks
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