''Mellow'' is a 2CD compilation album by Scottish singer-songwriter

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

, released on 1 November 1997 (Recall 158).

History

In 1997, Recall Records reissued a large portion of Donovan's 1965

Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. Its best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956–1969), Petula Clark (1957–1971), the Searchers (1963–1967), the Kinks (1964–1971), Sandie Shaw (1964–1971), Status Quo (1968–1971) and Brotherhoo ...

catalogue with ''Mellow''. It excluded several songs from those recordings, however, including "

Turquoise Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula . It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone and ornamental stone for thousands of yea ...

" and "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)".

Track listing

All tracks by

Leitch, except where noted.

Disc one

Colours Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associa ...

" – 2:47 #"

To Try for the Sun "To Try for the Sun" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The "To Try for the Sun" single was backed with "Turquoise" and released in the United States in January 1966 through Hickory Records (Hickory 45–1402). ...

" – 3:39 #"Sunny Goodge Street" – 2:58 #"Oh Deed I Do" (

Bert Jansch Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter ...

) – 2:10 #"Circus of Sour" (Paul Bernath) – 1:53 #"Summer Day Reflection Song" – 2:13 #"Candy Man" (Traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 3:28 #"Jersey Thursday" – 2:15 #"Belated Forgiveness Plea" – 2:57 #"Ballad of a Crystal Man" – 3:54 #"The Little Tin Soldier" (

Shawn Phillips Shawn Phillips (born February 3, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, primarily influential in the 1960s and 1970s. His work is rooted in folk rock but straddles other genres, including jazz fusion and funk. Phillips has reco ...

) – 3:05 #"Ballad of Geraldine" – 4:41 #" Universal Soldier" (

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these are ...

) – 2:14 #"Do You Hear Me Now" (Jansch) – 1:49 #"The War Drags On" (

Mick Softley Michael Softley (26 September 1939 – 1 September 2017) was an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. A figurehead during the British folk scene, Softley set up his own folk club, released three albums and worked with performers such as Mac ...

) – 3:43

Disc two

#"Josie" – 3:29 #"

Catch the Wind "Catch the Wind" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. Pye Records released "Catch the Wind" backed with "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" as Donovan's debut release (Pye 7N.15801) in the United Kingdom on 28 ...

" – 2:57 #"Remember the Alamo" (

Jane Bowers Jane Bowers (May 29, 1921 – June 18, 2000) was a Texas folk singer and songwriter best known for her composition "Remember the Alamo". Many of her songs were primarily recorded by the Kingston Trio. Selected songs *"Buddy Better Get on Down th ...

) – 3:05 #"Cuttin' Out" – 2:20 #"Car Car" (

Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He has inspired ...

) – 1:32 #"Keep On Truckin'" (Traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 1:51 #"Gold Watch Blues" (Softley) – 2:33 #"To Sing for You" – 2:44 #"You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (Traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 4:04 #"Tangerine Puppet" – 1:52 #" Donna Donna" (

Aaron Zeitlin Aaron Zeitlin (3 June 1898 – 28 September 1973) was a Jewish American educator and writer. He authored several books on Yiddish literature, poetry and parapsychology. Biography Zeitlin was born in Uvarovichi, Russia (now Belarus) to Hillel Zeit ...

Sholom Secunda Sholom Secunda (, Oleksandriia, Alexandria, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire13 June 1974, New York City, New York) was an American composer of History of the Jews in Ukraine, Ukrainian-Jewish descent, best known for the tunes of ''Bei Mir Bistu ...

, Arthur S. Kevess, Teddi Schwartz) – 2:57 #"Ramblin' Boy" – 2:34 #"Catch the Wind" – 2:19 #"Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" – 2:56

External links

Mellow – Donovan Unofficial Site
1997 compilation albums Recall Records albums Donovan compilation albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub