Track Listing 1. Josie 2. Catch the Wind - (album version) 3. Remember the Alamo 4. Cuttin' Out 5. Car Car (Riding in My Car) 6. Keep on Truckin' 7. Gold Watch Blues 8. To Sing For You 9. You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond 10. Tangerine Puppet 11. Donna Donna 12. Ramblin' Boy 13. Catch the Wind - (single version) 14. Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do 15. Every Man Has His Chain 16. Colours - (single version)
| Details | | Producer: | Eden Stephens, Terry Kennedy | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Donovan (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Gypsy Dave (kazoo); Brian Looking (bass); Skip Alan (drummer). Includes liner notes by Lorne Murdoch. All tracks have been digitally remastered. The Donovan most people are familiar with is the cosmic flower child who gave us such hits as "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow." But in 1965, Donovan's music was in a much different stage of development. As heard on his first full-length album WHAT'S BIN DID AND WHAT'S BIN DID, Donovan's early sound was a very basic folk-revival approach heavily influenced by the likes of Woody Guthrie (whose "Car Car" is here), Ramblin' Jack Elliott (who had became something of a cult figure in the UK), and of course, Bob Dylan, to whom the young Donovan was compared ad nauseam by the British press. Straight-ahead folkie tunes such as "Josie" and "Remember the Alamo" rub shoulders with the jug-band blues "Keep on Truckin'" and the downbeat, jazzy "Cuttin' Out." The best-known song here is "Catch the Wind," a romantic ballad that became one of Donovan's early staples. While the youthful singer-songwriter sounds confident and impressive here, this was but the first chapter of a story that would take some interesting twists and turns over the course of the next few years.
Editorial Reviews 3 stars out of 5 - ...A superb debut, with an entire back-story suggested by its first 5 words. His narrative gifts were already in full flow... Q (02/01/2002)
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