Mellow (Donovan album)

Mellow is a 2CD compilation album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, released on 1 November 1997 (Recall 158).

Mellow
Compilation album by
Released1 November 1997
Recorded1965
GenreFolk
LabelRecall Records
ProducerTerry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
Donovan chronology
Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live
(1997)
Mellow
(1997)
Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten
(1998)

History edit

In 1997, Recall Records reissued a large portion of Donovan's 1965 Pye Records catalogue with Mellow. It excluded several songs from those recordings, however, including "Turquoise" and "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)".

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Track listing edit

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

Disc one edit

  1. "Colours" – 2:47
  2. "To Try for the Sun" – 3:39
  3. "Sunny Goodge Street" – 2:58
  4. "Oh Deed I Do" (Bert Jansch) – 2:10
  5. "Circus of Sour" (Paul Bernath) – 1:53
  6. "Summer Day Reflection Song" – 2:13
  7. "Candy Man" (Traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 3:28
  8. "Jersey Thursday" – 2:15
  9. "Belated Forgiveness Plea" – 2:57
  10. "Ballad of a Crystal Man" – 3:54
  11. "The Little Tin Soldier" (Shawn Phillips) – 3:05
  12. "Ballad of Geraldine" – 4:41
  13. "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:14
  14. "Do You Hear Me Now" (Jansch) – 1:49
  15. "The War Drags On" (Mick Softley) – 3:43

Disc two edit

  1. "Josie" – 3:29
  2. "Catch the Wind" – 2:57
  3. "Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers) – 3:05
  4. "Cuttin' Out" – 2:20
  5. "Car Car" (Woody Guthrie) – 1:32
  6. "Keep On Truckin'" (Traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 1:51
  7. "Gold Watch Blues" (Softley) – 2:33
  8. "To Sing for You" – 2:44
  9. "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (Traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 4:04
  10. "Tangerine Puppet" – 1:52
  11. "Donna Donna" (Aaron Zeitlin, Sholom Secunda, Arthur S. Kevess, Teddi Schwartz) – 2:57
  12. "Ramblin' Boy" – 2:34
  13. "Catch the Wind" – 2:19
  14. "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" – 2:56

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