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A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Donovan
NSPL
20000 (stereo)
Producers: Donovan, Mickie Most
Engineer: Michael Ross Trevor
Executive Producer: Ashley Kozak
Sid Maurer (Art Direction)
Karl Ferris (Photo Design)
John Tobler (Liner Notes)
All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.
This, the fifth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, and marks the first double album of his career and one
of the first box sets in rock music. It was released in the United States in December of 1967 ( Epic Records L2N 6071 (monaural) / B2N 171 (stereo)) and in the United Kingdom on April 16, 1968 (Pye Records NPL 20000 (monaural) / NSPL
20000 (stereo)). In December of 1967, Epic Records released each of the two records from A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
as separate albums in the US. The first record was released as Wear Your Love Like Heaven, and the second record was released as For Little Ones. This was done to allow budgeting for the double album package, which included a folder of the printed lyrics to the
second disc with artwork, and a cover featuring an infrared photo of Donovan (requiring six colour separations for printing,
instead of the usual four separations). The back cover photo was a standard one, and depicted Donovan visiting with the Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi.
In the album's liner notes, Donovan explained his purpose in creating two rather different discs (one for the present
generation, and the other for the dawning generation)
Donovan: guitar,vocals, harmonica, whistling
Harold McNair (Flute),
Ken Baldock (Bass), (String Bass),
Cliff Barton (Bass), Bass (Electric),
Candy John Carr (Percussion) (Bongos) (Conga),
Mike Carr (Vocals (Background), (Vibraphone),
Tony Carr (Conga), (Drums), (Bells)
(Finger Cymbals), (Turkish Finger Cymbals),
Eric Leese (Guitar), (Guitar (Electric)
Mike O'Neil (Organ), (Piano),
(Harpsichord), (Keyboards),
Keith Webb (Drums)
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side 1
1. Wear Your Love Like Heaven – 2:27
2. Mad John's Escape – 2:20
3. Skip-a-long Sam – 2:26
4. Sun – 3:17
5. There Was a Time – 2:02
side 2
1. Oh Gosh – 1:48
2. Little Boy in Corduroy – 2:34
3. Under the Greenwood Tree
music by Donovan Leitch) – 1:58
4. The Land of Doesn't Have to Be – 2:30
5. Someone Singing – 3:07
side 3
1. Song of the Naturalist's Wife – 2:47
2. The Enchanted Gypsy – 3:21
3. Voyage into the Golden Screen
– 3:15
4. Isle of Islay – 2:24
5. The Mandolin Man and His Secret
– 3:35
6 Lay of the Last Tinker – 1:49
side 4
1. The Tinker and the Crab – 2:55
2. Widow with Shawl (A Portrait)
– 3:02
3. The Lullaby of Spring – 3:27
4. The Magpie – 1:31
5. Starfish-on-the-Toast – 2:45
6. Epistle to Derroll – 5:44
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