01 Jennifer Juniper

02 There Is A Mountain +

03 Catch The Wind

04 Hurdy Gurdy Man

05 Sunshine Superman

06 Isle Of Islay +

07 Mr. Flute Man +

08 Atlantis

09 Wear Your Love Like Heaven

10 To Susan On The West Coast Waiting

11 Colours

12 Young Girl Blues

13 Young But Growing (aka The Trees They Do Grow High)

14 Keep On Truckin' +

15 Stealing

16 Sailing Homeward

17 The Pee Song +

18 Love Will Find A Way

19 Lalena

20 Life Is A Merry-Go Round (aka Make Up Your Mind To Be Happy)

All songs are from "Donovan Rising" / "The Classics Live" except for

those marked with a cross, which are from "Donovan Rising Again."

Unidentified Concert From The 1971 U.S. Fall Tour

The live compilation "Donovan Rising" was released in 1990 by Permanent Records. In spite of the cover's claim that the material was recorded between 1982 and 1986, what it actually contains is a mixture of performances from several unidentified concerts from 1971 and 1981, as well as two tracks ("Sadness" and "Universal Soldier") which were lifted from the official "Live In Japan - Spring Tour 1973" album (recorded on March 25-26, 1973). The performances from "Rising" have been re-issued many times on budget CDs under a variety of titles. Just ignore them all and find either the original "Donovan Rising" CD or the U.S. version of it on the Great Northern Arts label, retitled "The Classics Live" (both of which are readily available). You'll also need "Rising Again," an expanded version of the original album released in 2001 - mostly for the 1981 tracks it contains. The 1971 audio there has been subjected to further processing though, and, not surprisingly, it's mastered louder than the original "Rising" CD. This has also been reissued under various names.

Since the sources for the individual performances are not identified on "Donovan Rising," I've done my best to separate the songs into what I think are the correct decades. The track order given here vaguely follows that of "Donovan Rising," but there's no reason to believe that was correct to begin with, particularly since so many songs have been omitted from the original live set.

See page 12 for the remaining performances, which I've dated as 1981.

01 Young But Growing (aka The Trees They Do Grow High)

02 Keep On Truckin'

03 Stealing

The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., Nov. 14, 1971

During Donovan's Fall, 1971 U.S. tour he performed a trio of traditional folk songs, re-connecting with his roots as a performer. These three numbers, taken from a spendid soundboard recording, were issued on the "Try For The Sun: The Journey Of Donovan" boxed set in 2005. The first song, "Young But Growing," was titled "The Trees They Do Grow High," on the second Joan Baez album. These are not the same performances issued on "Rising" / "Rising Again."

Donovan In Concert,  BBC Two, Nov. 2, 1972

There's something ineffably sad about this 45 minute program. Donovan is still young (only 26), is still in great voice, but brings almost nothing new to this set - and what he does bring is inferior to his performances of the classic numbers from the 1960's. In almost the blink of an eye, his music has become irrelevant. The first new song, "The Ordinary Family" is a good example of this, though he would later re-record it for "7-Tease" two years later. "Princess Anne" wouldn't appear again, although "People Call Me The Pied Piper" would be used in the film of the same name (see below). A studio recording of "A Well Known Has-Been" would be released as a single in 1976. "Cosmic Wheels" is, of course, would end up as the title track from his 1973 album (where he also performs "Maria Magenta").

This program was re-run by BBC Four in 2006 and has also been issued on DVD (although this does not seem to be an officially BBC sanctioned product). "Jennifer Juniper" and "Mellow Yellow" appear as extras on the "Journey Of Donovan" DVD.

01 Jennifer Juniper

02 There Is A Mountain

03 Catch The Wind

04 The Ordinary Family

05 Princess Anne

06 People Call Me The Pied Piper

07 A Well Known Has-Been

08 Happiness Runs

09 Colours

10 Sailing Homeward

11 Cosmic Wheels

12 Maria Magenta

13 The Pee Song

14 Mellow Yellow

01 What A Waste Of Time To Be Unhappy

02 People Call Me The Pied Piper

03 Riding Homeward

Mono only.

The Pied Piper - Dec., 1972

Donovan appears in and sings several songs in this drab and depressing 1972 production, filmed in the U.K. and Germany. "People Call Me The Pied Piper" would be re-recorded for his 2002 children's album "Pied Piper" and "Riding Homeward" (as "Sailing Homeward") for 1973's "Essence To Essence" LP. "What A Waste Of Time To Be Unhappy" does not appear elsewhere. There was no soundtrack album to this film, although it's been released on both DVD (still available) and blu-ray (out of print).

Brother Sun Sister Moon - Dec., 1972

Donovan sings a number of songs in the Italian / British co-production "Brother Sun Sister Moon," but does not appear in the film. Although it was not released at the time, excerpts from Donovan's performance of the title track can be heard on a disc of radio spots promoting the film. The entire song was released years later on an obscure (possibly unauthorized) cassette titled "Brother Sun / Sister Moon - Donovan In Concert" as well as the almost-as-obscure "Newest Bath Guide" CD in 1992. The other songs from the soundtrack, however, have never been commercially released. This is a shame, since the music is very good. Donovan himself was clearly frustrated with this situation, and released re-recordings of the songs in 2004 (which I'll discuss at the appropriate time). "Brother Sun Sister Moon" is available on DVD, so at least you can hear Donovan's original performances.

Although Donovan's recording of it was not released at the time, the title track did reach a sizeable audience as the b-side to Sister Janet Mead's 1973 recording of "The Lord's Prayer," which hit the top ten in several countries.

01 A Soldier's Dream

02 The Lovely Day

03 Brother Sun And Sister Moon #1

04 The Little Church #1

05 The Little Church #2

06 Shape In The Sky

07 Brother Sun And Sister Moon #2

Mono only.