Cover Art: Donovan - a Gift from a Flower to a Garden

A Gift for You... With a Friend...


Notes: Released as two separate records, the box set includes a portfolio of a dozen poems and illustrations. Uncredited, I assume Donovan had a hand in the words if not the pictures as well. In the liner notes Donovan, the drug-free hippie of the time, laments the youth of the time and their predilection for drugs. He goes on to say, "One need only to look at our frustrated youth to see the fantastic amounts of misdirected energy". Sound familiar? Some things never change. The music as always is fine and dandy and full of that typical Donovan ethereal mysticism. And to bring us peace the back cover has a picture of the boy and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in quiet conversation.
Phonograph Record / The First Line Up Donovan – vocals, whistling and guitar Cilff Barton – bass Mike O'Neil – organ, piano and harpsichord Kieth Webb – drums Candy John Carr – conga and bongo Harold McNair – flute Mike Carr – vibraphone Eric Leese – electric guitar Jack Bruce – electric bass on "someone singing" Illustration: Mick Taylor Photographic Design: Karl Ferris Producer: Mickie Most Art Direction: Sid Maurer		Phonograph Record / The Second Line Up Donovan – vocals, guitar and harmonica Harold McNair – flute Tony Carr – drums, bells, conga, Turkish and finger cymbals Candy John Carr – bongos Ken Baldock – string bass Illustrations: Mick Taylor and Sheena McCall Photographic Design: Karl Ferris Art Direction: Sid Maurer Producer: Mickie Most
Click on the links below to view the portfolio:
The First – Song of the Naturalist's Wife The Second – The Enchanted Gypsy The Third – Voyage Into the Golden Screen The Fourth – Isle of Islay The Fifth – The Mandolin Man and His Secret The Sixth – Lay of the Last Tinker		The Seventh – The Tinker and The Crab The Eighth – Widow With Shawl The Ninth – The Lullaby of Spring The Tenth – The Magpie The Eleventh – Starfish-On-The-Toast The Twelfth – Epistle to Derroll