DONOVAN -HMS Donovan- ORIG UK-ONLY 2xLP 1971 g/f nMINT

	£		48
	$		64

Artist: DONOVAN

Title: HMS DONOVAN

Format: double LP

Label: DAWN, UK (DNLD 4001)

Year: 1971

Style: folk, psych folk

Info: Very rare original double album which was only ever released in the UK where it sold poorly upon release, so there aren't that many copies about, especially in this absolutely superb condition!

Comes in lavishly designed card gatefold sleeve. Has plain white paper inner sleeves.

The two records have different label designs for some reason; record one with the white Dawn design, and record two with the purple Dawn design. This is odd as both records are in the same condition and both have -1 *T matrix numbers/stampers (A-1 *T, B-1 *T, C-1 *T, D-1 *T).

Donovan married his longtime affection Linda Lawrence (once girlfriend of Brian Jones) in October 1970. When Linda became pregnant with their first child, he began working to complete a children's album that would eventually contain recordings spanning from July 1968 to 1971. Paul McCartney was present for some of the 1968 recordings ("Mr. Wind", "The Walrus and the Carpenter", "The Unicorn"), and there are bootleg recordings where Donovan plays these songs with Paul present. A demo of "Mr. Wind" was recorded after the Barabajagal sessions in a lower register and without the voice effects. The original lyrics of the song were printed on the British version of Sunshine Superman, four years before the release of H.M.S. Donovan.
H.M.S. Donovan was chiefly produced by Donovan, although "Homesickness" was produced by Mickie Most. "Homesickness" is the sole electric rocker on this album of acoustic songs and the original recording date is the subject of debate. It is widely reported that Donovan and Mickie Most stopped working together after the Barabajagal sessions.
For the majority of the songs on this album, Donovan wrote music for poems that were originally written by others. Many of the poems were from One Hundred Poems for Children compiled by Herbert Strang (Clarendon Press, Oxford – 1925). Other poems come from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

A magical Donovan 2LP and in fantastic condition!

Features 28 tracks:-

1. Walrus And The Carpenter
2. Jabberwocky
3. The Seller Of Stars
4. Lost Time
5. The Little White Road
6. The Star
7. Coulter's Candy
8. The Road
9. Things To Wear
10. The Owl And The Pussycat
11. Homesickness
12. Fishes In Love
13. Mr Wind
14. Wynken Blynken And Nod
15. Celia Of The Seals
16. The Pee Song
17. The Voyage Of The Moon
18. The Unicorn
19. Lord Of The Dance
20. Little Ben
21. Can Ye Dance
22. In An Old-Fashioned Picture Book
23. The Song Of Wandering Aengus
24. Funny Man
25. Lord Of The Reedy River
26. Henry Martin
27. Queen Mab
28. La Moora

Vinyls in pristine near mint condition - have hardly been touched and are nicely clean and shiny. When held under a light there is a very small amount of extremely faint sleeve wear traces here and there, but other than that are flawless and play perfectly.
Labels are perfect with just two or three faint spindle marks on side 1, a handful on side 2, probably two on side 3, and none on side 4. Without the spindle marks i would have no problem grading the vinyl as mint, because it could easily pass as brand new!
Sleeve in near mint condition with just minimal rub wear on the faces and light scuffs on corners. Spines are perfectly clean and still in shape. Some very minimal wear on opening edges. Inside looks immaculate.

A great album which is a real pleasure in look and feel.


I grade the condition according to UK standards.

Will be posted in strong professional packaging to avoid damage in transit.

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