Rating 5/5
Review:
A very good 2CD set
This is a great set for what it is: three of Donovan's most successful albums packaged up together in a 2CD set – Mellow Yellow, The Hurdy Gurdy Man and Barabajagal. The digital transfers are good and the sound seems to me to be excellent throughout.
I am, sadly, old enough to remember Donovan being described as "the English Bob Dylan." Well he wasn't, bless him – he really wasn't. Nevertheless, he wrote some very enjoyable songs and there's some enduring quality here – not least the three title tracks of these albums. He was also a very decent guitarist; he was unflashy so his guitar work didn't often get the credit it deserved but House Of Jansch, for example, shows both his quality and some of his influences. (The clue is in the title.)
This is brilliant if you're looking for some of Donovan's best work on CD. It's also very well worth getting if you just have an interest in the music of the late 60s. Donovan was quite a significant figure at the time and these albums show why. They're not towering masterpieces, but they are albums of good, quite varied songs which are well performed and I can recommend this set warmly.
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