Donovan - Breezes Of Patchuli (1969)

Donovan is one of those artists whose catalogue is something of a nightmare to unravel, as his US albums tended to be made up of compilations of his UK releases, sometimes even including songs not on the parent records, meaning that neither country ended up having a definitive discography from him. As well as this he did release a couple of singles which had b-sides which were not taken from his then current album, and a few songs never even made it out of the studio, so this album complies them all together as a companion piece to his late 60's releases between 1966 and 1969. This take of 'Superlungs' is a great early version recorded some years before he re-did it with Jeff Beck for the 'Barabajagal' album, and 'Fat Angel' is his original recording of the song which Jefferson Airplane later made their own. The Jeff Beck sessions also provide four out-takes which are each good enough to have made it onto the 'Barabajagal' album if there had been space for them. 

Track listing

01 Breezes Of Patchuli (Previously unreleased)
02 Ferris Wheel (b-side of 'Mellow Yellow' 1967)
03 Superlungs (1st version)
04 The Trip (b-side of  'Sunshine Superman' 1966)
05 Preachin' Love (b-side of 'Epistle To Dippy' 1967)
06 The Fat Angel (omitted from the UK issue of the 'Sunshine Superman' album 1967)
07 Good Time (Previously unreleased)
08 Poor Cow (b-side of 'Jennifer Juniper' 1968)
09 Teen Angel (b-side of 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' 1968)
10 Aye My Love (b-side of 'Lalena' 1968)
11 Snakeskin (with Jeff Beck 1969)
12 Lauretta's Cousin Laurinda (with Jeff Beck 1969)
13 The Stromberg Twins (with Jeff Beck 1969)
14 A Poor Man's Sunshine (Nativity) (with Jeff Beck 1969)