CHILDHOOD IMAGINED - H.M.S. DONOVAN - AQUARIUM DRUNKARD

CHILDHOOD IMAGINED - H.M.S. Donovan at 50 - AQUARIUM DRUNKARD

Lovely article here at the Aquarium Drunkard on the seminal (for Donovan!) album 'HMS Donovan) by  j rooney

Now you may think as does Mooney here that this is a mere children's recording but listen carefully and rediscover your inner child . . . . . . 

DONOVAN – H.M.S. Donovan

(1971, Dawn DNLD 4001; out-of-print vinyl>CD-R>MP3 files @320kbps)

1. The 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 The Wandering Aengus

24. A Funny Man

25. Lord Of The Reedy River

26. Henry Martin

27. Queen Mab

28. La Moora

Self Portrait - John Patrick Byrne (the cover artist)

The Song of the Wandering Aengus - W.B.Yeats. / D. Leitch

Mr Wind

Wynken, Blinken and Nod

over blog it! - moicani - article HMS donovan

P.S. as nobody seems to ever mention, the glorious artwork is by John Patrick Byrne the artist and playwright (he wrote the brilliant The Slab boys and a personal favourite 'Tutti Frutti' which made a star of Robbie Coltrane yes, 'Hagrid! in case you wondered, he was also once married to the wonderment that is Tilda Swinton so he must be interesting at the very least, check him out!)