Donovan - Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live [Live]

Donovan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1997)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000001VFC
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #430,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jennifer Juniper

2. Catch The Wind

3. Hurdy Gurdy Man

4. Sunshine Superman

5. Sadness

6. Universal Soldiers

7. Cosmic Wheels

8. Atlantis

9. Wear Your Love Like Heaven

10. To Susan On The West Coast Waiting

11. Colours

12. Young Girl Blues

13. Stealing

14. Lalena

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Often better than the original versions, April 22, 2003

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S. Sroczynski "stevenuccj" (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Donovan - Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live (Audio CD)

For this release, Donovan returns to the songs that made him famous. His voice sounds absolutely great here; even better than on some of the original releases in my opinion. All of the studio effects and fills are gone here, and on many songs that works to their advantage. Like Bob Dylan, I think Donovan often gets bogged down in schmaltzy over-production, and so a chance to hear the man by himself, with only an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, is a real treat. (Okay, there is a sax(!) solo at the end of Lalena).

Highlights:

Hurdy Gurdy Man - Extended here; Donovan tells a masterful story of him, 4 Beatles, 1 Beach Boy, and Mia Farrow in India. Also, he sings a new verse...written by George Harrison!

Wear Your Love Like Heaven - Absolutely beautiful. Much better and more delightful than the studio version.

Universal Soldier
To Susan On the West Coast Waiting - Donovan performs some very nice renditions of his anti-war material.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A really good live acoustic performance from Donovan, April 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Donovan - Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live (Audio CD)

Found in a second-hand CD store, this is an extremely well made album that contains some nice folk songs. Especially, "Jennifer Juniper", "Atlantis", "Catch the wind" and Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier" are great. We can really consider Donovan the British invasion's answer to the uncatchable Bob Dylan.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Classics Live repackaged.., March 15, 2000

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Ray Riddle (Winter Haven, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Donovan - Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live (Audio CD)

This is a collection of live songs, that was previously released as "The Classics Live". It has less songs than the original. The performances are really good, however, so unless you've already got the previous version, I highly recommend it.