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Pure and sweet

Joshua Schumann | Portland, Or | 07/19/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This compilation is amazing. It is a bunch of his early stuff before he got to be the ultimate flower child (I like that Donovan too) when he was still just ripping off Dylan. It even has the song that he plays for Dylan in "Don't look back" called To Sing For You. If you like early Dylan and you don't mind that Donovan borrowed his style, you'll be into this. The whole thing is filled with beautiful guitar playing and melodies. If you don't have his ealry albums already then I highly recommend it since it is sort of a "Best Of" of his first four or five albums."

Summer Day Reflection Songs to Reflect on Any Day of the Yea

Danielle Lane | Horseshoe, North Carolina | 07/18/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When this was released, I think in 2000, I sort of went over the moon. Here they were at last, everything that had been released in America on the Hickory label. All the pre Mickey Most, pre psychedelic stuff. Well there's those songs that came out on "Troubadour" and the stuff on "Sixty Four" the album of pre "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" record that's only available on Donovan's website. Still, this is one fine set. You can skip all the other (and there's a zillion of 'em) compilation records of Donovan's early stuff and just get this.



I'll say, it has never ceased to amaze me how they keep coming up with ways to repackage Donovan's stuff. I'll bet you could buy a couple dozen Albums and you'd still just have the songs that are included here. And the quality here is better than you're going to find on the other CDs. They really took care when they mastered this. In short, This is a must own set for any Donovan fan. Actually it's a must own set for anybody who wants to understand the Sixties. I play this all the time, however I must admit that I have many, many of those other compilations. I'm just a Donovan junkie, would have been a groupie had I been born a couple decades earlier. Ah well, I just can't help it."