Donovan discography
Donovan's discography
Albums
- What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid [UK] (1965) / Catch the Wind [U.S.] (1965) #30 U.S.; #3 UK
- Fairytale (1965) #85 U.S.; #20 UK
- Sunshine Superman [U.S.] (1966) #11 U.S.
- Mellow Yellow [U.S.] (1967) #14 U.S.
- A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) #19 U.S.; #13 UK; double album also released separately as:
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven [U.S.] (1967) and
- For Little Ones [U.S.] (1967)
- Donovan in Concert [Live] (1968) #18 U.S.
- The Hurdy Gurdy Man [U.S.] (1968) #20 U.S.
- Barabajagal [U.S.] (1969) #23 U.S.
- Open Road (1970) #16 U.S.; #30 UK (extensive use of flanging sound effects at the track Celtic Rock)
- H.M.S. Donovan (1971)
- Cosmic Wheels (1973) #25 U.S.; #15 UK
- Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 [Japan] (1973)
- Essence to Essence (1973) #174 U.S.
- 7-Tease (1974) #135 U.S.
- Slow Down World (1976) #174 U.S.
- Donovan (1977)
- Neutronica [France][Germany] (1980)
- Love Is Only Feeling [Germany] (1981)
- Lady of the Stars (1984)
- Rising [UK] / The Classics Live [U.S.] / 25 Years in Concert [Holland] [Live] (1990)
- One Night in Time [Japan] (1993)
- The Children of Lir (1994 Irish release) (Brian O' Reilly's musical legend)
- Sutras (1996)
- Rising Again [Live] (2001)
- Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986 (2001)
- Pied Piper (2002)
- Celtia (2002) (very rare demo copies)
- Sixty Four (2004)
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon (2004)
- Beat Cafe (2004)
- classic lives reworked (2006) (France only)
- in concert - the complete anaheim 1967 show (2006)
- Laleña 9 tracks reworked (2006) (France & Germany only)
Singles
| Title | Highest US Chart Position |
Date | Highest UK Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Catch The Wind" | #23 | 1965 | #4 |
| "Colours" | #61 | 1965 | #4 |
| "Universal Soldier" [EP] | #53 | 1965 | #1 |
| "Turquoise" | - | 1965 | #30 |
| "Josie" | - | 1966 | - |
| "Sunshine Superman" | #1 | 1966 | #2 |
| "Mellow Yellow" | #2 | 1966 | #8 |
| "Epistle To Dippy" | #19 | 1967 | - |
| "There Is A Mountain" | #11 | 1967 | #8 |
| "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" | #23 | 1967 | - |
| "Jennifer Juniper" | #26 | 1968 | #5 |
| "Hurdy Gurdy Man" | #5 | 1968 | #4 |
| "Laleña" | #33 | 1968 | - |
| "Atlantis" | #7 | 1968 | #23 |
| "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" | #36 | 1969 | #12 |
| "Riki Tiki Tavi" | #55 | 1969 | - |
| "Celia of The Seals" | #84 | 1970 | - |
| "I Like You" | #66 | 1973 | - |
| "Maria Magenta" | - | 1973 | - |
| "Sailing Homeward" | - | 1974 | - |
| "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" | - | 1974 | - |
| "Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel" | - | 1975 | - |
| "Rock 'n' Roll Souljer" | - | 1975 | - |
| "Dare to Be Different" | - | 1977 | - |
| "The Light" | - | 1977 | - |
| "Mee Mee I Love You" | - | 1981 | - |
| "Neutron" | - | 1981 | - |
| "Lay Down Lassie" | - | 1982 | - |
| "Jennifer Juniper" (reissue) | - | 1990 | #68 |
| "Newest Bath Guide" | - | 1992 | - |
| "Atlantis" (reissue) | - | 2001 | - |
| "Happiness Runs" | - | 2005 | - |
Compilations
1960s
- The Real Donovan [U.S.] (1966) #96 U.S.
- Sunshine Superman [UK] (1967) #25 UK
- Universal Soldier [UK] (1967) #5 UK
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven [U.S.] (1967) #60 U.S.
- For Little Ones [U.S.] (1967) #185 U.S.
- Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be [U.S.] (1968) #177 U.S.
- A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan [West Germany] (1969)
- The World of Donovan [UK] (1969)
- Donovan's Greatest Hits (1969) #4 U.S.
- Fairytale [UK] (1969)
- The Best of Donovan [U.S.] (1969) #135 U.S.
1970s
- Donovan P. Leitch [U.S.] (1970) #128 U.S.
- Catch the Wind [UK] (1971)
- Hear Me Now [U.S.] (1971)
- Golden Hour of Donovan [UK] (1971)
- The World of Donovan [U.S.] (1972)
- Colours [UK] (1972)
- Early Treasures [U.S.] (1973)
- The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan [UK] (1975)
- The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan Vol. 2 [UK] (1976)
- Donovan File [UK] (1977)
- Star Discothek: Donovan [West Germany] (circa 1978)
1980s
- Spotlight on Donovan (1981)
- The Best of Donovan [Australia] (1982)
- Minstrel Boy (1983)
- Catch the Wind [UK] (1986)
- Colours [UK] (1987)
- Donovan's Greatest Hits and More (1989)
1990s
- The EP Collection (1990)
- The Collection (1990)
- Colours (1991)
- Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 (1992)
- The Early Years (1993)
- Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom (1993)
- Donovan in Concert (1994)
- Till I See You Again (1994)
- Sunshine Superman (1994)
- Live [Germany] (1995)
- Universal Soldier (1995)
- Definitive Collection [Austria] [Holland] (1995)
- Wonderful Music of Donovan [Portugal] (1996)
- Golden Hits [Holland] [U.S.] (1996)
- Peace and Love Songs [U.S.] (1996)
- Sunshine Superman (1997)
- Performance (1997)
- Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live (1997)
- Mellow (1997)
- Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten [Australia] (1998)
- The Very Best of Donovan (1998)
- Cosmic Wheels (1998)
- Atlantis Calling (1999)
2000s
- Forever Gold (2000)
- Summer Day Reflection Songs (2000)
- Golden Tracks (2000)
- Super Hits (2000)
- Catch the Wind (2000)
- Mellow Yellow/Wear Your Love Like Heaven (2001)
- Colours: Live in Concert (2001)
- The Very Best of Donovan [Germany] (2002)
- The Very Best of Donovan: The Early Years (2002)
- Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan (2002)
- Atlantis [Holland] (2002)
- Storyteller (2003)
- Catch the Wind [UK] (2003)
- The Great Donovan [Australia] (2003)
- To Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan (2005) (Legacy Recordings)
- The Best Of Donovan Sunshine Superman (2006)
Unreleased albums
- Moon in Capricorn
- Celtia
- Lonely hotel
- The minstrel
- country
- cosmo street
- Christmas day
- Eight little fishes / smile in reverse
- The Acetates (1971-1972, Open Road recording sessions, Open Road disbanded before an album was officially finished; some works on this 3 disk collection can be found on later albums, specifically including Beat Cafe)
Tribute albums
- Donovan My Way (Vic Lewis and His Orchestra) (1968)
- The boy with the saffron robe (Vic Lewis and his orchestra)
- Island of Circles (1992)
- A Gift from a Garden to a Flower: A Tribute to Donovan (2002)