territory: U.S.
release date: May 1976 ???
label: Epic Records
catalogue number(s):

duration: 39.21 ???
producer(s): Donovan
comment: Donovan's 13th studio album

Side 1

1. Dark-eyed Blue Jean Angel (3.50)
2. Cryin' Shame (4.29)
3. The Mountain (3.32) [Derroll Adams]
4. Children of the World (3.22)
5. My Love is True (Love Song) (3.41) [Derroll Adams]

1. A Well Known Has-been (7.25)
2. Black Widow (5.44)
3. Slow Down World (4.22)
4. Liberation Rag (2.56)

Timings are from the U.K. issue record label and any subsequent observations may only be relevant to the U.K. issue of the album.

Commentary

The front cover shows a picture of Donovan dressed in long robers, leaning on a stick. Behind him is a green splurge and the planet Saturn. Above him is `Donovan' in green LCD writing and `Slow Down World' hand-written in an orange-brown colour, which also serves as the colour of the album's border.

The lyrics are listed in the same song order as the track listing, but A Well Known Has-been has been swapped around with Cryin' Shame. Maybe this was a last minute change-around and the back cover text was not corrected.

The photography is by Patrine Mitchum, with the cover prepared by (John?) Kosh under the art direction by Ron Coro.

After the lyrics there is a dedication: `to the queen of Venus' and the last line of text on the back cover is presumably a little message from Donovan: `Use this album before the next century'.

This album has not been re-issued on CD, so at the moment, the only track that is available on CD is Dark-eyed Blue Jean Angel on Troubadour.

Discrepancies

• Dark-eyed Blue Jean Angel is listed as Dark Eyed Blue Jean Angel in the lyrics on the back of the U.K. LP
• the U.K. record label lists The Mountain as being composed by Donovan but the back of the LP says it is composed by Derroll Adams

Miscellaneous

• Musician contractor - Olivia Paige
• Silent supervisor and inspiration - Jim Keltner
• Personal assistants to the artist - Anthony Foutz and Stewart Lawrence

Details for Collectors

Yellow label with black text
Epic Records logo

Record: S EPC 86011
Side 1: S EPC 86011 A
  runout groove on my copy: EPC.S.86011.A2   and   EPC S 81371 A2 (crossed out)   and   a tiny therefore sign (three dots)   and   1
  (with the last two diametrically opposite each other)
Side 2: S EPC 86011 B
  runout groove on my copy: EPC.S.86011.B2   and   EPC S 81371 B2 (crossed out)   and   a tiny therefore sign (three dots)   and   four scratches in a line
  (with the last two diametrically opposite each other)