* The Donovan Scrapbook *

last updated: 5th July 1999

compiled and maintained by John McIver
this file is (c) John McIver 1995-2000
please send any corrections/additions to john@sabotage.demon.co.uk

produced with help from:
Rebecca Buck, Ivan Kocmarek, Jeffrey Marshall, Mark Moriarty,
Randy Reeves, Don Stout and Kathleen Waligura


List of Articles
  1. Donovan--contract & tour
    Record Mirror - 13th March 1965

  2. Donovan -- LP in May and Sullivan Show in US
    Record Mirror - 27th March 1965

  3. Donovan song for Things next disc
    Record Mirror - 27th March 1965

  4. "ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF DONOVAN"
    Record Mirror - 27th March 1965

  5. DONOVAN AT 5; DYLAN AT 13
    BOB DYLAN LEAPS TO NO. 13 AS CHART HOTS UP
    Melody Maker - 3rd April 1965

  6. It's been a hard day's riot! NEW!
    New Musical Express - April 1965

  7. NO COMPARISON
    Record Mirror - 1st May 1965

  8. BOB DYLAN and Donovan met this week
    Melody Maker - 5th May 1965

  9. DONOVAN REVIEWS NEW DYLAN ALBUM!
    Record Mirror - 15th May 1965

  10. DONOVAN AND DYLAN AGAIN
    Melody Maker - 29th May 1965

  11. review of the single Colours/To Sing for You (Pye 15866)
    Record Mirror - 29th May 1965

  12. In The Shadow of Dylan
    Rave magazine; Issue #17 - June 1965

  13. POETRY FROM DONOVAN
    Record Mirror; No. 223 - 19th June 1965

  14. Donovan's new one is beautiful!
    Disc Weekly - 14th August 1965

  15. The HIP INNOCENCE of SUNSHINE SUPERMAN
    Hit Parader - March 1967

  16. DONOVAN TRIPS THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
    Hit Parader - April 1967

  17. “I'M NOT A REBEL ANYMORE” says DONOVAN....
    Hit Parader - May 1967

  18. DONOVAN, at home & under the sea.
    Hit Parader - August 1967

  19. `MY MAGIC FLOWS IN MY BLOOD' NEW!
    New Musical Express - Friday 16th December 1967

  20. DONOVAN'S DOUBLE ALBUM FULLY REVIEWED
    New Musical Express - Friday 2nd March 1968

  21. The strange world of Donovan
    Disc and Music Echo - 22nd June 1968

  22. Everything in Donovan's Garden is Lovely
    rave! - June 1968, p.51-52

  23. NEW DONOVAN IN CONCERT LP
    Record Mirror ??? - 1968?

  24. DONOVAN BACKSTAGE
    Hit Parader - October 1968

  25. Coming Down From The Clouds
    Hit Parader - December 1968

  26. The Wind Rises And The Tide Goes Out
    Hit Parader - January 1969

  27. review of the album Open Road by Jonathan Eisen
    Circus magazine - October 1970

  28. snippet of a review of the album Essence To Essence NEW!
    Record Collector magazine; Issue 236 - April 1999

  29. Only Donovan Knows What To Do With Your Broken Heart
    Zoo World - 2nd January 1975

  30. The Pied Piper of Flower Power is Back
    (The St. Louis) Phonograph Record Magazine - February 1975

  31. Donovan: on the road to a major comeback?
    Music Week - 12th November 1977

  32. Donovan
    Donovan Tour Programme - September 1981
    later re-printed with slight changes in Issue 1 of Donovan's Friends

  33. Donovan by John Lindley NEW!
    Record Collector magazine; Issue 44 - April 1983

  34. From Dylan imitation to pure psychedelia
    The History of Rock, 5, 57, London, Orbis Publishing, 1983

  35. introduction to Donovan from Pat Hehir?
    Donovan's Friends; Issue 1 - circa 1984?
    later re-printed with slight changes to form the top half of the Friends membership form

  36. DONOVAN
    Donovan's Friends; Issue 1 - circa 1984?
    originally printed in Donovan's September 1981 tour programme

  37. KATE BUSH meets `the lord of the reedy river'
    Donovan's Friends; Issue 1 - circa 1984?

  38. Dylan: Idol who a-changed the times
    The Mail on Sunday - 1st July 1984

  39. No distance from Donovan
    The Toronto Sun - Thursday 23rd August 1984

  40. DONOVAN GROWS UP
    Daily News - 7th December 1984

  41. Stardust Memories
    Q magazine; Issue 24 - September 1988

  42. Donovan: Sunshine Superman by Lorne Murdoch NEW!
    Record Collector magazine; Issue 113 - January 1989

  43. review of Greatest Hits ... And More by Johnny Black NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  44. review of The EP Collection by Colin Shearman NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  45. review of Donovan Rising by Peter Kane NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  46. review of The Collection by John Bauldie NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  47. review of The Trip by Martin Aston NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  48. review of the box set Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 by Bruce Eder
    Goldmine - 16th October 1992

  49. the Goldmine article
    Goldmine - 13th November 1992

  50. review of the CD re-issue of A Gift From A Flower To A Garden by Peter Kane
    Q magazine; Issue 86 - November 1993

  51. review of the album One Night in Time by Janet Butler
    Donovan's Friends; Issue 8 - circa 1994?

  52. review of the album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden by Jo Dumbrill
    Donovan's Friends; Issue 8 - circa 1994?

  53. review of Cosmic Wheels by John Crosby NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  54. review of the box set Four Donovan Originals by Tom Hibbert
    MOJO magazine; Issue 14 - January 1995

  55. review of Four Donovan Originals by Dave Henderson NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  56. report on Donovan's 25th wedding anniversary
    Hello magazine - August 1995

  57. The Vulture Picks Over The Bones of Contemporary Culture
    The Sunday Times Magazine - November 1995

  58. There's still a place for Donovan
    San Francisco Examiner - 13th December 1995

  59. Donovan: The Hurdy Gurdy Man Returns
    BAM magazine - 9th February 1996

  60. JOHN PEEL'S Family Album
    Radio Times - 9th February 1996

  61. An Apostle of Love Returns As a Pop Mystic
    The New York Times - Sunday 13th October 1996

  62. review of Sutras by Sylvie Simmons
    MOJO magazine; Issue 36 - November 1996

  63. Short Takes: Donovan NEW!
    Record Collector magazine; Issue 207 - November 1996

  64. review of Sutras by David Hepworth
    Q magazine; Issue 123 - December 1996

  65. review of Sutras by Sam Upton NEW!
    Select magazine; December 1996

  66. HOW TO BUY . . . Donovan NEW!
    MOJO magazine; Issue 49 - December 1997

  67. review of H.M.S. Donovan by Martin Aston NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue ?

  68. American fights closure NEW!
    MOJO magazine; Issue 51 - February 1998

  69. question about Donovan's career from a Q reader NEW!
    Q magazine; Issue 140 - May 1998

  70. section about Donovan from article about UK psychedelia by Nigel Lees NEW!
    Record Collector magazine; Issue 232 - December 1998

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