Rising (Donovan album)
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| Live album by Donovan | |||||
| Released | November 1990 | ||||
| Recorded | 1971 – 1981 | ||||
| Genre | folk | ||||
| Length | 62:01 | ||||
| Label | Great Northern Arts, Ltd. (UK) | ||||
| Producer | Unknown | ||||
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| The Classics Live | |||||
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Rising is the third live album, and twentieth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The live versions of Donovan's hits guaranteed that Rising would receive a release in both the United States and United Kingdom. Rising was retitled The Classics Live in the United States and 25 Years in Concert in Europe for marketing reasons. Since the release of Rising, there have been many reissues of the songs from the album under many different titles (see release history below).
Rising was supposedly recorded sporadically from 1982 through 1986 at various live concerts during different world tours. However after careful research the songs on the album came from are revealed as a U.S. tour in 1971 and from the Cambirdge Folk festival of 1981.Although vinyl copies of the album exist, Rising is the first Donovan album to initially be released on CD.
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[edit] History
Although Donovan's albums had all but disappeared from the British and American markets by the early 1980s, his live appearances still attracted large audiences. Donovan toured constantly throughout this time, performing throughout North America and Europe. According to the Rising liner notes, Donovan's friend Pat recorded many of these performances for Mellow Records however this is unlikely due the fact is was recorded before they were in contact.
The setlists from these shows features a mixture of Donovan's international hits from the 1960s and relatively more obscure tracks from his later albums. Like most of Donovan's live performances, there is sparse instrumentation accompanying Donovan's vocals, including flute, acoustic guitar, bass. Rising features two traditional songs ("Young But Growing" and "Stealing") and one original song ("Love Will Find a Way") that were not released on any previous Donovan album.
In 2001, Rising was expanded to a two CD set as Rising Again.
[edit] Album origins of tracks
The following is a list explaining the original releases of each song. Tracks that were previously unreleased are noted with *, followed by explanations of their origin.
- "Jennifer Juniper" (single a-side, released February 1968)
- "Catch the Wind" (single a-side, released March 1965)
- "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" (single a-side, released May 1968)
- "Sunshine Superman" (single a-side, released July 1966, USA)
- "Sadness" (from 7-Tease, released November 1974)
- "Universal Soldier" (from the Universal Soldier EP, released August 15, 1965)
- "Cosmic Wheels" (from Cosmic Wheels, released March 1973)
- "Atlantis" (single a-side, released November 1968)
- "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" (single a-side, released December 1967)
- "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (from Barabajagal)
- "Colours" (single a-side, released May 28, 1965)
- "Young Girl Blues" (from Mellow Yellow, released March 1967)
- "Young But Growing"* (no studio version released)
- "Stealing"* (no studio version released)
- "Sailing Homeward" (from Essence to Essence, released December 1973)
- "Love Will Find a Way"* (no studio version released)
- "Laleña" (single, released October 1968)
- "Make Your Mind Up" (released as "Life is a Merry-Go-Round" on Essence to Essence)
[edit] Track listing
All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.
[edit] Original album
- "Jennifer Juniper" – 2:25
- "Catch the Wind" – 2:50
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 6:04
- "Sunshine Superman" – 3:57
- "Sadness" – 2:56
- "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:49
- "Cosmic Wheels" – 4:05
- "Atlantis" – 3:06
- "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – 2:17
- "To Susan On The West Coast Waiting" – 1:39
- "Colours" – 2:29
- "Young Girl Blues" – 5:01
- "Young But Growing" (traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 3:41
- "Stealing" (traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 4:10
- "Sailing Homeward" – 3:04
- "Love Will Find A Way" – 2:44
- "Laleña" – 3:16
- "Make Your Mind Up" – 5:28
[edit] Release history
A list of reissues
| Region | Date | Title | Label | Catalog |
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| UK | November 1990 | Rising | Great Northern Arts, Ltd. | GNA 61007-002 |
| US | November 1990 | The Classics Live | Permanent Records | PERM LP 2 |
| Netherlands | 25 Years in Concert | Dino Music | DNCD 1253 | |
| 1994 | Donovan in Concert (last two tracks missing) | Digimode Records | ||
| July 10, 2001 | Colours: Live in Concert | Music Deluxe | 6 | |
| April 7, 1998 | The Very Best of Donovan | Artful Records | Artful 5 | |
| Germany | 1995 | Live | Mastertone | CD 10045 |
| August 19, 1997 | Performance | Beacon | 51584 | |
| October 21, 1997 | Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live | Laserlight Records | 12976 | |
| November 3, 1998 | Cosmic Wheels | Mastertone Records | 8354 |
