In the early 1970s, Donovan's sales dropped. I think his songwriting remained strong, but also more inconsistent. This concert took place shortly after the release of his 1974 album "7-Tease." That was one of his weaker albums from the time, but it still had some good songs, like the first one here, "Rock and Roll Souljer." Three more songs, "Salvation Stomp," "How Silly," and "The Ordinary Family," also come from that album.
One highlight here is a cover song, "Travelling Light." On the same day Donovan was taping this TV episode, John Sebastian and David Bromberg were taping a joint episode for the show as well, as Donovan's finished. So Donovan had them join him on that song.
Note that Donovan's episode was shared by Dave Mason, who separately performed a short set. That's why this is well short of an hour long. I would have included the Mason part, except I haven't been able to find it in worthy sound quality. If anyone does have it, please let me know so I can add it in.
The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is pretty good. One banter track has "[Edit]" in its title. That's because there were some loud bursts of static while Donovan was talking for a few seconds. However, I was able to use the MVSEP program to get rid of nearly all the static.
This album is 34 minutes long.
01 Rock and Roll Souljer (Donovan)
02 Catch the Wind (Donovan)
03 talk (Donovan)
04 Salvation Stomp (Donovan)
05 Lalena (Donovan)
06 talk (Donovan)
07 How Silly (Donovan)
08 There Is a Mountain (Donovan)
09 talk (Donovan)
10 The Ordinary Family (Donovan)
11 talk (Donovan)
12 Travelling Light (Donovan with John Sebastian & David Bromberg)
13 talk [Edit] (Donovan)
14 Happiness Runs (Donovan)
15 Colours (Donovan)
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https://bestfile.io/en/Khwj7OiyMBiHbr1/file
The cover image is a screenshot taken from this exact concert.
Awesome, thank you so much!Does a recording exist of the John Sebastian concert?
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, it does, as a joint episode with David Bromberg. Since you're interested, I'll try to post that sooner rather than later.
DeleteThat does sound super cool, thank you
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