What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid

Infobox Album
Name =What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid
(Catch the Wind, USA-title)
Type =studio
Artist =Donovan


Released =May 14, 1965 (UK)
June 1965 (USA)
Recorded =Feb-Mar 1965, Peer Music, Denmark Street, London
Genre =Folk music
Length = 31:50
Label = Pye NPL18117 (UK)
Hickory LPM 123 (USA)
Producer = Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
Reviews =*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:q9d9ke9t7q7q Original album]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mi7ibkk9aakz 2002 reissue]
*Amazon.com [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005UKLX 2002 reissue]
Last album = --
This album = What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid
(1965)
Next album =Fairytale
(1965)
Misc = Singles
Name = What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid
Type = studio
Single 1 = Catch the Wind" b/w "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?
Single 1 date = March 1965
Single 2 = Josie" b/w "Little Tin Soldier
Single 2 date = Feb 1966
Single 3 = Remember the Alamo" b/w "The Ballad of a Crystal Man
Single 3 date = April 1966, withdrawn
Single 4 = You'll Need Somebody on Your Bond" b/w "The Little Tin Soldier
Single 4 date = November 1965, USA Extra album cover 2
Upper caption =1996 reissue
Type =studio


Lower caption =Sequel Records version ("Catch the Wind") Extra album cover 2
Upper caption =2002 reissue
Type =studio


Lower caption =Sanctuary Records (slipcover)

"What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" is the debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom four days after Donovan's 19th birthday on May 14, 1965 through Pye Records (catalog number NPL 18117). Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, and Geoff Stephens produced the album. "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" was released in the United States as "Catch the Wind" on Hickory Records in June of 1965. Hickory Records changed the title to match that of Donovan's debut single.

History

In late 1964, Peter Eden and Geoff Stephens offered Donovan a recording contract with Pye Records in the United Kingdom. Donovan had performed around Britain and become well known in British folk circles before his record contract. His 1964 demo tapes (released as "Sixty Four" in 2004) show a great resemblance to both Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, which probably prompted the "British answer to Bob Dylan" press line that was subsequently released. "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" is notable because it captures Donovan at a point where his style and vision were starting to significantly diverge from those of Guthrie and Dylan.

The music primarily consists of Donovan singing and playing mouth harp and acoustic guitar, much like his live performances of the time. He still had some vestiges of Woody Guthrie's style, and covers Guthrie's "Riding in My Car (Car Song)" here (retitled "Car Car"). "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" also includes British folk ("Tangerine Puppet") and even some jazz ("Cuttin' Out").

Donovan rerecorded "Catch the Wind" for the album, which was initially released as his debut single in the United Kingdom on March 12, 1965.

Other musicians featured on the album are Brian Locking on bass, Skip Alan (from The Pretty Things) on drums, Gypsy Dave on kazoo.

Reissues

*On September 13, 1968, "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" was reissued in an edited form (Marble Arch Records MAL 795) in the UK. "Car Car" and "Donna Donna" were both removed from the album, possibly because they were not written by Donovan.

*On February 26, 1996, Sequel Records reissued "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" in the U.S. under its U.S. title "Catch the Wind" on compact disc. Three bonus tracks were added to the track listing. The first bonus track, "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" was released as the b-side to Donovan's UK debut single. The second bonus track is the a-side of Donovan's UK debut single. The third bonus track, "Every Man Has His Chain" was originally released on Donovan's "Catch the Wind" EP in France.

*On January 22 2002, Sanctuary Records reissued the complete "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" for the first time on compact disc, although a CD for the U.S. version "Catch the Wind" was released six years earlier. The CD features four bonus tracks. The first two tracks are Donovan's debut single "Catch the Wind" (a different take than the album track) and its b-side "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?". The third bonus track "Every Man Has His Chain" was once a rare track in Donovan's discography, and was originally released on the French EP "Catch the Wind" in 1965. Donovan's second single "Colours" is also released here, in a version different from the one included on the "Fairytale" album.

Track listing

Original album (UK)

Side 1
#"Josie" (Donovan Leitch) – 3:28
#"Catch the Wind" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:56
#"Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers) – 3:04
#"Cuttin' Out" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:19
#"Car Car" (Woody Guthrie) – 1:31
#"Keep on Truckin'" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch) – 1:50Side 2
#"Gold Watch Blues" (Mick Softley) – 2:33
#"To Sing for You" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:45
#"You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch) – 4:04
#"Tangerine Puppet" (Donovan Leitch) – 1:51
#"Donna Donna" (Aaron Zeitlin, Sholom Secunda, Arthur S Kevess, Teddi Schwartz) – 2:56
#"Ramblin' Boy" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:33

1996 Sequel Records CD-reissue (Title: "Catch the Wind")

The original album plus the following bonus tracks:
#"Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:56
#"Catch the Wind" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:18
#"Every Man Has His Chain" (Donovan Leitch) – 2:09

2002 Sanctuary Records CD-reissue

The original album plus the following bonus tracks
#"Catch the Wind" (single version with strings) (Donovan Leitch) – 2:18
#"Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" (single b-side) (Donovan Leitch) – 2:56
#"Every Man Has His Chain" (French EP track) (Donovan Leitch) – 2:12
#"Colours" (single version) (Donovan Leitch) – 2:45

External links

*http://store.sanctuaryrecords.com/060768113220 Sanctuary Records