Sixty Four

Sixty Four

Infobox Album | Name = Sixty Four
Type = Album
Artist = Donovan


Released = February 2004
Recorded = 1964
Genre = Folk music
Length =
Label = Donovan Discs
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qcouak4kam3n Original album]
Last album = "Pied Piper"
(2002)
This album = "Sixty Four"
(2004)
Next album = "Brother Sun, Sister Moon"
(2004)|

"Sixty Four" is the twenty-first studio album and twenty-sixth album overall from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It is comprised of demo tracks recorded by Donovan in 1964. "Sixty Four" was released in the United States in February 2004 (Donovan Discs).

History

In the summer of 1964, Donovan negotiated his first record contract with Pye Records and recorded several demo songs. At the time, these demos were intended to circulate within the record company and were not intended for public release. The tapes were subsequently archived and their existence was relatively unknown to the public.

When Donovan was assisting with the compilation of his first compact disc boxed set "" in the early 1990's, he gained possession of the original demos. Two of the songs were released on the boxed set; covers of Tim Hardin's "London Town" and Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Co'dine". The remainder of the tapes remained unreleased.

After the release of "Sutras" in 1996, Donovan focused on reorganizing his business around his own website and launching his own independent music label, Donovan Discs. Donovan Discs issued the set of demos as "Sixty Four" exclusively through Donovan's new website. A limited number of copies were signed by Donovan and also sold from the website.

The demo tapes feature an 18 year old Donovan playing guitar and mouth harp. His style is remarkably close to that of both Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, but the songs also feature a distinct style that further developed on Donovan's first two albums, "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" and "Fairytale".

Track listing

#"Crazy 'Bout a Woman" (Jesse Fuller) – 2:42
#"Talkin' Pop Star Blues" (Donovan Leitch) – 3:29
#"Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl) – 2:31
#"Keep on Truckin'" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch) – 2:19
#"Co'dine" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 4:47
#"London Town" (Tim Hardin) – 4:08
#"Isle of Sadness" (Donovan Leitch) – 3:03
#"Darkness of My Night" (Donovan Leitch) – 3:28
#"Freedom Road" (Emerson Harper and Langston Hughes) – 2:06


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