DONOVAN a.k.a. Donovan Philips Leitch
- August 12, 1984 -
Rennbahngelände Freudenau, Vienna, Austria
** audience 1st gen. analog, MWM 0183 **
>> A SHORT but EXCELLENT SOUNDING PERFORMANCE -
first time out of our archives - UNCIRCULATED ? << with samples
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- Leo
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About this concert:
Found this short recording as filler on one of our old tapes.
No further story to tell, except it was another trade with "RG"
(famous for, inter alia, his Jimi Hendrix recordings...) and
his great group of nice and truly friendy maniacs...read more
about the "New Advanced Vienna Taper Section" here:
EIRE APPARENT - January 22, 1969 - Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=295084
FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT OF THE ARCHIVE,
COMPLETELY UNTRADED & UNALTERED - PLEASE ENJOY!
DONOVAN (the artist)
Rennbahngelände Freudenau (the venue...open air this time)
Vienna (the city)
Austria (the country)
August 12, 1984 (the date)
Vienna (German: Wien; Austro-Bavarian: Wean) is the capital of the Republic
of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary
city, with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the metropolitan
area, more than 25% of Austria's population), and is by far the largest city in
Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th
largest city by population in the European Union. Vienna is host to many major
international organizations such as the United Nations and OPEC. Vienna lies in
the east of Austria and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
http://www.freudenau.at/
http://www.cusoon.at/galopprennbahn-freudenau
as far as we know NONE of this torrent was used commercially...
the complete recording:
all songs by Donovan unless otherwise specified.
01. Sunshine Superman 3:07.17
02. ...thank you/tuning... 1:29.09
03. Colours 4:35.25
04. There Is A Mountain 3:32.56
05. Mellow Yellow 5:13.31
06. Atlantis 3:54.37
total: 21:52.25 minutes
the musician:
Donovan Philips Leitch - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
lineage:
recorded by RG (or one of his friends), audience to analog tape
the recording:
unknown microphone > unknown portable Cassette-Recorder (without any NoiseReduction) > unknown cassette type
the snail mail trade (fall 1984...):
Cassette Master > Unknown Cassette Deck Transfer (NO HIGH SPEED DUBBING, NO DOLBY) > 1st gen. Cassette
(BASF CR-S II 90 - chromdioxid super II, 1-7/8ips High Bias Type II, EQ 70us, 135 meter tape)
the transfer:
My 1st. gen. tape > > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 (manual playback head azimuth aligned ! No NoiseReduction) >
> Analog Cable (coax) > Behringer SRC-2496 Ultramatch Pro
(Ultra-high-resolution 24-Bit/96 kHz A/D & D/A and Sample Rate Converter & Dropouts-/Jitter Remover) >
> converted to 16 bit, SP 44,1 kHz > > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) >
> Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI - Dolby Digital Live Soundcard with C-Media CMI8768 Soundprocessor Chip, digital S/P-DIF in >
> Motherboard with AMD Multicore Processor, Serial ATA Interface > CD Wave (recording) >
> Harddisc Western Digital with Thermaltake HD Cooler (EVER had a HardDisc burnout ??) >
> lonetaper's secret box of miracles # > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME
# RAW FILES - so NO additional NoiseReduction or EQ'ing was used here,
and none of those compressors, Sonic Maximizers or other psychoacoustic
processors - just some of the instrumental plug-ins reduced , balanced
the stereo channels (just a touch) and finally normalized. The only
further addition to the RAW files was a short fade-in and, at the end, a
fade-out - in the audience applause, so truly NO MUSIC was harmed or lost.
this upload here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archives.
if you want to know more about, check the old uploads...lotta stuff to read !
And if there's some interest, maybe there is MORE TO COME...
it just depends on YOUR demeanor, and lotta useful comments ;-)
Donovan Leitch was born near Glasgow, but moved down to St. Albans as a child. He was 'discovered'
by his managers-to-be on the South coast folk scene in 1964. He came to national prominence in
March 1965 when his first single, "Catch The Wind" charted in the wake of a three-week residency
on TV's "Ready Steady Go!". An equally successful second single, "Colours", an album, and the
"Universal Soldier" EP put the 18-year-old singer squarely in the folk camp, an image that was
re-enforced by peaked cap, denims, and motto-bearing acoustic guitar.
In late 1965, Donovan hooked up with manager Allen Klein and a new producer, Mickie Most (who
also worked with the Animals, Herman's Hermits, and Lulu), who steered the young singer away
from acoustic folk and into psychedelic pop.
Some critics suggested that the early Donovan was just a poor imitation of Dylan, but his second album,
"Fairy-tale", saw him in transition to a more distinctive style. Alongside further folk offerings were
meditative pastoral songs like "Jersey Thursday" and the jazz-influenced "Sunny Goodge Street".
That was to be Donovan's last U.K. release for nearly fourteen months. Legal and managerial problems
were to blame and the situation was exacerbated by his decision to work with Mickie Most, an independent
producer whose work was generally licensed to EMI in Britain, not Donovan's label, Pye. But in the
States the hassles were ironed out by the spring of 1966 and the first collaboration with Most,
"Sunshine Superman" was released there in the summer. At home, the negotiations dragged on and the
single did not appear until the end of the year.
The period between 1966 and 1969 was to produce Donovan's most original and enduring body of work.
For early sessions, he was sometimes assisted by John Cameron, whose tasteful arrangements avoided
the excesses of many contemporary musical directors. Further input came from top sessionmen like
Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, as well as seasoned jazz and folk players like flautist Harold McNair
and bassist Danny Thompson. Drawing inspiration from jazz, blues and the traditional music of the
British Isles - and generally featuring the guitar-dominated sound typical of the era - Donovan
created music that put him at the forefront of the rock scene for a heady couple of years.
"Sunshine Superman" was one of the earliest, and finest, examples of psychedelic pop, and there
were plenty of songs of equal worth on the U.S. album of the same title. His next U.S. album,
"Mellow Yellow", (containing a Paul McCartney cameo), saw Donovan incorporating vaudeville and
more overt jazz elements, as well as simplifying his lyrical approach and reaffirming his enthusiasm
for all things pastoral. But because of the delay in the release of the "Sunshine Superman" single
in the U.K., these two albums were condensed into one set for the home market, and several
U.S. singles went unreleased there.
Donovan's next album, "A Gift From A Flower To A Garden", was released virtually simultaneously
on both sides of the Atlantic. This lavish boxed double album marked a further simplification in
Donovan's approach and it epitomised that brief period of love, peace and naivety often referred
to as 'flower power'. Donovan had flung himself into the spirit of the times with such enthusiasm
that he was disadvantaged when the competition moved towards a more progressive style of rock at
odds with the singles chart.
Adopting a heavier approach, the "Hurdy Gurdy Man", featuring Jeff Beck on guitar, found Donovan
harking back temporarily to the psych sound of the "Sunshine Superman" album. Subsequent singles
like "Atlantis" and "Barabajagal" placed him in the rock mainstream, rather than at its cutting edge.
Donovan and Most parted company in 1969, and though the singer was able to sustain his albums success
into the early Seventies, the hit singles had dried up. A reunion with Most on the album,"Cosmic Wheels"
gave Donovan his last commercial success on an international scale.
After a while though, his full-length efforts began to sound unduly repetitive and overly florid.
By the end of the Sixties, Donovan had begun to fade and struggle for relevancy.
Around 1970, he had achieved everything he could have possibly dreamed of. There was nowhere else to go.
Donovan walked onto a BA jet in Tokyo and out of a tax plan called a "drop-out year" where he was going
to earn millions. It had ended. He came home to his cottage in England, married Linda Lawrence, his
great love and teenage muse, and walked away from fame, the Rolls Royce, and the mansion.
They went to Joshua Tree in the California desert for much of the '70s and brought up the children
as an alternative family. In '83, he stopped making records completely.
By 1990, Donovan had gone into the studio again and started recording ideas. Producer Rick Rubin had
been working with Tom Petty, who was playing one of Donovan's songs. Rick said, "I've always wanted
to record Donovan." Petty said, "Why don't you phone him up?" So he did. The result was a new album,
released in 1996, called "Sutras" and a world wide tour.
January, 2004 saw the release of another album called "1964", which features recordings of Donovan
from that year, made before his string of hit records. The collection shows his early guitar work and
command of folk-blues traditions, including originals written and recorded by the age of eighteen.
A new studio album called "Beat Café" was also in the works for mid summer of '04. In 2005, Donovan
was still touring the United States.
In a way, Donovan embodied his era, his best work matches any British music of the mid-Sixties.
Certainly he wasn't as deep as Dylan, but the acoustic tracks he recorded in the mid-'60s, were
affecting, thoughtful, and tuneful, especially considering he was still in his teens at the time.
http://www.classicbands.com/donovan.html
PLEASE support the artist - and buy all his available stuff...
Check out his websites on the net - THERE'S PLENTY TO FIND !
http://www.donovan.ie/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan
http://donovan-unofficial.com/