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DONOVAN

 An icon of flower power who emerged as a folksinger but later gained hits like "Sunshine Superman"  with bright psychedelic pop. Upon his emergence during the mid-'60s, Donovan was anointed  "Britain's answer to Bob Dylan," a facile but largely unfounded comparison which compromised  the Scottish folk-pop troubadour's own unique vision. Where the thrust of Dylan's music remains  its bleak introspection and bitter realism, Donovan fully embraced the wide-eyed optimism of the  flower power movement, his ethereal, ornate songs radiating a mystical beauty and childlike wonder;  for better or worse, his recordings remain quintessential artifacts of the psychedelic era,  capturing the peace and love idealism of their time to perfection "SUNSHINE SUPERMAN" Produced by Mickie Most 1966     LP     EPIC RECORDS     LN 24217   MONO PRINTED IN U.S.A.     ORIGINAL PRESSING   PROMOTIONAL COPY (sticker) SINGLE SLEEVE THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE) NOTES: sticker on front "PROMOTIONAL ALBUM   COLUMBIA SPECIAL PRODUTS A Service of Columbia Records" Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: none LABEL: EPIC -  YELLOW LABEL - BLACK TEXT Catalog on cover: LN 24217     Catalog on labels: LN 24217  XEM 115111 / LN 24217  XEM 115112 Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): o XEM115111-1A  P Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): o XEM115112-1B  P On labels: rim text reads 'Epic. Marcas Reg. T.M. Printed In U.S.A.' NONBREAKABLE Produced by Mickie Most On back cover: Notes + Tracklist ® "EPIC," Marca Reg. T.M. Printed in U.S.A. tracklisting Side 1: SUNSHINE SUPERMAN - LEGEND OF A GIRL CHILD LINDA THREE KING FISHERS - FERRIS WHEEL - BERT'S BLUES Side 2: SEASON OF THE WITCH - THE TRIP - GUINEVERE THE FAT ANGEL - CELESTE grading RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description) SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description) Paced by the title track, one of Donovan's best singles, 1966's Sunshine Superman heralded the coming psychedelic age with a new world/old world bent: several ambitious psychedelic productions and a raft of wistful folk songs. Producer Mickie Most fashioned a new sound for the Scottish folksinger, a sparse, swinging, bass-heavy style perfectly complementing Donovan's enigmatic lyrics and delightfully skewed, beatnik delivery. The two side-openers, "Sunshine Superman" and "Season of the Witch," are easily the highlights of the album; the first is the quintessential bright summer sing-along, the second a chugging eve-of-destruction tale. The rest of Sunshine Superman is filled with lengthy, abstract, repetitive folk jams, perfect for lazy summer afternoons, but more problematic when close attention is paid. Accompanied by acoustic guitar and a chamber quartet, the second track, "Legend of a Girl Child Linda," plods on for nearly seven minutes, Donovan's hippie-dippie delivery rendering "lace" into "layyyzzz." After that notable low point, he performs much better, tingling a few spines with his enunciation on the ancient-sounding folksongs "Guinevere," "Three King Fishers," and "Ferris Wheel." Elsewhere, he salutes the Jefferson Airplane on "The Fat Angel" and fellow British folkie Bert Jansch on "Bert's Blues"...(AllMusic)