Donovan Unofficial - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (reissues)

...you're my singer, let me be your song...

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	Wear Your Love Like Heaven Released: December 1967 Label: Epic LN 24349 (mono)/BN 26349 (stereo) Country: USA Format: vinyl LP Track list: Side 1: 01. Wear Your Love Like Heaven 02. Mad John's Escape 03. Skip-A-Long Sam 04. Sun 05. There Was A Time Side 2: 06. Oh Gosh 07. Little Boy In Corduroy 08. Under The Greenwood Tree 09. The Land Of Doesn't Have To Be 10. Someone Singing All tracks by Donovan P. Leitch except track 08 lyrics by William Shakespeare, music by Donovan P. Leitch. Musicians: same as the original Chart: Billboard: 30/12/1967, 15 weeks, reached #60 Cash Box: 9 weeks, reached #57 Record World: 11 weeks, reached #54 Trivia: · Epic Records insisted in releasing both records from A Gift From A Flower To A Garden also as two separate albums in the US. This is the first record, released as Wear Your Love Like Heaven. The second one was released as For Little Ones. This wasn't Donovan's idea: he wanted to release a box set with the two albums. Separately the albums charted #54 and #185, while the box set reached #15. The separate albums didn't chart well as people preferred the nifty box with the beautiful lithographs.

	For Little Ones Released: December 1967 Label: Epic LN 24350 (mono)/BN 26350 (stereo) Country: USA Format: vinyl LP Track list: Side 1: 01. Song Of The Naturalist's Wife 02. The Enchanted Gypsy 03. Voyage Into The Golden Screen 04. Isle Of Islay 05. The Mandolin Man And His Secret 06. Lay Of The Last Tinker Side 2: 07. The Tinker And The Crab 08. Widow With Shawl (A Portrait) 09. The Lullaby Of Spring 10. The Magpie 11. Starfish-On-The-Toast 12. Epistle To Derroll All tracks by Donovan P. Leitch. Musicians: same as the original Chart: 16/01/1968, 3 weeks, reached #185 Trivia: · Epic Records insisted in releasing both records from A Gift From A Flower To A Garden also as two separate albums in the US. The first one was released as Wear Your Love Like Heaven. This issue is the second one, released as For Little Ones. This wasn't Donovan's idea: he wanted to release a box set with the two albums. Separately the albums charted #54 and #185, while the box set reached #15. The separate albums didn't chart well as people preferred the nifty box with the beautiful lithographs.

	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden Released: April 16, 1968 Label: PYE Records NPL 20000 (mono)/NSPL 20000 (stereo) Country: UK Format: double vinyl LP BoxSet Track list: same as the original Musicians: same as the original Chart: 10/05/1968, 14 weeks, reached #13 Trivia: · All tracks are credited to Donovan, but the lyrics to Under The Greenwood Tree are a poem by Willam Shakespeare. · Someone Singing is listed as Someone's Singing.

	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden Released: May 3, 1993 Label: Beat Goes On Records BGO CD194 Country: UK Format: double CD Track list: same as the original Musicians: same as the original Chart: ? Trivia: · This reissue included new artwork by CLE, from St. Ives, Cambridgeshire. They tried to honour the original artwork. · The inner notes were written by John Tobler and included an interview with Donovan about the album, a small article about his success and A Message From Donovan. Also included the lyrics to the songs as well as the original illustrations for the second album, at a very small and poor size. · All tracks are credited to Donovan, but the lyrics to Under The Greenwood Tree are a poem by Willam Shakespeare. · Someone Singing is listed as Someone's Singing.

	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden Released: September 12, 2000 Label: Collectors' Choice Music A 31956 Country: USA Format: double CD Track list: same as the original plus Musicians: same as the original Chart: ?

	Mellow Yellow + Wear Your Love Like Heaven Released: January 16, 2001 Label: Collectables Records COLS 6644 Country: worldwide Format: CD Track list: same as the original plus the Mellow Yellow album track list. Musicians: same as the original Chart: ? Trivia: · This is an mix edition the Mellow Yellow album and the first record of A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, called Wear Your Love Like Heaven.

	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden Released: January 26, 2009 Label: EMI 6788 9 2 Country: UK Format: double CD Track list: same as the original Musicians: same as the original Chart: ? Trivia: this reissue has a cover design never released before.