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Rising (Donovan album)
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| Live album by Donovan | ||||
| Released | November 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–1981 | |||
| Genre | folk | |||
| Length | 62:01 | |||
| Label | Permanent Records (UK) | |||
| Producer | Patrick Hehir | |||
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| The Classics Live | ||||
US release (Great Northern Arts, Ltd.)
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| 25 Years in Concert | ||||
Netherlands release (CD + LP)
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Rising is the third live album, and twentieth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released on Permanent Records[1] in 1990 (LP and CD). The live versions of Donovan's hits guaranteed that Rising would receive a release in both the United States and United Kingdom. Rising was retitled The Classics Live in the United States, 25 Years in Concert in Europe and Atlantis in the UK for marketing reasons. Since the release of Rising, there have been many reissues of the songs from the album under many different titles (see release history below).
Rising was supposedly recorded sporadically from 1982 through 1986 at various live concerts during different world tours. However after careful research the songs on the album came from are revealed as a U.S. tour in 1971 and from the Cambridge Folk Festival of 1981.
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History
Although Donovan's albums had all but disappeared from the British and American markets by the early 1980s, his live appearances still attracted large audiences. Donovan toured constantly throughout this time, performing throughout North America and Europe. According to the Rising liner notes, Donovan's friend Pat recorded many of these performances for Mellow Records however, this is unlikely, due the fact is was recorded before they were in contact.The majority of tracks had been recorded in the early 1970's for a Live album. The line up of musicians for many of these songs where with Donovan during his 1971 US tour-long before Donovan had met Patrick Hehir [2]
The setlists from these shows features a mixture of Donovan's international hits from the 1960s and relatively more obscure tracks from his later albums. Like most of Donovan's live performances, there is sparse instrumentation accompanying Donovan's vocals, including flute, acoustic guitar, bass. Rising features two traditional songs ("Young But Growing" and "Stealing") and one original song ("Love Will Find a Way") that were not released on any previous Donovan album.
In 2001, Rising was expanded to a two CD set as Rising Again.
Track listing
All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.
"Young But Growing", "Stealing" and "Love Will Find a Way" are previously unreleased songs. All recordings previously unreleased except for "Sadness" and "Universal Soldier" (see Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973)[3]
Original album
- "Jennifer Juniper" – 2:25
- "Catch the Wind" – 2:50
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 6:04
- "Sunshine Superman" – 3:57
- "Sadness" – 2:56
- "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:49
- "Cosmic Wheels" – 4:05
- "Atlantis" – 3:06
- "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – 2:17
- "To Susan On the West Coast Waiting" – 1:39
- "Colours" – 2:29
- "Young Girl Blues" – 5:01
- "Young But Growing" (traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 3:41
- "Stealing" (traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 4:10
- "Sailing Homeward" – 3:04
- "Love Will Find a Way" – 2:44
- "Laléna" – 3:16
- "Make Up Your Mind" (CD bonus track) – 5:28
Further song information
- "Sadness" (the studio version was released on 7-Tease, November 1974)
- "Young Girl Blues" (the studio version was released on Mellow Yellow, March 1967)
- "Sailing Homeward" (the studio version was released on Essence to Essence, December 1973)
- "Make Up Your Mind" (The studio version of was released as "Life is a Merry-Go-Round" on Essence to Essence)
Personnel
- Donovan – Guitar, Harmonica, Composer, Vocals
- Patrick Hehir – Producer, Engineer
- Paul Horn – Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone
- Peter Mark – Viola
- Barbara Nessim – Illustrations, Cover Design
- Danny Thompson – Bass
Release history
A list of reissues[4]
| Region | Date | Title | Label | Catalog |
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| UK | November 1990 | Rising | Permanent Records[1] | PERM LP 2 (LP)/ PERM CD 2 (CD) / PERM MC 2 (MC) |
| US | November 1990 | The Classics Live | Great Northern Arts, Ltd. (New York City) | GNA 61007-002 |
| Netherlands | 1991 | 25 Years in Concert[5] | Dino Music | DNCD 1253 (CD)/DNLP 1253 (Vinyl LP) |
| 1994 | Donovan in Concert (last two tracks missing) | Digimode Entertainment | ||
| Belgium | 1994 | In Concert[6] | All At Once | HP 93432 |
| UK | 1994 | Atlantis [7] | K Point Gold | 1621.1009-2 |
| July 10, 2001 | Colours: Live in Concert | Music Deluxe | 6 | |
| April 7, 1998 | The Very Best of Donovan | Artful Records | Artful 5 | |
| Germany | 1995 | Live | Mastertone | CD 10045 |
| August 19, 1997 | Performance | Beacon | 51584 | |
| October 21, 1997 | Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live | Laserlight Records | 12976 | |
| November 3, 1998 | Cosmic Wheels | Mastertone Records | 8354 |
References
- ^ a b Permanent Records discography at Discogs
- ^ http://donovan-unofficial.com/music/albums/rising.html
- ^ "Rising". Donovan Unofficial. http://donovan-unofficial.com/music/albums/rising.html. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ^ Rising Reissues - Donovan Unofficial Site
- ^ Donovan: 25 Years in Concert
- ^ Donovan: In Concert (All At Once, 1994)
- ^ Donovan: Atlantis (K Point Gold, 1994)
External links
- Rising - Donovan Unofficial Site
- Allmusic review: The Classics Live, by Nathan Bush
link - Allmusic review
The Very Best of Donovan [Artful] - Allmusic review link Performance
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