Donovan "Essence To Essence" (1973) -Contemporary Folk-

Label : Epic Records

 Side One

01 - Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth (Donovan Leitch)
02 - Lazy Daze (Donovan Leitch)
03 - Life Goes On (Donovan Leitch)
04 - There Is An Ocean (Donovan Leitch)
05 - The Dignity Of Man (Donovan Leitch)

Side Two

01 - Yellow Star (Donovan Leitch)
02 - The Divine Daze Of Deathless Delight (Donovan Leitch)
03 - Boy For Every Girl (Donovan Leitch)
04 - St. Valentine Angel (Donovan Leitch)
05 - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round (Donovan Leitch)
06 - Sailing Homeward (Donovan Leitch)


Produced by Andrew Oldham
Recorded Between September The First to October The Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred & Seventh Three at Morgan Studios, England
Engineered by Bob Lobb
With The Assistance of :
Mike Bobas & David Harris
Mixed down at Syncron, Connecticut
Members of the 'Pop Arts Strings & Horns' gathered together in one place by David Katz


Side One

01 - Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth

Drums : Jim Gordon
Bass : Carl Radle
Electric Guitar : Peter Frampton
Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan
Electric Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Percussion : Jim Gordon

02 - Lazy Daze

Drums : Jim Gordon
Bass : Carl Radle
Electric Guitar : Peter Frampton
Accordion : Jack Emblow
Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan & Bobby Whitlock
Percussion : Jim Gordon
Organ : Bobby Whitlock
Harmonica : Donovan

03 - Life Goes On

Drums : Jim Gordon
Bass : Carl Radle
Electric Guitar : Peter Frampton
Percussion : Jim Gordon
Congas : Jim Gordon
Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Strings : Andrew Powell

04 - There Is An Ocean

Bass Fiddle : Danny Thompson
Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan
Accordion : Jack Emblow

05 - The Dignity Of Man

Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan
Percussion : Ray Cooper & Russ Kunkel
Strings : Andrew Powell
Electric Guitar : Danny Kortchmar
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Piano : Craig Doerge

Side Two

01 - Yellow Star

Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan
Clarinet : Jean Roussel
Percussion : Jim Gordon
Bass : Alan Spenner
Drums : Denny Seiwell
Lead Guitar : Henry McCullough

02 - The Divine Daze Of Deathless Delight

Drums : Bruce Rowlands
Bass : Paul Ossola
Electric Guitar : Neil Hubbard
Electric Guitar : Doug Schlink
Strings : Nicky Harrison
Koto : Simon Jeffes
Percussion : Ray Cooper
Ace Flute : Chris Nicholls
Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan

03 - Boy For Every Girl

Dobro Guitar : Danny Kortchmar
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Piano & Harpsichord : Craig Doerge
Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan
Percussion : Ray Cooper
Strings : Andrew Powell
Horns : Andrew Powell
Lead Guitar : Steve Marriot
Back Up Vocals : The Scratch Band

04 - St. Valentine Angel

Drums : Denny Seiwell
Bass : Paul Ossola
Electric Guitar : Doug Schlink
Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Acoustic Guitar : Neil Hubbard
Lead Guitar : Henry McCullough
Vocals : Donovan
Strings : Del Newman
Piano : Jean Roussel

05 - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round

Vocals : Donovan
Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Electric Guitar : Danny Kortchmar
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Piano : Craig Doerge
Conga : Russ Kunkel
Tabla : Jim Gordon
Gemshorn : Andrew Powell

06 - Sailing Homeward

Acoustic Guitar : Donovan
Vocals : Donovan
Piano : Carole King
Woodwinds : Tom Scott
Strings : Andrew Powell