Early Treasures

Infobox Album |
Name = Early Treasures
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Donovan


Released = 1973
Recorded = 1965
Genre = folk
Length =
Label = Bell Records
Producer = Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
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Last album = "Colours"
(1972)
This album = "Early Treasures"
(1973)
Next album = "Cosmic Wheels"
(1973) |

"Early Treasures" is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States (Bell 1135) in 1973.

History

By 1973, Bell Records acquired the rights to release Donovan's Pye Records catalog in the United States. These rights originally belonged to Hickory Records and later to Janus Records, the latter issuing "Donovan P. Leitch" in 1970 and "Hear Me Now" in 1971.

Bell Records assembled Donovan's best known songs from the 1965 recordings and released it as "Early Treasures" in 1973. The album cover featured Donovan in a white robe reminiscent of his "Essence to Essence" album from the same year. This, like the album covers of "Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be" and "The Best of Donovan", linked Donovan's current image with an album of his early folk songs.

Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

ide one

#"Catch the Wind"
#"Colours"
#"Sunny Goodge Street"
#"Ballad of a Crystal Man"
#"Jersey Thursday"
#"Candy Man"

ide two

#"Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"
#"Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
#"The Summer Day Reflection Song"
#"Turquoise"
#"To Try for the Sun"