Donovan Unofficial - Fairytale (reissues)

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	Fairytale Released: November 1965 Label: Hickory LPM 127/ LPS 127 Country: USA Format: vinyl LP Track list: Side 1: 01. Universal Soldier 02. To Try For The Sun 03. Sunny Goodge Street 04. Colours 05. Circus Of Sour 06. Summer Day Reflection Song Side 2: 07. Candy Man 08. Jersey Thursday 09. Belated Forgiveness Plea 10. Ballad Of A Crystal Man 11. The Little Tin Soldier 12. Balllad Of Geraldine All tracks by Donovan P. Leitch, except: 01 by Buffy Sainte-Marie, 05 by Paul Bernath, 07 traditional arranged by Donovan and 11 by Shawn Phillips. Sunny Goodge Street arranged by Terry Kennedy. Musicians: same as the original Chart: Billboard: 18/12/1965, 13 weeks, reached #85 Cash Box: 9 weeks, reached #58 Record World: 11 weeks, reached #49 Trivia: · Hickory replaced the version of Bert Jansch's Oh Deed I Do with the version of Buffy Sainte-Marie's Universal Soldier, probably because it was released as a single in the US the previous September, with great success. · Ballad Of A Crystal Man is listed as The Ballad Of A Crystal Man. · Ballad Of Geraldine is listed as The Ballad Of Geraldine.

	Fairytale Released: 1965? Label: PYE N(S)PL 30071 Country: Canada Format: vinyl LP Track list: probably the same as the Hickory reissue, as it reads on the cover "featuring Universal Soldier and Colours". Musicians: same as the original Chart: ?

	Fairytale Released: January 1969 Label: Marble Arch MAL 867 Country: UK Format: vinyl LP Track list: Side 1: 01. To Try For The Sun 02. Sunny Goodge Street 03. Oh Deed I Do 04. Circus Of Sour 05. Summer Day Reflection Song Side 2: 06. Candy Man 07. Jersey Thursday 08. Belated Forgiveness Plea 09. Ballad Of A Crystal Man 10. Ballad Of Geraldine All tracks by Donovan P. Leitch, except: 03 by Bert Jansch, 04 by Paul Bernath and 06 traditional arranged by Donovan. Sunny Goodge Street arranged by Terry Kennedy. Musicians: same as the original Chart: ? Trivia: · Colours and The Little Tin Soldier were both removed in this reissue. · To Try For The Sun is listed as I'll Try For The Sun. · Summer Day Reflection Song is listed as The Summer Day Reflection Song. · Ballad Of A Crystal Man is listed as The Ballad Of A Crystal Man. · Ballad Of Geraldine is listed as The Ballad Of Geraldine.

	Fairytale Released: February 1991 Label: Castle CLACD226 Country: UK Format: CD Track list: same as the original Musicians: same as the original Chart: ? Trivia: · Lorne Murdoch wrote the inner notes. · There are some misspellings: Belated Foregiveness Plea (on the CD), Bert Janosh and Shawn Philips on the back cover. · To Try For The Sun is listed as I'll Try For The Sun. · Summer Day Reflection Song is listed as The Summer Day Reflection Song.

	Fairytale Released: 1996 Label: Sequel 1004-2 Country: USA Format: CD Track list: 01. Universal Soldier 02. Colours 03. To Try For The Sun 04. Sunny Goodge Street 05. Oh Deed I Do 06. Circus Of Sour 07. Summer Day Reflection Song 08. Candy Man 09. Jersey Thursday 10. Belated Forgiveness Plea 11. Ballad Of A Crystal Man 12. The Little Tin Soldier 13. Ballad Of Geraldine 14. Do You Hear Me Now* 15. The War Drags On* 16. Ballad Of A Crystal Man (edit)* 17. Turquoise* 18. Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)* 19. Colours* * Bonus tracks All tracks by Donovan P. Leitch, except 01 by Buffy Sainte-Marie, 05 by Bert Jansch, 06 by Paul Bernath, 08 traditional arranged by Donovan, 12 by Shawn Phillips, 14 by Bert Jansch and 15 by Mick Softley. Sunny Goodge Street arranged by Terry Kennedy. Musicians: same as the original Chart: ? Trivia: · The bonus tracks Do You Hear Me Now, The War Drags On and Ballad Of A Crystal Man (edit) appeared on The Universal Soldier EP on August 15, 1965. The third one is not an edit but a totally different recording (actually, the EP version) of Ballad Of A Crystal Man. · Turquoise and Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) were originally released on Donovan's third UK single Turquoise/Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness on October 30, 1965. · The last bonus track is the single version of Colours. · To Try For The Sun is listed as I'll Try For The Sun. · Summer Day Reflection Song is listed as The Summer Day Reflection Song. · Ballad Of A Crystal Man is listed as The Ballad Of A Crystal Man. · Ballad Of Geraldine is listed as The Ballad Of Geraldine.

	Fairytale Release date: February 19, 2002 Label: Castle Music (Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.) CMRCD 360 Country: UK Format: CD Track list: same as the original plus the following bonus tracks: 01. Universal Soldier 02. Ballad Of A Crystal Man 03. The War Drags On 04. Do You Hear Me Now (All From EP 'Universal Soldier') 05. Turquoise 06. Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) (A and B side of original single) All bonus tracks by Donovan P. Leitch, except 01 by Buffy Sainte-Marie, 03 by Mick Softley and 04 by Bert Jansch. Musicians: same as the original Chart: ? Trivia: · Remastered and expanded deluxe edition with slipcover. · The first four bonus tracks appeared on The Universal Soldier EP on August 15, 1965. The second bonus track is a different take (actually, the EP version) of Ballad Of A Crystal Man. · The last two bonus tracks were released on Donovan's third UK single Turquoise/Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) on October 30, 1965. · Summer Day Reflection Song is listed as The Summer Day Reflection Song. · Ballad Of A Crystal Man is listed as The Ballad Of A Crystal Man. · The Little Tin Soldier is listed as Little Tin Soldier. · Ballad Of Geraldine is listed as The Ballad Of Geraldine.

	Fairytale Release date: February 22, 2005 Label: Silverline Country: UK Format: DualDisc Track list: same as the Sanctuary 2002 reissue. Musicians: same as the original Chart: ?

	Fairytale Release date: July 26, 2006 Label: Strange Days POCE-1028 Country: Japan Format: CD Track list: same as the original Musicians: same as the original Chart: ?