Another Week Another Vinyl: Donovan: Greatest Hits

So this week I had my Mom join me in my search for another vinyl for the week. This would make for a more efficient sweep of the store, we can start from the beginning and end, then meet in the middle making sure no gems are overlooked. Things didn’t exactly turn out that way, instead it was like usual–rummage through random letters without any pre conceived notion that we’ll find anything special. And once again, I didn’t find anything really special. More or less the same albums everyone throws to the side with some fairly strong inclusions. My Mom was pretty fervent in pushing the Neil Young album I was going to buy last week, as well as a live album from Three Dog Night. I wasn’t opposed to the Young album, but I wanted to look some more. I held a copy of Patti Smith Easter in my hand and was feeling pretty confident that would be my final choice. But maybe it was something about her hairy armpits which made me rethink my selection. I looked some more and came across Donovan’s Greatest Hits. An album which wasn’t to die for, especially considering I like his earlier days much more than the latter section of his career, but the one thing pushing me to buy it, was the fact that it contained "Catch the Wind", one of my all time favorites.

So I come home to spin the record and quickly work to play "Catch the Wind", and what do I hear? No! This is the crappy version! The lame version which goes for some artsy sound. I’m a fan of the straight up folk version minus the weird echo and slow strum of the guitar. With this being the case, it seems like this album will get very little play.

On the bright side my Mom ended up buying both the Young and Three Dog Night records, so all is well. By the way, GO JETS!