Fairytale (album)
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| Studio album by Donovan | ||||
| Released | October 22, 1965 November 1965 (US) |
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| Recorded | September 1965 | |||
| Studio | Peer Music, Denmark Street, London | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 35:17 | |||
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Pye Hickory (US) |
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   Original album
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2002 reissue
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| Allmusic | 2005 reissue |
Fairytale is the second album from British singer-songwriter Donovan. It was first released in the UK on 22 October 1965 through Pye Records (catalog number NPL 18128). The US version of Fairytale was released by Hickory Records (catalog number LPM 127 [monaural] / LPS 127 [stereo]) in November 1965 with a slightly different set of songs. Peter Eden and Geoff Stephens produced the album.
Fairytale finds Donovan evolving his styles further towards British folk, especially on songs such as "Summer Day Reflection Song" and "Jersey Thursday". "Sunny Goodge Street" foreshadows the jazzy feel and descriptions of life in urban London that Donovan would continue to explore over the next two years. Like his previous album What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid, Fairytale primarily features Donovan singing and playing mouth harp and acoustic guitar. Shawn Phillips is playing the extra twelve-string guitar.
For release in the US, Hickory Records added a cover of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier" and removed a cover of Bert Jansch's "Oh Deed I Do". Donovan's recording of "Universal Soldier" was released in the US as a single the previous September, and was achieving some chart success.
The Canadian pressing, issued on the British Pye label, omitted "Belated Forgiveness Plea" but included "Oh Deed I Do" and "Universal Soldier".
"To Try For The Sun" was covered by Lindsey Buckingham on his 2006 album "Under The Skin".
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Side 2
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Track listing as on the 1965 Hickory Records version plus the following bonus tracks:
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