The Ballad Of A Crystal Man
1965 · Pye Records NEP 24219 · UK: Scotland
- Artist
- Donovan
- Title
- The Ballad Of A Crystal Man
- Release
- The Universal Soldier
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Pye Records # NEP 24219
- Format
- 7" EP · EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- UK: Scotland
- Songwriter
- Donovan
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — European Songs
Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1060s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here Me Now", "Universal Soldier", and "The War Drags On". He also had two original compositions: "Ballad of a Crystal Man" (1966), and "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (1969). Th is EP, Universal Soldier (Pye Records # NEP 24219), focused entirely on war. It included the "Ballad of a Crystal Man" discussed immediately below, as well as two songs about war in general - "Do You Here Me Now" from the 1965 album Bert Jansch and "Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie from It's My Way!. Finally, it included Mick Softley's Vietnam War song "The War Drags On" from Songs for Swingin' Survivors.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Mono, solid centre. First cat# on label (NEP.24219), second on cover (NEP 24219); 'Extended Play' printed on left side of labels. Several UK pressings/represses. An original composition on the Pye EP 'Universal Soldier' (NEP 24219), which also has 'Do You Hear Me Now', 'Universal Soldier' and Mick Softley's 'The War Drags On'. Pye Extended Play NEP.24219 (sleeve NEP 24219, monaural), "Recording first published 1965", pink Pye labels, made in England. Side 1: Universal Soldier (Buffy St. Marie), The Ballad of a Crystal Man (Donovan), publisher Southern; Side 2: Do You Hear Me Now (Bert Jansch), The War Drags On (Mick Softley), publishers Pied Piper / Southern. "Produced by Eden-Stephens and Terry Kennedy — An Iver Recording"; © Pye Records Ltd 1965, distributed by Pye Records (Sales) Ltd, A.T.V. House, Gt. Cumberland Place, London W.1. Front cover by Dave Murphy: a collage of toy…
About the artist
Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, was a popular contemporary folk singer of the 1960s and 70s.
Themes
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]