Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (CD, Album, Mono, RE, RM)

couple faint marks on disc, light creases on booklet spine

Recorded at CBS Studios, London, England.  Remastered at Sound Recording Technology, Cambridge, 1993

1968  The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
© 1993 BGO Records

Includes 28 page booklet.

Mono mix released in 1993 by BGO and quickly replaced with stereo mix.

How to spot the mono BGO version over the stereo:
The mono had no sticker on the jewel case, the case has a clear edge through which the gold coloring of the inside back cover is visible. The front cover (CD booklet) and the back cover of the CDs are identical - same product code, same BGOCD194, same "Remastered by Sound Recording Technology, Cambridge 1993." When you lift out the CD, the inside back of the mono (gold color) has a small picture of Donovan in the middle (same head shot from the cover of the US Wear Your Love Like Heaven LP, I believe) and some illustrations of children and flowers.

The stereo version also has a clear jewel case (no black border), the inside back cover is white in color and has an advertisement for "Other Donovan releases avilable on BGO Records . . . " and shows the covers of Sunshine Superman and Donovan in Concert. My jewel case for the stereo has the silver sticker "Remastered from original master tapes/additional sleeve notes/faithfully restored artwork." The booklets are identical in both.

The CD for the mono version has a dark ring around the periphery of the CD, inside the silver outside ring, and the print is darker than on the stereo. On the inside ring of the CD is: on the mono, "disctronics S BGCD 194" while on the stereo is "TOC 25611 BGOCD 194." It would make sense if the "S" were on the stereo but it ain't.

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    UK  
Released:  1993
Genre:       Rock
Style:         Folk Rock

Track listing:

. Phongraph Record / The First
1. Wear Your Love Like Heaven
2. Mad John's Escape
3. Skip-A-Long Sam
4. Sun
5. There Was A Time
6. Oh Gosh
7. Little Boy In Corduroy
8. Under The Greenwood Tree
9. The Land Of Doesn't Have To Be
10. Someone's Singing
. Phonograph Record / The Second
11. Song Of The Naturalist's Wife
12. The Enchanted Gypsy
13. Voyage Into The Golden Screen
14. Isle Of Islay
15. The Mandolin Man And His Secret
16. Lay Of The Last Tinker
17. The Tinker And The Crab
18. Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)
19. The Lullaby Of Spring
20. The Magpie
21. Starfish-On-The-Toast
22. Epistle To Derroll