sunshine superman

Donovan broke through on the American charts and blew our little minds with one of the first psychedelic records ever recorded. 'Sunshine Superman' was recorded in January of 1966 for Pye Records and was his first collaboration with Mickie Most and John Cameron (who played harpsicord); but, due to a legal dispute, it was not released until months later after Donovan signed a deal with Epic Records. It was released on Epic in the US in July and rose to the top of the pop chart. In the UK, it was released in December on Pye and peaked at number two.

Donovan wrote the song about Linda Lawrence, with whom he'd had a brief affair: "Linda's in all the songs. 'Sunshine Superman', 'Hampstead Incident', 'Young Girl Blues'... Linda's the muse." The two would meet again in 1970 and get married. "It's not a normal love song, on the face of it, the song is about being with Linda again. But sunshine is a nickname for acid. The Superman is the person capable of entering higher states because it's not easy to go into the fourth dimension and see the matrix of the universe in which everything is connected." 'Sunshine Superman' features Jimmy Page and Eric Ford on electric guitar, Spike Heatley and John Paul Jones on bass, and Bobby Orr and Tony Carr on drums and percussion. Donovan says, "The line 'everybody's hustling' referred to the pop scene at the time, where you could lose yourself very easily."









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Sunshine came softly through my a-window today

Could've tripped out easy a-but I've a-changed my ways

It'll take time, I know it but in a while

You're gonna be mine, I know it, we'll do it in style

'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine

I'll tell you right now

Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find

Everybody's hustlin' just to have a little scene

When I say we'll be cool I think that you know what I mean

We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when?

I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends

When you've made your mind up forever to be mine

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind

'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine

I'll tell you right now

Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find

Superman or Green Lantern ain't got a-nothin' on me

I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea, yeah!

A you-you-you can just sit there a-thinking on your velvet throne

'bout all the rainbows a-you can a-have for your own

When you've made your mind up forever to be mine

I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind

When you've made your mind up forever to be mine

I'll pick up your hand

I'll pick up your hand

"Jennifer Juniper"







'Sunshine Superman' full album:




All songs written and composed by Donovan. 

Side A
1. "Sunshine Superman"   3:15
2. "Legend of a Girl Child Linda"   6:50
3. "Three King Fishers"   3:16
4. "Ferris Wheel"   4:12
5. "Bert's Blues"   3:56
Side B
6. "Season of the Witch"   4:56
7. "The Trip"   4:34
8. "Guinevere"   3:41
9. "The Fat Angel"   4:11
10. "Celeste"   4:08