Catch the Wind
Compilation album by Donovan
Released	April 1986
Recorded	1965
Genre	folk
Label	Showcase Records
Producer(s)	Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
Donovan chronology
Lady of the Stars (1984) Catch the Wind (1986) Colours (1987)

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History

By 1986, Showcase Records had gained the rights to Donovan's 1965 Pye Records recordings. Showcase titled their release of the some of the tracks Catch the Wind and released it in the United Kingdom. Pye Records was a British record label. ...

Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

Side 1

1. "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
2. "Little Tin Soldier" (Shawn Phillips)
3. "Catch the Wind"
4. "Josie"
5. "Colours"

The 1960s anti-war song Universal Soldier was performed by Buffy Sainte-Marie. ... Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, educator and social activist. ... He helped define folk-rock in the sixties and progressive-new-age rock in the seventies. ... Catch the Wind is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Colours is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ...

Side 2

1. "The Ballad of a Crystal Man"
2. "Keep on Truckin'" (traditional; arranged by Donovan Leitch)
3. "Circus of Sour" (Paul Bernath)
4. "Ballad of Geraldine"
5. "The War Drags On" (Mick Softley)
6. "Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers)