Essence to Essence is the eleventh studio album and thirteenth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in both the United Kingdom (Epic SEPC 69050) and the United States (Epic KE 32800) in December of 1973. 33⅓ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Donovan Philips Leitch (usually known simply as Donovan) (born May 10, 1946) is a British musician. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Epic Records is a record label launched originally as a jazz and classical label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow and black logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical music releases. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Andrew Loog Oldham (born 1944) is a British rock and roll producer, impresario and author. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a globally comprehensive metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Donovan Philips Leitch (usually known simply as Donovan) (born May 10, 1946) is a British musician. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Donovan Philips Leitch (usually known simply as Donovan) (born May 10, 1946) is a British musician. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

History

By late 1973, Donovan abandoned the style of glam rock Cosmic Wheels featured earlier that year. Andrew Loog Oldham was brought in (replacing Mickie Most) to co-produce Donovan's next album, which would highlight the subdued style of his previous work. Many of the songs were released on Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973, but that album only saw limited distribution in Japan and none in the United States or the United Kingdom. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Glam rock is a style of rock music popularised in the 1970s, and was mostly a British phenomenon. ... Cosmic Wheels is the tenth studio album and eleventh album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Andrew Loog Oldham (born 1944) is a British rock and roll producer, impresario and author. ... Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes (June 20, 1938 - May 30, 2003), successful record producer notably with a string of Number 1 hit singles with his own RAK Records label and acts such as The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Donovan and Hot Chocolate. ...

In a clear sign of Donovan's waning popularity, Essence to Essence became the first Donovan album besides H.M.S. Donovan not to reach the top 25 in the U.S. since Fairytale. In fact, Essence to Essence missed the U.K. album charts altogether and peaked at #174 in the United States. H.M.S. Donovan is the ninth studio album and tenth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ...

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth" (Donovan Leitch) - 3:28
2. "Lazy Daze" (Donovan Leitch) - 4:43
3. "Life Goes On" (Donovan Leitch) - 2:37
4. "There Is an Ocean" (Donovan Leitch) - 4:49
5. "Dignity of Man" (Donovan Leitch) - 5:19

Side 2

1. "Yellow Star" (Donovan Leitch) - 3:07
2. "Divine Daze of Deathless Delight" (Donovan Leitch) - 4:00
3. "Boy for Every Girl" (Donovan Leitch) - 4:15
4. "Saint Valentine's Angel" (Donovan Leitch) - 3:57
5. "Life Is a Merry-Go-Round" (Donovan Leitch) - 3:13
6. "Sailing Homeward" (Donovan Leitch) - 2:56