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Torrent  #550442  "Donovan 1997-02-18 Hamburg, Germany _ Fabrik (Excellent master stereo FM. Solo set excerpts including 4 classics from 1965-67 & 3 songs from the 1996 "Sutras" album. New to DIME) DimeTravel / Brinkhoffs" 

Donovan 
1997-02-18 _ Hamburg, Germany _ Fabrik (M-FM) 
Barnerstraße 36 
NDR 2 FM 92.6 post-show broadcast 

01. --DJ intro-- 
02. Catch The Wind 
03. Wear Your Love Like Heaven -> 
04. Universal Soldier 
05. Please Don't Bend 
06. Nirvana 
07. --long intro to next song-- 
08. Give It All Up 
09. Sunshine Superman 
10. --DJ outro-- 

Total Time ::: 26:01 

::: EXC stereo broadcast. Check samples to allay suspicions or start trippin'. 
::: Warts: Tinges of station drift in the background in a few places. 
::: Live stereo soundboard professionally taped for later broadcast. 
::: Excerpts from show - NOT complete set. 
::: Touring to promote his excellent 1996 album, "Sutras".. 
::: Off-air recording courtesy of our sorely missed friend, DIMER Brinkhoffs. 
::: Hats off to DIMER sallygr for her generosity, which led to me finding this buried in the wall. 

Recording Information ::: NDR 2 - FM _ 92.6 stereo broadcast -> Revox B260 tuner > Pioneer D05 DAT Recorder-> off-air master DAT (44.1k OR 32k mode?) -> unknown model high-end CD recorder -> CD-R. 

Playback 2015-12-28 ::: CD-R -> EAC -> wavs -> Audacity [fades, volume adjustments, NO equalisation] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2016-01-02. 

Line-up ::: Donovan Philips Leitch - acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals. 

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline. 

DimeTravel 251 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader, Ossi aka Brinkhoffs ::: Corrections welcome ::: Very fine recording. I especially enjoy the "Sutras" material. I wish Donovan had kept a number of songs from that album & "Beat Cafe" in his live repertoire. For that matter, wasn't the story that Donovan wrote over a 100 new songs in Los Angeles for "Sutras"? Seems like there is almost certainly another album or two of great unissued trax buried out there somewhere. Don't hold yr breath! In fact, you can exhale & listen to this. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees 

Support the artist! www.donovan.ie 

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!