Paul McCartney & Donovan - Post Card Sessions (1968)

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  • čas přidán 28. 11. 2021
  • 0:00 How Do You Do? (McCartney)
    2:28 Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney)
    04:53 The Unicorn (Donovan)
    06:09 Laleña (Donovan)
    09:23 Heather (McCartney)
    11:22 Mr. Wind (Donovan)
    12:53 The Walrus And The Carpenter (Donovan)
    14:02 Land Of Gish (Donovan)
    "Post Card Sessions"
    Late 1968 (approx. October-December)
    Recorded during the sessions for Mary Hopkin's Postcard LP
    A full transcript of this session can be found here:
    davidgray101.tripod.com/Paula...
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Komentáře • 116

  • @shell_R
    @shell_R  Před 2 lety +56

    To all people wondering, these outtakes from Abbey Road came to light on the 1978 LP "No. 3 Abbey Road N.W. 8". I'm definitely not the one who exhumed it. The Post Card Sessions were previously on CZcams before being removed a couple months ago due to a copyright claim.

  • @jimrebr
    @jimrebr Před 5 měsíci +11

    Beautiful Donavon and gorgeous Paul, two beautiful men with wonderful songs, such cool cats!! This is lovely, I love them. ❤ I love when Paul says “we’re nice people too”, Paul singing about Heather, his adopted daughter, so sweet, Paul is such a great dad and Granddude!❤

    • @giaconealessandro3930
      @giaconealessandro3930 Před 5 měsíci +1

      "Heather" has the same chords as "Great Day", a song that was written approx. in that period, and later published on "Off the Ground" (1992)

  • @humbarcam
    @humbarcam Před 2 lety +43

    Amazing Donovan and McCartney jam, they sound great together

  • @vinylflowersss
    @vinylflowersss Před 8 měsíci +13

    This is so beautiful 😭 something about this music feels like it nestles in all the cracks of your soul that have desperately needed healing for a long time.

    • @oldbrownshoe
      @oldbrownshoe Před 7 měsíci +2

      sooooo true, most of donovan's music does this for me :)

  • @OakwiseBecoming
    @OakwiseBecoming Před rokem +71

    This was the most healing and relaxing thing I’ve heard in years. What a shame these guys never did anything together

    • @KimSenior
      @KimSenior Před 10 měsíci +15

      McCartney sang backing vocals on Donovan’s Mellow Yellow.

    • @Mandrake591
      @Mandrake591 Před 10 měsíci +11

      @@KimSeniorI think he meant more than that, and I’ve heard that story, but his involvement with Mellow Yellow was incidental at best, if not a myth.

    • @TheMarioRicciardi
      @TheMarioRicciardi Před 4 měsíci +2

      I guess they actually diis some music together un Postcard. The opening song is the three of them, Paul and Donovan playing awesome low tuned guitars and Mary singing...

    • @SeasonedAngel1
      @SeasonedAngel1 Před 2 měsíci

      Paul also sang background vocal for Donovan on song Atlantis. You can certainly recognize Paul's voice.

  • @sergiooscar4239
    @sergiooscar4239 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Amazing Donovan and Paul McCartney

  • @matrixInvader
    @matrixInvader Před 10 měsíci +10

    Paul is seriously the master. I have new songs to learn

  • @stevehrrn9445
    @stevehrrn9445 Před 10 měsíci +24

    Nice sounding Guild acoustic. An underated guitar!!

    • @FlipDahlenburg
      @FlipDahlenburg Před 9 měsíci

      They are very polished-sounding guitars! And Guild has always made about the best 12-string acoustic you can buy in a store.

  • @PaisleyPatchouli
    @PaisleyPatchouli Před 10 měsíci +27

    This represents Donovan's style and songs from his underrated double LP set 'HMS Donovan', which was recorded from '68 thru '71 and released in '71. It has mostly children's songs and 'nursery rhyme' sort of material, including his unequalled versions of Jabberwocky and The Walrus and The Carpenter. If you're interested in Donovan, check out those recordings; some of them are fantastic.

    • @user-wt1pe7gk7j
      @user-wt1pe7gk7j Před 6 měsíci +2

      Love Paul and Donovan. ❤❤Both men are fantastic musicians.Incredibly talented. 🤗🤗😊😊👍👍

  • @evanmuller1967
    @evanmuller1967 Před 10 měsíci +13

    30 seconds in, and I'm smiling ear-to-ear. Two of the best to ever do it.

  • @thesilvershining
    @thesilvershining Před 2 lety +30

    These two sound so great together

  • @80sMeavyHetal
    @80sMeavyHetal Před 9 měsíci +10

    Electric bill, please dont be high
    Electric bill: Paul McCartney & Donovan - Post Card Sessions (1968)

  • @peterschmitz6446
    @peterschmitz6446 Před 10 měsíci +10

    More and more hidden Gems appear... wonderful !

  • @JMBvideo
    @JMBvideo Před 10 měsíci +11

    That guitar is remarkably in tune

  • @nedadevcic5840
    @nedadevcic5840 Před 2 lety +27

    Wow! What a lovely surprise! Music to my ears👃🤗🥰 Exquisite!👌

  • @TheFlowNetwork
    @TheFlowNetwork Před 10 měsíci +9

    I haven't heard this is years. I had this bootleg LP in the 80's. Many stoned nights listening to this. I think on the flipside was John Lennon and Syd Barrett doing "What A Shame Mary Jane" and some other psychedelic stoned meanderings.

  • @sallywilson1343
    @sallywilson1343 Před rokem +11

    Apparently, this was a sound-check for Mary Hopkin's studio recording of the Donovan songs. You can hear her singing softly on Blackbird.

  • @buttercup1765
    @buttercup1765 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Just lovely...especially Heather

  • @chelmsfordroad50
    @chelmsfordroad50 Před 2 lety +44

    Where has this been hiding for 53 years? Gentle, dreamy and beautiful; wonderful find. Great version of Lalena and it sounds like the first song, How do you do? shouldn't have been laid aside. I think there's something there.

    • @estebannamez7231
      @estebannamez7231 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes, there was something there--it was the 60's and a couple of lads were having some good fun!

    • @puckf17
      @puckf17 Před 6 měsíci +1

      In the shadows. Lennon asked him to help with Julia, John described him mum & Donovan essentially wrote it. He also "helped" with Blackbird. There's a clip of that somewhere. Same Indian trip.

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@puckf17he didn’t help with Blackbird. Paul did it himself while watching Donovan teach John guitar picking

    • @SeasonedAngel1
      @SeasonedAngel1 Před 2 měsíci

      @puckf17, Donovan helped Paul learn this particular type of fingering on guitar. Paul wrote the words & melody to Blackbird.

  • @brianweide2063
    @brianweide2063 Před 10 měsíci +10

    Masterpiece off the cuff!

  • @heggy_69
    @heggy_69 Před 10 měsíci +9

    I like the fact that he has a guitar while sitting under a sign that says "silence zone"

  • @robcotter3072
    @robcotter3072 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Amazing what they may have did together in India.

  • @lorrainemartin2869
    @lorrainemartin2869 Před 10 měsíci +10

    Paul was into meditation and now he’s into yoga and gets a massage every morning.

  • @Sekaoh
    @Sekaoh Před 10 měsíci +5

    Since I was young, and my mom printed the wiki page for the Beatles song list, Heather was one i was curious about. Still cool to hear Heather here during this session

  • @ricklanders
    @ricklanders Před 10 měsíci +10

    Wow, Paul is so stoned

  • @Thrasher_Abbatoir
    @Thrasher_Abbatoir Před 2 lety +16

    This is great.

  • @1000sguzzi
    @1000sguzzi Před 9 měsíci +2

    A wonderful treat to hear this. Thanks.

  • @pauledwards3992
    @pauledwards3992 Před 10 měsíci +15

    Wow ! The jam between Donovan and Paul on Donovan's song Lalena from about the 6:30 mark to about 8:30 mark for two minutes is astounding ! The lead guitar Paul is accompanying with to Donovan's song is amazing ! Where have these nuggets been hiding ?

    • @nigelgibson2242
      @nigelgibson2242 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Totally agree. It's thehighlight of this recording, utterly beautiful!

  • @lorrainemartin2869
    @lorrainemartin2869 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Check out Paul’s performance of India on CZcams. Beautiful song. Haunting

  • @csababerenyi7683
    @csababerenyi7683 Před rokem +27

    Omg Heather is pure gold what a perfect little nothing from Paul

    • @gillesserrigny6324
      @gillesserrigny6324 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Heather reminds me the little Paul's song at the end of Cry Baby Cry : Can You Take Me Back 🤔.

  • @pauledwards3992
    @pauledwards3992 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Another great collaboration jam is at the 9:30 mark where Donovan and Paul sing something called Heaven until the 11:20 mark and again, it's astounding the both of them singing and playing. Man, i wish Donovan and the Beatles wiuld have collaborated on some sings to produce in the studio, would have been brilliant ! I know they assisted on bit parts in songs, but a full on collaboration as indicated by hiw well they played here, would have been so cool.

    • @ExplodingPsyche
      @ExplodingPsyche Před 10 měsíci +3

      The song is Heather, and it's about Paul's adopted daughter. (Linda's daughter)

    • @pauledwards3992
      @pauledwards3992 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@ExplodingPsyche - Well, thanks, didn't know the song was called Heather, appreciate the insight.

    • @ExplodingPsyche
      @ExplodingPsyche Před 10 měsíci

      @@pauledwards3992 You're welcome.

  • @AndrewHeller-jn7dx
    @AndrewHeller-jn7dx Před 10 měsíci +2

    Thanks So Much!!!!!!!
    Great Content!!!!!!!!!!
    God Bless!!

  • @thelaststarpilot
    @thelaststarpilot Před 9 měsíci +3

    It sounds like me and my dad late at night smoking pot and drinking wine having a giggle… We’re all the same after all

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Awesome and a lot better than I would have suspected. I don't think the sections with poor audio distract at all. It was never meant to be a studio release, they're goofing, probably stoned, just having fun. Paul brought out the best in everyone, it seems.

    • @hammer44head
      @hammer44head Před 9 měsíci +1

      probably? If that photo was taken at the session i would say Paul is pretty well baked, though still pretty tanned from the India trip.

    • @FlipDahlenburg
      @FlipDahlenburg Před 9 měsíci

      He's red as a beet! Tan, don't burn, use Coppertone!@@hammer44head

  • @Rkw772
    @Rkw772 Před 10 měsíci +23

    I’m glad this tape exists so that people who say Paul as of late made up his Blackbird story can now shut the up.

    • @FlipDahlenburg
      @FlipDahlenburg Před 9 měsíci +1

      I thought he'd made it up, too! He was referring to the riots. Don't riot, folks. Yet, he has claimed that because he used the 'N' word once in a great while as a youth, that he was a racist. Does anyone here really believe Paul's a racist? Intent is the issue. Both sides use that word. Paul wants to be loved by everyone, it's his biggest chain around his neck in his life. Also an asset, if used properly. He's a good man, the personal testimony is universal, and he doesn't need to pose as one, as 80% of Notables do today, and probably always have. Actions speak much louder than words.

    • @Rkw772
      @Rkw772 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@FlipDahlenburg I’ve never heard Paul call himself a racist. I’m a Beatles and McCartney fanatic. I listen to everything and read all the books. People just make crap up. Like John NEVER SAID that Ringo was even the best drummer in the Beatles but people keep repeating it. Why don’t people fact check before they repeat lies.

    • @FlipDahlenburg
      @FlipDahlenburg Před 9 měsíci

      I watched and listened to Paul say it on a video just a few years ago. You can easily look it up, it was 'newsworthy in the modern sense' at the time. Otherwise, I agree with your post.@@Rkw772

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@FlipDahlenburgI would like a source for Paul saying that about himself as I’ve never seen it and don’t believe it

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Every time someone says Paul is rewriting history, a source seems to pop up and prove them wrong. When will people give it a rest and just accept that Paul isn’t this master manipulator and liar. Of course he’s probably misremembered one or two things just like everyone else, but for the most part, he doesn’t lie or make stories up

  • @Steviepinhead
    @Steviepinhead Před 3 měsíci

    Good for you!

  • @gasparucciox9706
    @gasparucciox9706 Před 8 měsíci +2

    shame that they didn't release a record

  • @antoniocorrea4934
    @antoniocorrea4934 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The Land of Gish ❤

  • @douglaschristine8387
    @douglaschristine8387 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Paul looks ripped.

  • @baselinesweb
    @baselinesweb Před 10 měsíci +4

    That is one stoned Paul.

  • @gasparucciox9706
    @gasparucciox9706 Před 9 měsíci +1

    great!

  • @orchidlove-kz2ky
    @orchidlove-kz2ky Před 2 lety +4

    good morning friend enjoy good music

  • @TooLooze
    @TooLooze Před 10 měsíci +1

    The Shaman and Sir Paul.

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Both guys have many melodies going on in their work . Its very interesting to hear them just trying out ideas . Donovan was working on the HURDY GURDY album at this time , a work just as great as their stuff .

  • @HomeAtLast501
    @HomeAtLast501 Před 10 měsíci +6

    1968.
    - MacArthur Park was a hit
    - MLK was shot
    - RFK was shot
    - Elvis did Comeback

  • @familydogg1234
    @familydogg1234 Před 10 měsíci +2

    By coincidence- MARY HOPKINS Postcard LP features McCartney and has 3 DONOVAN songs

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 Před 9 měsíci +1

      That’s not a coincidence. That’s why they’re together here in the first place

  • @adamuser8246
    @adamuser8246 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I'll have what their smokin.

  • @ghostwaker5914
    @ghostwaker5914 Před 10 měsíci

    My GENERATION ! ✌

  • @paulbadoo9326
    @paulbadoo9326 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Paul's guitar sounds amazing. Probably his Martin d28, but made in 60s with better woods. I own one, and it sounds nowhere near. I don't play like McCartney of course, but it's not the playing. You can tell when he just plucks a string how the wood resonates beatifully.

    • @FlipDahlenburg
      @FlipDahlenburg Před 9 měsíci +1

      Good call! And the Martin's G-string drones deliciously when he hits it hard!

  • @JohnSmith-no1nl
    @JohnSmith-no1nl Před 10 měsíci +4

    Paul McCartney does sing the part of That's Right on Mellow Yellow plus i think on Riki Tivi Tacie 🏃🏃🏃🚶✌️❤️🙏

  • @ThinkermanQuindo
    @ThinkermanQuindo Před 10 měsíci +9

    What a combination they would have made… every note seems pregnant with possibilites

  • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
    @anfrankogezamartincic1161 Před 9 měsíci

    DONOVAN is a cool dude, i knew almost nothing about his music,then i heard HURDY GURDY MAN cover by BUTTHOLE SURFERS, then i became interested, SUNSHINE SUPERMAN was my first, but he's doing new stuff too, i listen it on CZcams. Found interview in MOJO (or UNCUT?", he's a very smart gentlemen, still interested in new music

  • @MediaWest
    @MediaWest Před 10 měsíci +5

    no reason these two didnt put out great tunes. but contracts during those days were a pain. why clapton never took credit on beatles. shame.

  • @MrBuffalo2
    @MrBuffalo2 Před 10 měsíci +3

    No reference to Mississippi John Hurt on 1st song..mm.

  • @FlipDahlenburg
    @FlipDahlenburg Před 9 měsíci

    In the photo, Donovan's Grovers on the treble side are all a-slant, if you know what I mean.

  • @lorrainemartin2869
    @lorrainemartin2869 Před 10 měsíci +2

    He drinks green tea.

  • @cosmicdepot2278
    @cosmicdepot2278 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Good going Billy 🎉

  • @toddswartz3510
    @toddswartz3510 Před 10 měsíci

    I think there may have been some LSD involved....lol. so cool!!!

  • @ajay54321
    @ajay54321 Před 2 lety +5

    kooka burra sits on an old gum tree

  • @illuminotmereloaded6896
    @illuminotmereloaded6896 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Good morning Mr. Leitch. Have you had a busy day?

  • @hungfao
    @hungfao Před 10 měsíci +2

    I wonder who else was there? Hopkins?

  • @rumginray
    @rumginray Před 6 měsíci

    7:55 -The origins of Monkberry Moon Delight?

  • @ikkenhisatsu7170
    @ikkenhisatsu7170 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Donovan got kinda lost in the mix. Great artist.

  • @govinda102000
    @govinda102000 Před 10 měsíci +4

    To me, if they would have been better than Simon and Garfunkel.

  • @cuda426hemi
    @cuda426hemi Před 10 měsíci +3

    Bookend this with Donovan hangin' with Dylan and Dylan basically ghosting him while ol Donny is trotting out Catch The Wind and just trying to be a bud, ...it's funny and pathetic at same time... it's on the Tube So should the sick banter between Lennon and Bud Dolan - I mean Bob Dylan in the taxi be around...Baby, You're A Rich (but slightly cruel) Men 🎵

  • @thestrangepasenger
    @thestrangepasenger Před 10 měsíci +2

    no, William shears campbell, and Donovan

  • @lorrainemartin2869
    @lorrainemartin2869 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I’m a close friend of Paul’s. He’s told me many secrets such as he still smoke. I warned him about his chest pain and told him to call his doctor so he did. Believe it or not we met on Facebook! 😅

    • @paulandrew6457
      @paulandrew6457 Před 10 měsíci +1

      You've been suckered Paul is not on Facebook. He has an official page run by his people

    • @stevenm2699
      @stevenm2699 Před 10 měsíci

      @@paulandrew6457 I believe he uses a fake FB account. Like it's a different person's name and pictures but it is really is Paul behind it. He DMs people occasionally and reveals himself. Sometimes he does try to solicit sex from women but not always.

  • @RandyTorrez-wb5sz
    @RandyTorrez-wb5sz Před 10 měsíci

    RANDY JUDAH TORREZ ❤️ <
    JPM 😆 🤣 😂
    Ahhhh I don't think so?

  • @welcometothepsyop3639
    @welcometothepsyop3639 Před 9 měsíci

    Mellow yellow is the only track with bio paul and billy singing on the same track.

  • @rossdsg
    @rossdsg Před 10 měsíci +2

    Ceci montre à quel point McCartney était meilleur que Donovan.

    • @johnbrereton5229
      @johnbrereton5229 Před 8 dny

      They are both very talented it's wrong to put one above the other.

  • @mcashnv
    @mcashnv Před 10 měsíci +3

    Kind of mamby-pamby. Needs more guts.

  • @nothwind
    @nothwind Před 10 měsíci +3

    This is not the real Paul, as he was dead....this is his replacement, Billie

    • @KimSenior
      @KimSenior Před 10 měsíci

      If you believe that shit you need to get a brain scan to establish if you have one!🙄

    • @lorrainemartin2869
      @lorrainemartin2869 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Not true.

    • @lorrainemartin2869
      @lorrainemartin2869 Před 10 měsíci +5

      There is and always only one Paul McCartney. He’s just stoned in this pic. 😊

    • @KimSenior
      @KimSenior Před 10 měsíci

      @@lorrainemartin2869 Don’t waste your time trying to convince this Muppet.😊

    • @jayaybe1
      @jayaybe1 Před 10 měsíci

      Go take your brain for a *h*t mate. Oh, you already did...