Donovan ‎– Cosmic Wheels
Label:
Epic ‎– EPC 65450, Epic ‎– S EPC 65450
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold, poster, psych inner sleeve
Country:
UK
Released:
1973
Genre:
Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Folk Rock, Folk
Tracklist
A1    Cosmic Wheels
Bass – Clive Chaman
Drums – Cozy Powell
Soprano Vocals – Jill Utting, Valerie Charrington
Strings – Chris Spedding
Synthesizer [Moog] – John 'Rabbit' Bundick*
Violin [Lead] – Pat Halling*
Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Donovan
4:00
A2    Earth Sign Man
Bass – Clive Chaman
Drums – Cozy Powell
Lead Guitar – Chris Spedding
Piano – John 'Rabbit' Bundick*
Saxophone – Bobby Keyes*
Strings – Chris Spedding
Violin [Lead] – Pat Halling*
Vocals, Guitar – Donovan
3:55
A3    Sleep
Alto Saxophone – Jim Horn
Bass – Dennis Wall (2)
Drums – Cozy Powell
Synthesizer [Moog], Mellotron – John 'Rabbit' Bundick*
Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Keys
Vocals, Guitar – Donovan
4:45
A4    Maria Magenta
Accordion – Jack Emblou*
Bass – Clive Chaman
Bouzouki – Chris Spedding
Drums – Cozy Powell
Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Donovan
2:10
A5    Wild Witch Lady
Bass – Clive Chaman
Drums – Cozy Powell
Guitar, Strings – Chris Spedding
Soprano Vocals – Jill Utting, Valerie Charrington
Violin [Lead] – Pat Halling*
Vocals, Guitar – Donovan
4:20
B1    The Music Makers
Bass – Phillip Chen*
Drums – Alan White
Electric Guitar, Strings – Chris Spedding
Violin [Lead] – Pat Halling*
Vocals – Lesley Duncan, Suzi Quatro
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Donovan
4:25
B2    The Intergalactic Laxative
Guitar – Donovan
Vocals – Cary Wilson, Donovan, Jill Utting, Nick Curtis, Valerie Charrington
2:50
B3    I Like You
Bass – Clive Chaman
Drums – Cozy Powell
Guitar – Donovan
Strings – Chris Spedding
Violin [Lead] – Pat Halling*
Vocals – Donovan, Gaynor Stewart, John McCarthy (7), Julie Forsyth, Leslie Ash (2), Lesley Fyson*
5:10
B4    Only The Blues
Bass – Clive Chaman
Drums – Cozy Powell
Lead Guitar – Chris Spedding
Piano – John 'Rabbit' Bundick*
Vocals, Guitar – Donovan
3:10
B5    Appearances
Electric Piano – John Cameron (2)
Percussion – Tony Carr
Saxophone – Bobby Keyes*, Jim Horn
Strings – Chris Spedding
Violin [Lead] – Pat Halling*
Vocals, Guitar – Donovan
3:36
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABKCO Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Apple Publishing Ltd.
Copyright (c) – ABKCO Records, Inc.
Published By – Apple Publishing Ltd.
Engineered At – Morgan Studios
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
Record Company – CBS Records
Credits
Composed By [All Composistions] – Donovan Leitch*
Design [Cover] – Donovan, John Kosh
Engineer – Mike Bobak
Mastered By – Pecko* (tracks: B1 to B5), Porky (5) (tracks: A1 to A5)
Photography By – Tony Evans (8)
Producer – Donovan, Michael Peter Hayes
Vocals – Donovan
Written-By – D. Leitch*
Notes
Released on the "yellow/black" Epic label, in a lightly textured gatefold sleeve, with a custom inner and a round foldout poster.
Engineered [...] at Morgan Studios, London '72
All songs © controlled for U.K. by Apple Publishing Ltd.
By Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England.
℗ 1973 ABKCO Records Inc.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (A-side stamped, variant 1): S EPC 65454 A4
Matrix / Runout (A-side etched, variant 1): PORKY
Matrix / Runout (B-side stamped, variant 1): S EPC 65454 B4
Matrix / Runout (B-side etched, variant 1): PECKO
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A stamped, PORKY etched, variant 2): S EPC 65450 A4 PORKY
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B stamped, PECKO etched, variant 2): S EPC 65450 B4 PECKO
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A stamped, PORKY etched, variant 3): S EPC 65450 A4 D PORKY D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B stamped, PECKO etched, variant 3): S EPC 65450 B4 1 PECKO C