Donovan - Colours

Harvest

Foxy_Dread In York? Where was that???

Foxy_Dread

Harvest my memory is shit, I might have got the wrong name. Turn to Google.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rhino_Records

I can't remember the street name, the row of shops was an awful concrete construction. It was either Goodramgate or Gillygate. Thanks Wiki.

Harvest

Foxy_Dread I think it was gone by the time I got there, late 92. Track & HMV were my go tos, couple of second hand places too.

Odd_Job

Harvest it will have been. Record shop, as FD said, started in Gillygate, then moved to bigger premises in Goodramgate, bout 5 shops down from Newitts heading away from town. Last record I remembering buying in there was George Best by the Wedding Present, so that’ll have been 1987. Before your time in York Harvest, I think.

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

Quite like a bit of Donovan. Absolutely love Catch the Wind.

Felt a bit sorry for him when I saw him with Dylan in Don’t Look Back.

Nice set-up Rowntrees; OddJob will remember them as a bit of a handful in the late 90s

Odd_Job

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos handful as being an excellent side. To be fair, they shouldn’t have been playing in the West Yorkshire League, they were a strong NE Counties Prem side, then fell victim to needing to have turnstiles and stands etc. to stay in that League. They moved to the Teeside League for a few seasons but found travel too much and ended up in WYL.

Irony was their pitches, maintained by Nestle, were the best.

Foxy_Dread

Odd_Job I got to York in 1991 and don't think I went in Rhino until after leaving Uni in 1994.

Placid

Great post and a lovely tune.👍

Odd_Job

Foxy_Dread I grew up there so 1970-1989, Red Rhino was there throughout my time, first in Gillygate then afterwards in Goodramgate.

Think their Goodramgate premises is now a restaurant. Feelgood Records was also on Goodramgate, opposite the Cross Keys, not far from the minster.

Anchor

Not for me Mr Harvest - in fact I'd go as far to say it was fucking shit.

Thanks for the recommendation and your reminiscing of York circa 1994. I moved to Brum in 1995.

Why did you move to York?

Harvest

Anchor To live with Donovan.

Travis_Bickle

Where was Priestley's, the t-shirt place? They advertised in Sounds and NME but I'm sure they had a shop too.
Nice to able to contribute something to the thread as the song's not for me. Back story's good though. I think we could all do with Sundays like those again. Next to no traffic, walking around town when it was deserted. Convenience comes at a price.

Odd_Job

Travis_Bickle round the corner from the original Red Rhino Records shop location in Gillygate, on Bootham. 2 mins walk away.

Later it morphed into a vintage clothing shop, and moved into the city centre.

Jon

Hadn’t heard this in years. Thought it sounded great, now it’s starting to get on my nerves a bit. I think it’s the voice.
I always liked York. I sometimes think I’d like to live there. Not often but sometimes.

CharlieG

Reminds me of being a kid and hearing decent songs on the radio. Good choice.