The War Drags On
1965 · Pye NEP 24219 · UK: Scotland
- Artist
- Donovan
- Title
- The War Drags On
- Release
- The Universal Soldier
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Pye # NEP 24219
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- UK: Scotland
- Songwriter
- Mick Softley
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
Mono, solid centre. First cat# on label (NEP.24219), second on cover (NEP 24219); 'Extended Play' printed on left side of labels. Several UK pressings/represses. Cover of Mick Softley's Vietnam War song from Songs for Swingin' Survivors, on the war-themed EP Universal Soldier (Pye NEP 24219). Cover of The War Drags On – Mick Softley. Pye Extended Play NEP.24219 (sleeve NEP 24219, monaural), "Recording first published 1965", pink Pye labels, made in England. Side 1: Universal Soldier (Buffy St. Marie), The Ballad of a Crystal Man (Donovan), publisher Southern; Side 2: Do You Hear Me Now (Bert Jansch), The War Drags On (Mick Softley), publishers Pied Piper / Southern. "Produced by Eden-Stephens and Terry Kennedy — An Iver Recording"; © Pye Records Ltd 1965, distributed by Pye Records (Sales) Ltd, A.T.V. House, Gt. Cumberland Place, London W.1. Front cover by Dave Murphy: a collage of toy…
About the artist
Scottish folk singer born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, popular through the 1960s and into the 70s. born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1960s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here Me Now", "Universal Soldier", and "The War Drags On". He also had two original compositions: "Ballad of a Crystal Man"…
Themes
From the release The Universal Soldier
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]