''7-Tease'' is an album by the Scottish singer-songwriter
Donovan
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965 and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles ...
. It was released in the US (Epic PE 33245) in November 1974 and in the UK (Epic SEPC 69104) in January 1975.
The album peaked at No. 135 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
History
After the low chart success of ''
Essence to Essence'', Donovan entered the studio in late 1974 with a different producer and a new set of songs. The songs were originally intended for use as part of an operetta about the preceding 10 years of Donovan's life and times.
Some of the songs on ''7-Tease'' feature lyrical lines or melodies from earlier Donovan songs. "The Voice of Protest" features a line about a ship going "all on her starry way", in a direct lift from a line in "The Voyage of the Moon" on ''
H.M.S. Donovan''. The melody on "How Silly" is nearly identical to "A Funny Man" from ''H.M.S. Donovan''.
Critical reception
AllMusic
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wrote that "a fair hearing of ''7-Tease'' reveals an album steeped in disillusionment, yet built upon beautiful melodies and some of the most diverse and appealing sounds and arrangements of
onovan'scareer, and a harder rocking sound than he was usually known for."
Reissues
*On 19 April 2004, Diablo Records released ''7-Tease/Slow Down World'' (DIAB8052) in the UK on CD. It includes all of ''7-Tease'' and all of ''Slow Down World'' on one disc, and marks the first time all of ''7-Tease'' was released on CD.
*On 22 November 2004,
Repertoire Records
Repertoire Records is a record label from Hamburg, Germany (with UK subsidiaries in Leatherhead, Surrey and London), specialising in reissues of classic pop and rock albums originally issued in the 1960s and 1970s. It was founded in 1982 by Ki ...
released ''7-Tease'' in Germany (Repertoire RR2315) on CD. It includes four bonus tracks, including the single versions of "Rock and Roll Souljer" and "Salvation Stomp" and two tracks that were previously released on ''Troubadour The Definitive Collection 1964–1976'' in 1992.
Track listing
All tracks by Donovan Leitch.
Original album
2004 Repertoire Records version
Personnel
*Donovan – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica
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Reggie Young – electric guitar
*Teddy Erwin – electric guitar on "Your Broken Heart" and "Moon Rok"
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Johnny Christopher – rhythm guitar
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Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
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David Briggs – keyboards, string arrangement
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Kenneth Buttrey – drums, percussion
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Ben Cauley, Charlie Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades, Bill Puett,
George Tidwell,
George Bohanon, Johnny Rotella,
Tony Terran – horns
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist.
Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and h ...
, Byron Warner, Florence Warner, Ginger Holladay, Lea Jane Berinati, Mary Holladay – background vocals
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Sheldon Kurland – concertmaster
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Red Callender – bass guitar on "Salvation Stomp"
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Mike Melvoin
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– keyboards on "Salvation Stomp"
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Earl Palmer
Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of al ...
– drums, percussion on "Salvation Stomp"
References
External links
''7-Tease'' – Donovan Unofficial Site
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Donovan albums
1974 albums
Albums produced by Norbert Putnam
Epic Records albums