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A1	Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth	3:28
A2	Lazy Daze	4:43
A3	Life Goes On	2:37
A4	There Is An Ocean	4:49
A5	The Dignity Of Man	5:19
B1	Yellow Star	3:07
B2	The Divine Daze Of Deathless Delight	4:00
B3	Boy For Every Girl Lead Guitar – Steve Marriot*	4:15
B4	Saint Valentines Angel	3:57
B5	Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	3:13
B6	Sailing Homeward	2:56

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – CBS/Sony Inc.

Credits

• Accordion – Jack Emblow (tracks: A2, A4)
• Acoustic Guitar – Donovan (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B1 to B6), Neil Hubbard (tracks: B4)
• Artwork By – Donovan, John Kosh
• Backing Vocals – Bobby Whitlock (tracks: A2), The Scratch Band (tracks: B3)
• Bass – Alan Spenner (tracks: B1), Carl Radle (tracks: A1 to A3), Leland Sklar (tracks: A5, B3, B5), Paul Ossola (tracks: A1, B2, B4)
• Bass [Fiddle] – Danny Thompson (tracks: A4)
• Clavinet – Jean Roussel (tracks: B1)
• Congas – Jim Gordon (tracks: A3), Russell Kunkel* (tracks: B5)
• Drums – Bruce Rowland (tracks: B2), Denny Seiwell (tracks: B1, B4), Jim Gordon (tracks: A1 to A3), Russell Kunkel* (tracks: A5, B3, B5)
• Electric Guitar – Danny Kortchmar (tracks: A5, B5), Doug Schlink (tracks: B2, B4), Neil Hubbard (tracks: B2), Peter Frampton (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Electric Piano – Nicky Hopkins (tracks: A1)
• Engineer – Bill Lobb, David Harris*, Mike Bobak
• Flute [Bass] – Chris Nicholls* (tracks: B2)
• Harmonica – Donovan (tracks: A2)
• Harpsichord – Craig Doerge (tracks: B3)
• Horn [Gernshorn] – Andrew Powell (tracks: B5)
• Horns – Andrew Powell (tracks: B3)
• Koto – Simon Jeffes (tracks: B2)
• Lead Guitar – Henry McCullough (tracks: B1, B4)
• Liner Notes – Masakazu Kitanaka
• Organ – Bobby Whitlock (tracks: A2)
• Other [Private Chef] – Nigel Ford
• Percussion – Jim Gordon (tracks: A1 to A3, B1), Ray Cooper (tracks: A5, B2, B3), Russell Kunkel* (tracks: A5)
• Photography – Tony Evans
• Piano – Carole King (tracks: B6), Craig Doerge (tracks: A5, B3, B5), Jean Roussel (tracks: B4), Nicky Hopkins (tracks: A2, A3)
• Producer – Andrew Oldham*
• Resonator Guitar [Dobro] – Danny Kortchmar (tracks: B3)
• Strings – Andrew Powell (tracks: A3, A5 ,B3, B6), Del Newman (tracks: B4), Nicky Harrison (tracks: B2)
• Tabla – Jim Gordon (tracks: B5)
• Vocals – Donovan
• Woodwind – Tom Scott (tracks: B6)

Notes

℗ 1973 ABKCO Records Inc.
Recorded between 9/1/73 to 10/13/73 at Morgan Studios, England. Mixed down at Syncron, Connecticut and Olympic, London.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): ECPM-41A1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): ECPM-41B1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S EPC 69050, EPC 69050	Donovan	Essence To Essence ‎(LP, Album)	Epic, Epic	S EPC 69050, EPC 69050	UK	1973
KE 32800	Donovan	Essence to Essence ‎(12", Album, Promo, W/Lbl)	Epic	KE 32800	USA & Canada	1974
S EPC 69050	Donovan	Essence To Essence ‎(LP, Album)	Suzy	S EPC 69050	Yugoslavia	1973
S ASF 1799, S.ASF.1799	Donovan	Essence To Essence ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	CBS, CBS	S ASF 1799, S.ASF.1799	South Africa	1973
S EPC 69050, EPC 69050	Donovan	Essence To Essence ‎(LP, Album)	Epic, Epic	S EPC 69050, EPC 69050	UK	1973

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