Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)

"Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"
B-side to "Turquoise" by Donovan
Published	1965
Released	30 October 1965
Recorded	October 1965, Peer Music, Denmark Street, London, England
Genre	Folk rock
Label	Pye Records
Writer(s)	Donovan
Producer(s)	Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens and Terry Kennedy

"Hey Gyp"
Song by Eric Burdon & The Animals from the album Animalism
Released	1966
Recorded	4 July 1966
Genre	Psychedelic rock, Acid rock,
Length	3:46
Label	MGM Records
Writer(s)	Donovan
Producer(s)	Tom Wilson

"Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" is a song by Donovan. Donovan based it on the song "Can I Do It For You" by Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy. The name "Gyp" refers to Donovan's best friend, Gyp Mills, known then as Gypsy Dave, and is one of many songs that Donovan wrote and recorded as a dedication to his close friends.

Pye Records first released the song in the UK as the B-side to Donovan's song "Turquoise" in October 1965. The single was also licensed in this fashion in Canada, France, and Scandinavia. Hickory Records released it as the A-side to Vietnam-themed "The War Drags On" in July 1966. The single was reissued in Frace as a B-side to "Colours in 1975. The song has since been issued on numerous collections of Donovan's music and as a bonus track to his 1965 album Fairytale.

Cover versions

The Animals released their version of the song in December 1966 on the album Animalism. After reconfiguring the band as "Eric Burdon and the Animals', they continued to perform it in their live set and released it as the title track of a 4-song EP in France in 1967.

The Soul Survivors also released the song as the B-side to their hit "Expressway to Your Heart". "Hey Gyp" has also been covered by the Belfast Gypsies, Knights of Day, the Underdog Blues Band, 3½, Keith Shields, Santa Esmeralda, the Truth, the Orphans, and The Astro Zombies.

Donovan

Studio albums	What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (Catch the Wind) Fairytale Sunshine Superman Mellow Yellow A Gift from a Flower to a Garden The Hurdy Gurdy Man Barabajagal Open Road HMS Donovan Cosmic Wheels Essence to Essence 7-Tease Slow Down World Donovan Neutronica Love Is Only Feeling Lady of the Stars Sutras Pied Piper Sixty Four Brother Sun, Sister Moon Beat Cafe Shadows of Blue

Live albums	Donovan in Concert Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 Rising Rising Again Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986

Songs	"Catch the Wind" "Colours" "Universal Soldier" "Turquoise" / "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond" "To Try for the Sun" "Josie" "Remember the Alamo" "Sunshine Superman" "Mellow Yellow" "Epistle to Dippy" "There Is a Mountain" "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" "Jennifer Juniper" "Hurdy Gurdy Man" "Atlantis" "Laléna" "Barabajagal" "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" "Season of the Witch" "Museum"

Box sets	Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan

Films	There is an Ocean

Related	Discography Island of Circles Donovan Leitc (son) Ione Skye (daughter)

Book:Donovan

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