Charles Donovan
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Charles Donovan
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Writing, editing, subediting since 1994. Lifelong Londoner. My favourite thing: singer/songwriters & rare groove. Living with cauda equina syndrome, incomplete paraplegia, spinal stim. I commission stories for Diggin’ For Gold (Record Collector). 🏳️‍🌈
Ah, yes - Stepney? I think as well as Come To My Garden he was involved in Hey Love by Rotary Connection, which has Minnie all over it (though sadly not soloing much!)
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
He has some really great ones in the mid-70s to early-80s part of his catalogue and also produced excellent albums by Syreeta, Marvin Gaye and Melissa Manchester
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Indeed. And I think it was by looking at some of the credits on her albums that I ended up getting into the Leon Ware albums.
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This plus Stay In Love are my favourite Minnie albums after Come To My Garden.
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I went down a BA Robertson rabbit hole a few years ago and ended up with a couple of albums he made under different variants of his name in the early/mid 70s. They’re not that great but they’re quite interesting.
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Isn’t it. It’s the kind of photo that’s making me increasingly consider getting a camera-camera instead of just using my phone-camera.
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I love mine. I think it’s my favourite toy.
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And as lovely as it is to hear her, this one has very modern-day brickwalled mastering. Her 2005 album, Still Together, had lovely old-school mastering with softs and louds and everything in between. Dynamics! The difference in terms of ear fatigue is extraordinary.
October 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM