An article in Friday’s Guardian suggested Donovan’s Sunshine Superman had a good claim to being the first example of recorded psychedelia and the album of the same title is unjustly undervalued due to his reputation as being a dippy hippy. (To be fair, when you call an album A Gift From A Flower To A Garden you’re asking for it.)

Sunshine Superman’s release was delayed due to a contractual dispute among record labels and so when it finally came out it was no longer ahead of the game but seemed of a piece with what else was going in musically in 1967.

I did feature Donovan’s later song Atlantis in my category Friday On My Mind (entry number 32) as it is more of a forgotten gem. Sunshine Superman still gets fairly regular airplay.

Here it is so you can judge its psychedelic credentials.

(Edited, 10/5/18, to add: the original video is no longer available. This is the only clip I could find which approximated to the 60s single version. It has very tinny sound.)

Donovan: Sunshine Superman

Season Of The Witch (from the album) is even more of a psychedelic experience but wasn’t released as a single in the UK.

Donovan: Season Of The Witch; live version

Edited to add:-
This song is now featured at Friday on my Mind 105.