02-05-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com

How we made: Donovan's Sunshine Superman

‘It’s primarily a love song – but I was also trying to get to the invisible fourth dimension of transcendental superconscious vision’Sunshine Superman was one of the first British psychedelic records, but it’s primarily a love song. It was the mid-60s and I was appearing on Ready Steady Go!, playing Catch the Wind, when I saw this girl. I said to my mate Gypsy Dave: “My God, look at that girl. She’s beautiful.” We had a dance. She told me her name
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