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Weather the Storm

A little folk tune I've been working on lately. Took this live take in a field near my house. Probably sounded eerie to dog walkers nearby.

u/Lewiswestern97 — 2 days ago
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Will we ever see unseen pictures/footage of Nick?

Just out of curiosity.. I know he was on a show performing live once, but the footage got lost. Will we EVER see things like these, or is all the media we currently have of him all we‘ll ever see?

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u/Prod_by_ogi — 3 days ago
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Jan 1970 Poster for Nick Drake at Ewell Tech College

A likely unique (or only surviving) example of a rare poster.

u/OmegaAuctionsNLW — 3 days ago
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Nick Drake's Guitars at FolkEast

Delighted to say that I am being interviewed by Michael Watts on 22nd August at FolkEast (11.30-12.20 on the Barn Stage), where I will be talking about my book (www.nickdraketherecordings.co.uk) and Nick's recording career. Furthermore, Michael and I will be joined on stage by two of Nick's guitars. I hope to see you there.

u/Easy-Hat-7571 — 7 days ago
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Your Alternate Versions Playlist for Five Leaves Left?

I have a playlist for an alternative stripped down version of Five Leaves Left made entirely from the officially released "The Making Of Five Leaves Left" unlike the stem separated version of Bryter Layter I made. It'd be cool if similar tapes are/have been discovered for Bryter Layter and we get a similar release for it!

Wondering if anyone else has a similar playlist and what versions of songs you have instead?

Not a replacement, just another fun alternate way to experience the album.

This is mine:

  1. Time Has Told Me - 1st Sound Techniques Session, March/1968

  2. River Man - Take 1, 4th January 1969

  3. Three Hours - Take 2, 11th November 1968

  4. Way To Blue - Cambridge, Winter/1968

  5. Day is Done - Take 2, 12th November 1968

  6. 'cello Song - Take 4, January 4th 1969

  7. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane - Cambridge, Lent Term/1968

  8. Man In A Shed - Take 1, 10th 1968

  9. Fruit Tree - Take 4, 12th November 1968

  10. Saturday Sun - Take 1,12th November 1968

u/Simple_As_A_Kettle — 9 days ago
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Took Nick on a little trip!

I‘ve fallen in love with this book. It‘s such an interesting read if you really want to get into the specifics about his life. You just wish it would never end.

Greetings from Montenegro

u/Prod_by_ogi — 11 days ago
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Nick Drake and the fate of the Seer

Nick was an emissary from another world. He saw a place beyond this one; one in which competition, noise, mindless egocentrism is replaced by truth, vulnerability and unbound expression. Everyone who truly loves Nick's work sees this world too- it's just that his own dial was turned to maximum. He couldn't turn it down. It is a tragedy that his musical genius bloomed at a point of desolation rather than optimism. In a parallel timeline there is a Pink Moon in which his supernatural Seeing takes him to a place of love and not of sorrow. Bryter Layter is the closest remnant we have of such a world I suppose, even if it is not the "World Entire" of his last masterpiece. Thank you for everything Nick. I'm going to turn my dial down a notch or three because luckily I can ( and I'd like to live). God bless anyone who is quietly keeping Nick's flame alive. Don't give up on yourself.

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u/Maleficent_Back_5917 — 10 days ago
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Thank you for the review, Dave. The hardcover book is now available again. www.nickdraketherecordings.co.uk

'There’s no doubt that Richard Morton Jack’s biography of Nick Drake is the definitive account of his life.

Now comes the definitive account of his music. The recently published Nick Drake The Recordings by Adam Foster is a work of forensic detail. Every song and every session is assessed. Add to that a log of the studio location, the recording equipment, the musicians and the instruments deployed.

The end result is a book that really does take you into the heart of the process Nick undertook to create that remarkable body of work.

It’s also superbly designed with easy to follow album by album chapters. All illustrated throughout with rare photos and cuttings. It had me taking a deep dive back into the timeless beauty of the Nick Drake catalogue.

Hats off to Adam for producing such a worthy addition to ‘’Nickology’’ as Nick’s sister Gabrielle has come to term it (a fact Richard Morton Jack reveals in his introduction to the book).

Nick Drake the Recordings is a magnificent work and has heightened my understanding of Nick’s music manifold.'

u/Easy-Hat-7571 — 12 days ago
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Richard Thompson on 'Five Leaves Left'

Richard Thompson discusses playing the electric guitar on Time Has Told Me and talks about Nick generally. This is an excerpt from a film about Sound Techniques studio where Nick's (and many other Witchseason) albums were recorded. The film is still being made and seeking funding, you can help by buying merchandise, including a very cool Nick t-shirt, from https://soundtechniquesmovie.square.site/.

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u/finalcircuit — 14 days ago