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For a few years went to the annual Nick Drake Gathering at Tanworth-in-Arden. Was a great celebration of his music - particularly his musical innovation, with unusual keys and chord progressions.
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 10:04 - Nov 27 by Guthrum
For a few years went to the annual Nick Drake Gathering at Tanworth-in-Arden. Was a great celebration of his music - particularly his musical innovation, with unusual keys and chord progressions.
Full disclosure - I'm definitely in the same camp as the writer of this piece. I much prefer his earlier, more lushly instrumented stuff.
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 10:18 - Nov 27 by The_Flashing_Smile
Whilst I'm aware of him, I don't really know his work. Any recommendations of a starting point?
Five Leaves Left is my favourite album and was where I started. There's a fair bit of additional stuff which wasn't on albums proper as well. My current favourite of these is this but it changes:
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 11:42 - Nov 27 by PhilTWTD
Five Leaves Left is my favourite album and was where I started. There's a fair bit of additional stuff which wasn't on albums proper as well. My current favourite of these is this but it changes:
Five Leaves Left seems the obvious start point - first recorded album and all that.
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 10:18 - Nov 27 by The_Flashing_Smile
Whilst I'm aware of him, I don't really know his work. Any recommendations of a starting point?
My favourite album? I'd have to say the Best of Nick Drake.
There's a book by music writer Rob Chapman Unsung:Unsaid based on an imaginary meeting between Nick and Syd Barrett during which they discuss their music. Worth looking out if you're a fan of either.
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Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:01 - Nov 27 with 1037 views
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 12:41 - Nov 27 by PhilTWTD
Yes, I think start there and work through chronologically.
Five Leaves Left was the third album I ever bought.
That was on the strength of the first album I bought being the Island sampler Nice Enough to Eat. That certainly did it's job as far as I was concerned as it led me to buy albums by 6 of the 12 artists featured, including Nick Drake.
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:01 - Nov 27 by You_Bloo_Right
Five Leaves Left was the third album I ever bought.
That was on the strength of the first album I bought being the Island sampler Nice Enough to Eat. That certainly did it's job as far as I was concerned as it led me to buy albums by 6 of the 12 artists featured, including Nick Drake.
Still got it? I imagine an original copy is worth a fair bit these days. What were the other six?
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Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:28 - Nov 27 with 992 views
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:18 - Nov 27 by PhilTWTD
Still got it? I imagine an original copy is worth a fair bit these days. What were the other six?
Gave it to my nephew. 13/6 it cost me and he never even offered a penny!
Bands featured and albums bought were
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Jethro Tull - Stand Up Traffic - Traffic Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking Free - Free Blodwyn Pig Quintessence Heavy Jelly Dr Strangely Strange Spooky Tooth Mott the Hoople
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:28 - Nov 27 by You_Bloo_Right
Gave it to my nephew. 13/6 it cost me and he never even offered a penny!
Bands featured and albums bought were
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Jethro Tull - Stand Up Traffic - Traffic Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking Free - Free Blodwyn Pig Quintessence Heavy Jelly Dr Strangely Strange Spooky Tooth Mott the Hoople
Cheek! What was the track on the sampler?
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Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:34 - Nov 27 with 973 views
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:01 - Nov 27 by You_Bloo_Right
Five Leaves Left was the third album I ever bought.
That was on the strength of the first album I bought being the Island sampler Nice Enough to Eat. That certainly did it's job as far as I was concerned as it led me to buy albums by 6 of the 12 artists featured, including Nick Drake.
Just found this of Joe Boyd talking about Five Leaves Left if it's of interest.
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Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 19:14 - Nov 27 with 803 views
Fifty years since the passing of Nick Drake. on 14:01 - Nov 27 by You_Bloo_Right
Five Leaves Left was the third album I ever bought.
That was on the strength of the first album I bought being the Island sampler Nice Enough to Eat. That certainly did it's job as far as I was concerned as it led me to buy albums by 6 of the 12 artists featured, including Nick Drake.
The first Nick Drake I heard was on another Island sampler, 'Bumpers' (which I still have), and the track was 'Hazey Jane'. Sad to say but my appetite for riff mongers, prog and glam drew me away from the wonder of that song and it was a couple of years before I got sensible and sent away for a secondhand copy of 'Pink Moon' from Cob Records in North Wales (always used to amaze me that those LPs arrived intact through the post) and at a particularly downbeat period in life found a resonance in the songs. Always regret not buying 'Bryter Later' from Woolworths in Carr Street on its release when it was prominently displayed on a carousel in the record department but I didn't have the disposable income to buy full price LPs that often back then. Interesting demo of 'Hazey Jane' here, still a great song without the orchestration (although that made it a sweeping statement of Seventies romanticism.)
Found it curious that Davy Graham didn't get a mention by Joe Boyd in the clip Phil posted, here's his best known piece but one that was made better known by Bert Jansch. Listening to it now I can hear so many things Nick Drake learnt from him:
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