Name: Family Tree
Brand: Nick Drake

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

3706992

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2012-10-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Nick Drake

Genre GB

Folk

Label GB

repackaged in mint-packs. 'family tree' features previously unreleased tracks from the vaults of the estate of nick drake. the album tells the story of nick's musical development in the years prior to recording his official debut album 'five leaves left'. recorded in the late 1960's, the 28 tracks feature lo-fi recordings made on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at his home, far leys in tanworth in arden, as well as eight songs recorded on cassette during his sojourn in aix en provence. the inclusion of two songs, 'poor mum' and 'try to remember', written and performed by molly drake bears testament to her musical influence on her son, conscious or otherwise. after nick's death in 1974, his parents rodney and molly drake began to receive visits from fans compelled to understand more about the source of his music by traveling to the place where he lived and died. for rodney and molly, this was no invasion of privacy. on the contrary, aware that this might be the beginning of the recognition that their son had longed for in his lifetime, they invited those fans in and quite often shared the music a young nick had recorded on an early reel-to-reel recorder. often fans left with their own cassette tapes of those songs.

Family Tree

Music GB