Nick Drake Five Leaves Left 180 GRAM LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS LP Box Set - 

180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl! Mastered by John Wood at Abbey Road Studios From a 24bit Digital File made from the Original Master Tapes!

An Authentic Reproduction of the 1969 First Pressing with Audiophile Vinyl, Replica Shop Poster, Reprint of Nick's Handwritten Lyrics to Two Songs PLUS IF STILL AVAILABLE Limited Time Bonus Voucher with a Choice of Download Formats including High Definition 24 Bit & Dubbed from Disc!

This first studio album from Nick Drake, which has garnered posthumous praise and remarkable all-time greatest album ratings, is an exact replica of the original 1969 release: it is pressed on heavyweight audiophile vinyl and remastered from near-original master tapes by the album's original engineer, John Wood. The original tape was unusable and although there were tape copies the best source was using a 24bit digital file made from the original tape when re-mastered for CD some 12 years ago.

The deluxe release comes in a box containing the original shop poster, a smaller "live" poster and a reprint of Nick's handwritten set list used for his live appearances, together with reproductions of the master tape and box lids. The disc is housed in a single-pocket, textured sleeve just as the original release would have been with an Island Records card inner bag.

As before, this title has been remastered by John Wood at Abbey Road Studios and pressed using wholly analogue processes onto 180 gram virgin vinyl.  The box set also includes limited time options to download the tracks in MP3, Hi-Res FLAC files or the new DFD (dubbed-from-disc) files for that authentic listening experience.

Following the success of Nick Drake's second and third albums "Bryter Layter" and "Pink Moon" on deluxe vinyl, comes his first studio album "Five Leaves Left" in a similar deluxe vinyl format, becoming part of the ReDISCovered series.  Poverty stricken students of 1968 rolled their own - not for them the cigarette temptations of a pack of 10 cigarettes, no, their tobacco thrills came hand rolled, usually in Rizla papers which kindly reminded the participant that they were about to run out, with a yellow interleaf paper with bold red type stating ONLY FIVE LEAVES LEFT.

Nick Drake's bucolic autumnal shades in his debut album of a similar name, heralded a new signing for Island Records: not traditional enough to be folk, not weird enough to be psychedelic, Drake avoided the pitfalls of what was expected and collaborated with producer Joe Boyd, orchestrator Robert Kirby and recording engineer John Wood to make a singular and almost unique record released to a largely indifferent media.

 

"Understatement is the key to his songs and performances' general success, which makes the combination of his vocals and Rocky Dzidzornu's congas on 'Three Hours' and the lovely 'Cello Song,' to name two instances, so effective. Danny Thompson is the most regular side performer on the album, his bass work providing subtle heft while never standing in the way of the song -- kudos well deserved for Boyd's production as well." - Ned Raggett, allmusic

"[T]he string arrangement by Harry Robinson on 'River Man' - possibly Drake's finest song - succinctly turned his Delius-meets-folk-jazz opus into something that no one had ever heard before. It's a key text for Drake fans, containing the return to nature matched against the infidelities of city life: A theme he would return to again and again, while the album title's sly reference to smoker's delights (as well as 'Thoughts Of Mary Jane') showed that Drake was no stranger to the standard musician's indulgences." - Chris Jones, BBC Review

Recorded July 1968-July1969 at Sound Techniques, London. Originally released September 1, 1969.

Features:

 Deluxe Edition Box Set

Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl

Gatefold sleeve, inner sleeve, paper labels

 Replica shop poster

 Live Mini-poster (full color both sides)

 Reprint of Nick's handwritten lyrics to two songs

Reproductions of the Master Tape & Box Lids

Original Engineer/Producer John Wood

 Mastered from near-original master tapes

 Re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios

 Housed in 1' 1" x 1' 1" x 1" Box Set

Limited Time Voucher with Choice of Download Formats, including High Definition 24 Bit and Dubbed from Disc

 Disc is Housed in Single-Pocket, Textured Sleeve

 

Musicians:

Nick Drake, acoustic guitar, piano, vocals

Kwasi "Rocky" Dzidzornu, congas, percussion

Tristan Fry, drums, vibraphone, background vocals

Paul Harris, piano

Clare Lowther, cello

Danny Thompson, guest artist, bass

Richard Thompson, guest artist, electric guitar

 

Selections:

Side One:

1. Time Has Told Me

2. River Man

3. Three Hours

4. Way To Blue

5. Day Is Done

Side Two:

1. Cello Song

2. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane

3. Man In A Shed

4. Fruit Tree

5. Saturday Sun

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