NICK DRAKE FIVE LEAVES LEFT ORIG US LP on ANTILLES NM VINYL KENDUN 1973

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Here is an EXCELLENT! copy of the DEBUT! LP from NICK DRAKE titled FIVE LEAVES LEFT. It is an ORIGINAL US pressing on the ANTILLES label, catalog #AN-7010 in STEREO. FIRST US PRESSING 1973 on label! The vinyl is in NEAR MINT! condition, shiny and black, and should have excellent playback. It is stamped KENDUN in dead wax! The cover is in EXCELLENT MINUS! condition with light wear to  front cover, a few small creases along spine edge, top right/bottom left corner creases/bends, light corner and edge wear. It is an EXCELLENT! copy of this DEBUT! LP by NICK DRAKE for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this LP in this condition. It’s a true gem for the BRITISH FOLK-ROCK collector!! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $5.00 for MEDIA MAIL (IT IS NOT $4.00). US BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by Ned Raggett

It's little wonder why Drake felt frustrated at the lack of commercial success his music initially gathered, considering the help he had on his debut record. Besides fine production from Joe Boyd and assistance from folks like Fairport Convention's Richard Thompson and his unrelated bass counterpart from Pentangle, Danny Thompson, Drake also recruited school friend Robert Kirby to create most of the just-right string and wind arrangements. His own performance itself steered a careful balance between too-easy accessibility and maudlin self-reflection, combining the best of both worlds while avoiding the pitfalls on either side. The result was a fantastic debut appearance, and if the cult of Drake consistently reads more into his work than is perhaps deserved, Five Leaves Left is still a most successful effort. Having grown out of the amiable but derivative styles captured on the long-circulating series of bootleg home recordings, Drake imbues his tunes with just enough drama -- world-weariness in the vocals, carefully paced playing, and more -- to make it all work. His lyrics capture a subtle poetry of emotion, as on the pastoral semi-fantasia of "The Thoughts of Mary Jane," which his soft, articulate singing brings even more to the full. Sometimes he projects a little more clearly, as on the astonishing voice-and-strings combination "Way to Blue," while elsewhere he's not so clear, suggesting rather than outlining the mood. 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.