NICK DRAKE - FRUIT TREE - 4 LP BOX - HANNIBAL
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Description
You're bidding on the original Hannibal box set of NICK DRAKE ALBUMS, FRUIT TREE (HNBX 5302) The box contains his three studio albums: "FIVE LEAVES LEFT", "BRYTER LAYTER" and "PINK MOON", as well as an lp of previously unreleased recordings. The package also contains a full size book with detailed information on Nick Drake's life and the lyrics to all his songs and a post card. Condition: the records are near mint, the booklet is like new, the box shows some wear to the back- see photo, (I'm the original owner and the box was stored upright on a shelf with it's back against another boxed set.) The inner sleeves reproduce the art work of his albums and there is some splitting, where the records have knifed through the edges, otherwise they're beautiful. Check out my feedback score; you won't be disappointed.
Album Notes
This set consists of the 3 albums released before Drake's death in 1974, FIVE LEAVES LEFT, BRYTER LAYTER, and PINK MOON, plus a collection of outtakes and unreleased tracks called TIME OF NO REPLY. It includes a booklet with full lyrics and extensive liner notes by Arthur Lubow.Personnel includes: Nick Drake (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Richard Thompson (guitar); John Cale (viola, piano, celeste, harpsichord, organ); Clare Lowther (cello); Ray Warleigh (flute, alto saxophone); Lyn Dobson (flute); Paul Harris, Chris McGregor (piano); Tristan Fry (vibraphone, drums); Danny Thompson, Dave Pegg, Ed Carter (bass); Mike Kowalski, Dave Mattacks (drums); Rocki Dzidzornu (congas); Pat Arnold, Doris Troy (background vocals).When Nick Drake's manager and producer, Joe Boyd, sold his company to Island Records in the early 1970s, a now-legendary provision was inserted into the contract: Island could never let Drake's albums fall out of print. For all his talent, Nick Drake sold very few albums in his short lifetime, and many believe his lack of commercial success was a key factor in the depression that would ultimately lead to his death, by an accidental overdose of prescription antidepressants, in 1974; so at the time, Boyd's demand may have seemed curious. But over the decades since his death, Drake has moved from little-known cult figure to a key influence on several generations of folk-rock and indie artists.
Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 -- Still no one has come close to matching Drake's majesty and, as time rolls on and his reputation swells, it's ever more tragic that he never saw success in his lifetime.
Record Collector
5 stars out of 5 -- FRUIT TREE is solidly canonical....Maybe only Robert Johnson has ever undergone such a profound posthumous career revival.
Uncut
5 Stars - Indispensable - ...this four-album set serves to remind the listener that the singer/guitarist's reputation owes everything to his hypnotically powerful music....there is a maturity and artistic depth which belies his tender age...
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