Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left ILPS 9105 UK LP Orig Pink
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Album Information
Artist Nick Drake Title Five Leaves Left(+ 1960's Rizla pack with Five Leaves Left reminder from which LP took it's name) Record Label Island Cat. number ILPS 9105 Mono/Stereo? S
Country
UK Recorded 1969 Matrix no. ILPS 9105 A//2 ILPS 9105 B//2 Please enquire if you need the matrix numbers
Album Condition
Disc
Marks
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EX Side 2 EXSurface
Hairlines
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EX A couple of very light surface hairlines - not audible Side 2 EX A few very light surface hairlines - not audibleScratches
Side 1
EX Side 2 EXOther Info.
Sound
Surface Noise
Side 1
EX Side 2 EXPops/Clicks
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EX Side 2 EXScratches
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EX Side 2 EX Other Info.Sleeve
Ring / Surface Wear
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EX Light storage wear Back EX Inside EXCard Creases
Front
EX A few light creases at the spine edge Back EX Inside EX Crease at spine edgeShelf Wear
Edge
VG Storage wear Spine VG Light storage wear Corner VG Corners worn at spine Other Info.All records are graded by the Record Collector Rare Price Guide - Grading System
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Background Information
Click on the link to find the original source of this information: - Five Leaves Left 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 assays 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.
Track Listing: -
1 Time Has Told Me Drake 4:28
2 River Man Drake 4:22
3 Three Hours Drake 6:15
4 Way to Blue Drake 3:11
5 Day Is Done Drake 2:29
6 Cello Song Drake 4:47
7 The Thoughts of Mary Jane Drake 3:22
8 Man in a Shed Drake 3:55
9 Fruit Tree Drake 4:49
10 Saturday Sun Drake 4:03
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