I fell for Nick Drake's music during my earliest days working behind the counter of a record shop, via the 1979 career spanning 'Fruit Tree' box set. At the time I knew next to nothing about him and can remember being quite shaken by the bleakness of 'Black Eyed Dog', one of four hitherto unreleased performances contained in that original set.
Nick's short life ended 50 years ago today and it's remarkable to think that he'd only be 76 if he was still with us. The acoustic demo 'Time of No Reply' is my favourite Nick Drake song. It was originally released as part of the expanded CD re-issue of the 'Fruit Tree' set in 1986, before receiving detrimental orchestral overdubs for another compilation in 2004.
That's lovely.
ReplyDelete50 years since he passed away and still timeless high class music.
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff. I first discovered him in 1989, quite different from everything else I was listening to, a (then) new compilation called Time Of No Reply. In recent years Cello Song has become a song that has meant a great deal to me. 76 is the same age as my mum- funny to think of Nick and her being the same age but totally obvious really.
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