Nick Drake

For fans of Drake's excruciatingly slim output, any variation on the original material will prove to be invaluable. Such is the case here: the extended intros, added string sections, stripped-down demos ("River Man" especially), and previously unheard track ("Tow the Line") make a treasure trove for diehards.

British folk-rock troubadour Nick Drake died from an overdose of anti-depressants in 1974.
He was only twenty-six and had recorded just three proper albums - 1969's Five Leaves
Left, 1970's Bryter Layter, 1972's Pink Moon -- and a pile of scattered tracks. But when the
tape recorder was turned on, he had a batting average up there in Robert Johnson range:
Almost everything that survives from Drake is significant. The demos that have b... More >