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Free Music Review: Nick Drake's Home Unplugged Sessions
Hit: 4 Stars
Since Nick Drake only released three albums/cds, followers have eagerly sought alternative Drake recordings that filled the gap. Think of this cd as the best of the bootlegs. This recording is 28 songs long, and recorded in the 60's in Drake's home. A few of the songs are by members of his highly talented family. Instantly, after hearing this cd, I started thinking of the `Basement Tapes' by Dylan and some of the Beatles Blue Room Bootlegs that were just the band plucking and singing without the usual posturing necessary for a recording.
Drake plays with traditional folk songs, Dylan compositions, and American-folk blues and traditional songs. The result is surprisingly satisfying. Even though it's informal, his breath control and flawless guitar chords are at peak performance. And this is EARLY Nick Drake. If you thought `Pink Moon' was lo-fi, then you haven't heard this cd! There's a small degree of audible tape hiss (again, this was made in the 60's), but it has an amazingly clean sound.
This is a piece of British history that does much to explain the influences on Drake. While he is a subdued singer, he doesn't show the angst normally portrayed in his other albums. What you do hear is a true love for music being sang by someone who `gets it.' Included with the cd is a great booklet with subsections in prose written by his friends and family about Nick. Their personal takes on Drake read almost like a diary introspection. Not every artist could release an album like this. I would say only enigmas could get away with the intimate setting. When it does work, like this cd: "Family Tree", becomes a stepping stone in a short path to greatness.
Jeff Feezle of Macafeez
Free Music Review: Come Into The Garden
Hit: 4 Stars
If you're seeking this out, I don't have to tell you what a special & rare talent Nick Drake is. Suffice it to say, this one is for die-hard fans. Those seeking proper introduction should proceed directly to Way To Blue or Pink Moon.
One of the most prized recordings in my collection has long been the Nick Drake bootleg, Tamworth-In-Arden 1967/68. I usually avoid buying boots, but couldn't resist the plethora of completely unheard/unreleased songs. Now, most of that material has been lovingly compiled (with a few surprises, as well as omissions) & cleaned up considerably in terms of the sound quality. Half of the songs are written by Drake & half are rather obscure covers, including 3 songs by the legendary Jackson C. Frank. Fans of Drake will hardly be disappointed.
Among the self-penned selections, the real highlights are the haunting "Leaving Me Behind" and "Come Into The Garden". "Rain" and "Bird Flew By" reveal a talent that is nearly fully formed. "Strange Meeting II" & "Been Smoking Too Long" were included on the Fruit Tree box set appendix, Time Of No Reply. Both are welcome here. (According to the liner notes that collection is soon to be re-released).
More than likely, fans will not be as thrilled with the two songs, written & sung by Nick's mother, Molly. But to be frank, I like them both even if they are a bit jarring amidst the rest of the set. Its nice to hear where Nick got some of his talent from.
Lovingly compiled & with copious liner notes (Nick's sister, Gabrielle's are quite moving) this is certainly worth the price of admission for longtime & new found fans of this brilliant and truely unique artist.
Free Music Review: Family Tree
Hit: 4 Stars
If this is going to be your first Nick Drake album I recomend you buy insted Pink Moon.
This is a recopilation of Drake's first recordings in his home and a friend house, the quality is no the best but I guaranty that you forget about that becuse of his powerfull and full of soul voice, there are some tracks of his mother singing that gives you an idea to where he got his musical liking and also a duet of him and his sister
The packages is a soft one with a large booklet with writings of his sister and friends, it's rather moving and it also has some pictures of the family.
So if you want to know more about Nick Drake I recomend this album becuse it has, even then when he was starting, a lot of fealing and something that good voices of today fail to have and that's heart.
I am not an old person talking, I have 24 and I recomend this to you hopping that Drake's magic remains live for a long time, this is ageless.
Free Music Review: fans will love this
Hit: 4 Stars
It's hard to listen to Nick Drake and not be reminded of those VW commercials where "Pink Moon" played while hipsters rode through the dark in their cabriolet. Nick Drake has the voice that you hear in your dreams at night. His new release, Family Tree, contains songs he recorded with his mother and family before having a record deal. Nick Drake masterfully fingers folk songs on his guitar and sometimes the piano. I have always admired his skill of making a few instruments sound like many, but what I found most impressive were the tracks where his mother and sister sang.
Music obviously ran in the Drake family, and it's difficult to listen to the CD without feeling that you are in the Drake living room yourself. Although I found Family Tree to be a fascinating look inside the Drake household, I would only recommend it for die hard Nick Drake fans, and would recommend newcomers to start with Bryter Layter or Pink Moon.
Free Music Review: Eclectic mix of Drake
Hit: 4 Stars
I really liked these selections. They're mostely Nick Drake with other performers and a number of the songs have a more bluesy tone than your typical Nick Drake album. In a very good way though!