Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left 180g Vinyl LP Box Set. Made To Love Magic. Tuck Box

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NICK DRAKE - FIVE LEAVES LEFT 180 GRAM VINYL LP BOX SET.
An Authentic Reproduction of the 1969 First Pressing with Audiophile Vinyl, Replica Shop Poster, Reprint of Nick's Handwritten Lyrics to Two Songs PLUS Limited Time Bonus Voucher with a Choice of Download Formats including High Definition 24 Bit & Dubbed from Disc!
This first studio album from Nick Drake, which has garnered posthumous praise and remarkable all-time greatest album ratings, is an exact replica of the original 1969 release: it is pressed on heavyweight audiophile vinyl and remastered from near-original master tapes by the album's original engineer, John Wood. The original tape was unusable and although there were tape copies the best source was using a 24bit digital file made from the original tape when re-mastered for CD some 12 years ago.
The deluxe release comes in a box containing the original shop poster, a smaller "live" poster and a reprint of Nick's handwritten set list used for his live appearances, together with reproductions of the master tape and box lids. The disc is housed in a single-pocket, textured sleeve just as the original release would have been with an Island Records card inner bag.
As before, this title has been remastered by John Wood at Abbey Road Studios and pressed using wholly analogue processes onto 180 gram virgin vinyl.  The box set also includes limited time options to download the tracks in MP3, Hi-Res FLAC files or the new DFD (dubbed-from-disc) files for that authentic listening experience.
Following the success of Nick Drake's second and third albums "Bryter Layter" and "Pink Moon" on deluxe vinyl, comes his first studio album "Five Leaves Left" in a similar deluxe vinyl format, becoming part of the ReDISCovered series.  Poverty stricken students of 1968 rolled their own - not for them the cigarette temptations of a pack of 10 cigarettes, no, their tobacco thrills came hand rolled, usually in Rizla papers which kindly reminded the participant that they were about to run out, with a yellow interleaf paper with bold red type stating ONLY FIVE LEAVES LEFT.
Nick Drake's bucolic autumnal shades in his debut album of a similar name, heralded a new signing for Island Records: not traditional enough to be folk, not weird enough to be psychedelic, Drake avoided the pitfalls of what was expected and collaborated with producer Joe Boyd, orchestrator Robert Kirby and recording engineer John Wood to make a singular and almost unique record released to a largely indifferent media.
TRACKLIST:

Side One
1. Time Has Told Me
2. River Man
3. Three Hours
4. Way To Blue
5. Day Is Done

Side Two
1. Cello Song
2. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
3. Man In A Shed
4. Fruit Tree
5. Saturday Sun