RARE 4 LP BOX + EXTRAS NICK DRAKE "FRUIT TREE" HAUNTING MASTERFUL ALIENATION
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114
$ 114
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Jun 11, 2017
Sold Date
Jun 6, 2017
Start Date
$ 10
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16
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USA
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ORIGINAL 4 LP BOX SET =UK= LIMITED EDITION
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NICK DRAKE
Fruit Tree
ENGLAND - HANNIBAL RECORDS LTD
MINT- CONDITION, LIMITED EDITION:
....calm, introspective, sentimental, mellow, pastoral, alienation ...
Fruit Tree is a four-LP box set featuring all three of Nick Drake's studio albums (Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon) PLUS the rarities collection "Time of No Reply." In other words, it contains every known recording Drake made during his brief lifetime, and listening to the set, the depth of his talent becomes abundantly clear. And the four records are not overkill. The quality of Drake's songs was startlingly high, and anyone who purchases one disc will eventually need the other three albums, making Fruit Tree a logical way to acquire all of the records at once.
Nick Drake was one of those rare artists who had great talents, but too little time on this earth. When he died in his mid-twenties in 1974, Drake left behind only three albums filled with poignant melancholy charm. Three albums, and a demo/B-side collection LP -- sadly, that was all he created.
"Fruit Tree" collects all four albums together, in the order they were released: The first is his enchanting debut "Five Leaves Left," a wistful and startlingly polished first album - a haunted, baroque beauty. "Five Leaves First" is followed by the masterful, brooding "Bryter Layter," which many consider to be his best work of all -- a pop masterpiece
His swan song was the beautiful, tormented, dark and lonely "Pink Moon," which hints at Drake's inner turmoil, but not in a raw or obvious way. Coming after that was "Time of No Reply," a solid collection of non-album tracks. The outtake album features Drake rarities and demos, including a version of "Thoughts of Mary Jane" with Richard Thompson on electric guitar. In an age when more singer-songwriters and folk artists get compared to Drake, it's enlightening to look back and hear the original artist in full glory. Here's your best chance.
It's a rare thing when am artist's entire discography is made up of beautiful songwriting and equally exquisite music. There is literally not a single bad song on the entire collection -- the worst songs on it can simply be said to be pretty good, but never bad. That in itself is a rarity.
Drake's music is of a nearly-uniform mood -- wistful, brooding, soft and melodic. Normally a repeating theme is a bad thing, but Drake managed to keep it always interesting. He has a few catchier songs, a few bland-ish ones, and a few hopeful ones. But the overall sound is of a young man with romantic sensibilities, who was also sad and fragile.
But despite his loneliness, Drake had immense writing ability. His songwriting has a simple eloquence, with poetic overtones. He also was a pioneer of the "folk pop" sound, mixing his finger-picking guitar style with viola, strings, piano, and other such instruments. It adds extra beauty -- and often ethereal -- to the grounded guitar.
Nick Drake left behind only a few albums, but "Fruit Tree" allows you to hear them all together. Exquisite, understated, and truly timeless.
The colorful cardboard box comes with 12"x12" 15 page booklet (bio & lyrics).
Record jackets are housed in medium thickness paper sleeves with original artwork.
Five Leaves Left
Time Has Told Me 3:56
River Man 4:28
Three Hours 6:01
Way To Blue 3:05
Day Is Done 2:22
Cello Song 3:58
The Thoughts Of Mary Jane 3:12
Man In A Shed 3:49
Fruit Tree 4:42
Saturday Sun 4:00
Bryter Layter
Introduction 1:33
Hazey Jane II 3:41
At The Chime Of A City Clock 4:42
One Of These Things First 4:46
Bryter Layter 3:16
Fly 2:56
Poor Boy 6:30
Northern Sky 3:42
Sunday 3:39
Pink Moon
Pink Moon 2:00
Place To Be 2:39
Road 1:58
Which Will 2:56
Horn 1:19
Things Behind The Sun 3:23
Know 2:23
Parasite 3:30
Ride 2:57
Harvest Breed 1:00
From The Morning 2:25
Time Of No Reply
Time Of No Reply 2:52
I Was Made To Love Magic 3:08
Joey 3:04
Clothes Of Sand 2:32
Man In A Shed 3:02
Mayfair 2:28
Fly 3:35
Been Smoking Too Long 2:13
Strange Meeting II 3:32
Rider On The Wheel 2:30
Black Eyed Dog 3:20
Hanging On A Star 2:42
Voice From The Mountain 3:40
CONDITION: The cover: rated: colorful thick BOX set is M- with a fresh appearance, no alarming issues, there are no delete marks, no split seams, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy ... all 4 individual covers housing the 4 records are M- clean
note: there is a blank white (large) sticker on the blank-white INSIDE cover of the box, this is insignificant but mentioning anyway
The vinyl: Rated: all contents, 4 LP's (all 8 sides) are MINT top copy clean, playing with enjoyable CLEAN audio ... all 8 labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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