Drake, Nick: The Making Of Five Leaves Left (4xCD Boxset)

The Making Of Five Leaves Left includes unaccompanied demos, studio outtakes and previously unheard songs that tell the story of how Nick Drake’s debut album Five Leaves Left came to be released on Island Records in 1969.

This Nick Drake Estate authorised 4CD edition comprises over 30 previously unheard outtakes from the sessions, compiled across three discs. The final disc to complete the package is the original Joe Boyd produced album. The whole set has been mastered by John Wood.

Accompanied by a 60 page book printed on special textured paper stock, written by Neil Storey in collaboration with Richard Morton-Jack, complete with full track recording details, charts and recording history.

1. Mayfair - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
2. Time Has Told Me - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
3. Man In A Shed - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
4. Fruit Tree - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
5. Saturday Sun - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
6. Strange Face - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
7. Strange Face – Rough Mix with Guide Vocal – September 1968
8. Day Is Done – Take 5 – April 1968
9. Day Is Done – Take 2 – November 1968
10. Day Is Done – Take 7 – April 1969
11. Man In A Shed – Take 1 – May 1968
12. My Love Left With The Rain – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
13. Blossom – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
14. Instrumental – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
15. Made To Love Magic – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
16. Mickey’s Tune – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
17. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
18. Day Is Done – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
19. Time Has Told Me – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
20. Three Hours – Take 2 – November 1968
21. Time Has Told Me – Take 4 – November 1968
22. Strange Face – Take 1 – November 1968
23. Saturday Sun – Take 1 – November 1968
24. Fruit Tree – Take 4 – November 1968
25. Time of No Reply – Take 3 into Take 4 – December 1968
26. Cello Song – Take 4 – January 1969
27. Mayfair – Take 5 – January 1969
28. River Man – Take 1 – January 1969
29. Way To Blue – Cambridge – Winter 1968
30. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane – Take 2 – April 1969
31. Saturday Sun – Take 1 Into Take 2 – April 1969
32. River Man – Take 2 – April 1969
33. Time Has Told Me
34. River Man
35. Three Hours
36. Way To Blue
37. Day Is Done
38. Cello Song
39. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
40. Man In A Shed
41. Fruit Tree
42. Saturday Sun