Its a damn fine record.
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47 years ago today one of the finest albums you could ever wish to listen to was released.
Five Leaves Left by the late, great Nick Drake.
Enjoy
https://ume.lnk.to/NickDrakeFiveLeavesLeft
Listened to the firat minute or so of the first two tracks, not my cup of tea tbh
I think he was 19 when he wrote this. He was a bit of a prodigy. Joe Boyd has to take a bit of credit too though.
Nick Drake wasn't well known in his time but its good he's been discovered over the past 15/20 years. "fame is like a fruit tree, so very unsound. It will never flourish till it's stock is in the ground".
Listened to 30 seconds of every song. The words dreary and monotonous sprang to mind.
He started recording the album in 1968, when he was 20 and released it a year later when he was 21. So you are correct when you say he was 19 when he probably started writing this, his first of just three albums.
The album sold in very small numbers at the time but his popularity has increased over the years. It was in the late '70's when I went to university that I was introduced to his music by a very lovely young lady from Gloucestershire.
No problem, you obviously have a strong connection with his music and it's good that you are keen to share that connection with people who may not have heard of him (I certainly hadn't previously.
Music rarely captures my imagination first time around, so I may have another listen, but my initial thoughts were that it was a bit "folky" for my taste.
I googled him, sad story, i guess it makes you wonder what might have been.
I think his early influences were Dylan and Van Morrison.
Often have a beer / meal in The Bell in Tanworth in Arden. Both Nick Drake & Mike Hailwood are buried in the graveyard opposite the pub. Both very talented people from a smalll village, lost tragically too early in life.