[2025-07-25] Nick Drake "The Making Of Five Leaves Left" 4CD box set (Island)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:30 pm

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Description
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.

Tracklist
[CD1]
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)

[CD2]
1. Blossom (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
2. Instrumental (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
3. Made To Love Magic (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
4. Mickey's Tune (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
5. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
6. Day Is Done (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
7. Time Has Told Me (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
8. Three Hours (Take 2, November / 1968)
9. Time Has Told Me (Take 4, November / 1968)
10. Strange Face (Take 1, November / 1968)
11. Saturday Sun (Take 1, November / 1968)
12. Fruit Tree (Take 4, November / 1968)

[CD3]
1. Time Of No Reply (Take 3 Into Take 4, December / 1968)
2. Cello Song (Take 4, January / 1969)
3. Mayfair (Take 5, January / 1969)
4. River Man (Take 1, January / 1969)
5. Way To Blue (Cambridge, Winter / 1968)
6. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane (Take 2, April / 1969)
7. Saturday Sun (Take 1 Into Take 2, April / 1969)
8. River Man (Take 2, April / 1969)

[CD4]
1. Time Has Told Me
2. River Man
3. Three Hours
4. Way To Blue
5. Day Is Done
6. Cello Song
7. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
8. Man In A Shed
9. Fruit Tree
10. Saturday Sun

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Linda · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:31 pm

"Strange Face (1st Sound Techniques Session, March / 1968)"

wardo · 18 Oct 2007

Somebody decided to make the CDs match the LP contents exactly, so this consists of four not-to-capacity discs for $115. And a book.

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

wardo wrote:

Somebody decided to make the CDs match the LP contents exactly, so this consists of four not-to-capacity discs for $115. And a book.

Probably could have been a 2 CD Set. Knowing that the songs are around 3 minutes long. Anyway I am interested in this.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Still a better value than Springsteen's Tracks 2.

[2025-07-25] Nick Drake "The Making Of Five Leaves Left" 4CD box set (Island)

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