Nick Drake - Making Of Five Leaves Left (4LP Boxset)

Nick Drake - Making Of Five Leaves Left (4LP Vinyl Boxset)

Nick Drake’s debut album Five Leaves Left will be issued as a four-disc box set called The Making Of Five Leaves Left, in July.

The album was released by Island Records in 1969 and was produced by Joe Boyd. The new box sets comes in 4LPs and includes unaccompanied demos, studio outtakes and previously unheard songs. There’s over 30 previously unheard outtakes, in total. The whole set has been mastered by John Wood. 

The box sets come with a 60-page book, printed on textured paper stock and is written by Hidden Masters’ Neil Storey (in collaboration with Richard Morton-Jack) who worked for Island back in the day. The book includes full track recording details and recording history. 

Tracklisting:

LP 1: 1st Sound Techniques Session aka The Beverley Martyn demo & Alt Takes from February 1968 to April 1969

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

LP 2: Paul de Rivas Reel – October 1968 / Out-Takes November 1968

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

LP 3: Out-Takes from December 1968 to April 1969

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

LP 4: The Original Album – Released 3rd July 1969

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