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Track Listing
1. Introduction
2. Hazey Jane II
3. River Man
4. Cello Song
5. Hazey Jane I
6. Pink Moon
7. Poor Boy
8. Magic
9. Place to Be
10. Northern Sky
11. Road
12. Fruit Tree
13. Black Eyed Dog
14. Way to Blue
15. From the Morning
Album Notes
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Personnel: Nick Drake (vocals, guitar); Richard Thompson (guitar); Claire Lowther (cello); Robert Kirby (strings, brass); Ray Warleigh (alto saxophone); John Cale (piano, celesta, organ); Chris McGregor (piano); Dave Pegg (bass instrument); Danny Thompson (double bass); Dave Mattacks, Mike Kowalski (drums); Rocki Dzidzornu (congas); Doris Troy, Pat Arnold (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Peter Paphides.
Recording information: 1969 - 1972.
While there was no shortage of Nick Drake collections on the market by 2004, the options for Drake fans with high-end stereo systems and/or SACD players was pretty limited (that is to say non-existent) before the release of A TREASURY. A hybrid disc remastered in Super Audio Surround Sound, it offers 15 cuts from the Drake catalog; considering that he only released three official albums, that's a healthy chunk of the British singer/songwriter's oeuvre.
With unprecedentedly crisp quality, we're given masterfully orchestrated folk-rock ("Hazey Jane II," "Northern Sky"), bleak, strikingly minimalist, haiku-like solo-acoustic pieces ("Pink Moon," "Black Eyed Dog"), and lush, mournfully elegant ballads ("River Man," "Way to Blue"). Throughout, Drake's hushed, breathy voice, nimble Joao Gilberto-meets-John Fahey guitar work, and hauntingly beautiful lyricism shine through, making it clear why this doomed troubadour's slim repertoire has been revisited so many times over the years.
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