In If Nick Drake Came to My House, Mackenzie Crook – the creator of Detectorists and Worzel Gummidge – explores the power of art to impact our lives, expressed through an imaginary visit from the late, great singer-songwriter. A tender homage to a classic book by Joan Gale Thomas, Crook’s first book for adults is infused with his characteristic warm humour, both in the story and his beautiful illustrations. It’s a book for anyone who has ever wished they had the chance to tell their hero how much they meant to them.
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In If Nick Drake Came to My House, Mackenzie Crook – the creator of Detectorists and Worzel Gummidge – explores the power of art to impact our lives, expressed through an imaginary visit from the late, great singer-songwriter. A tender homage to a classic book by Joan Gale Thomas, Crook’s first book for adults is infused with his characteristic warm humour, both in the story and his beautiful illustrations. It’s a book for anyone who has ever wished they had the chance to tell their hero how much they meant to them.
But with each well-intentioned revival of interest, Nick Drake slips further and further out of reach, martyred and codified, superceded and consumed by his own tragic context. Since his controversial death in 1974, Nick Drake has been heralded as a 26-year-old prophet, the diffident enigma, the tortured precursor to Kurt Cobain, the fallen hero, the folksinger-as-folksymbol, the self-sacrificing patron saint of lonely, disaffected teenagers - the One who died for our sins.This book explores how a tiny acoustic record has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Amanda Petrusich interviews producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW commercial."Thirty-Three and a Third" is a series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the past 40 years.
By turns obsessive, passionate, creative and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music.
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The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake - The Singles Collection (RSD24 EDITION)
Chrysalis Records / SD
IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.
‘The Endless Coloured Ways’ is a collection of songs by legendary singer/ songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of different backgrounds, genres, age groups and audiences.
From Fontaines D.C to Guy Garvey, and Aurora to Feist, each artist has offered their own incredible take on a timeless classic.
This RSD exclusive 7" Singles Boxset includes eleven tracks across six 7" singles from the original campaign and housed in a brand new exclusive and limited edition collector's box, including an exclusive double sided pullout poster insert Record Store Day UK exclusive for 2024.
TRACK LISTING
Single I
Fontaines DC - 'Cello Song
Let's Eat Grandma - From
The Morning
Single II
Mike Lindsay Featuring
Guy Garvey - Saturday Sun
Katherine Priddy - I Think
They're Leaving Me Behind
Single III
David Gray - Place To Be
Stick In The Wheel - Parasite
Single IV
Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves - Road
Karine Polwart & Kris Drever - Northern Sky
Single V
Emeli Sandé - One Of These Things First
John Grant - Day Is Done
Single VI
Nick Drake - Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob Dylan Cover)
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: How would you present a compilation of modern day artists covering singer-songwriter Nick Drake's work? Like this! Get them to re-interpret the material in their own individual way, re-imagine if you like, whilst maintaining Nick's original melody and words. We all know the original songs so well; that this record brings them to life so eloquently and sincerely is a huge testament to everybody involved.TRACK LISTING
1. The Wandering Hearts – Voice From A Mountain (prelude)
2. Fontaines D.C – Cello Song
3. Camille – Hazey Jane II
4. Mike Lindsay Featuring Guy Garvey – Saturday Sun
5. Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves – Road
6. Let’s Eat Grandma – From The Morning
7. David Gray – Place To Be
8. John Parish & Aldous Harding – Three Hours
9. Stick In The Wheel – Parasite
10. Ben Harper – Time Has Told Me
11. Emeli Sandé – One Of These Things First
12. Karine Polwart & Kris Drever – Northern Sky
13. Craig Armstrong Featuring Self Esteem – Black Eyed Dog
14. Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves – Road (reprise)
15. Nadia Reid – Poor Boy
16. Christian Lee Hutson Featuring Eleanor Moss – Which Will
17. Skullcrusher & Gia Margaret – Harvest Breed
18. Katherine Priddy – I Think They’re Leaving Me Behind
19. AURORA – Pink Moon
20. Joe Henry & Meshell Ndegeocello – Time Of No Reply
21. Famous Blue Cable Featuring Feist – River Man
22. Liz Phair – Free Ride
23. Philip Selway – Fly
24. John Grant – Day Is Done
25. The Wandering Hearts – Voice From A Mountain
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- Hardback Book
- £30.00
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 9781529308082
- Release date
- 23 Jun '23
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- Paperback Book
- £16.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 9781529308105
- Release date
- 6 Jun '24
It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd'The Drake completist could ask for nothing else' Telegraph'Illuminating. The definitive word on Drake' ObserverIn 1968 Nick Drake had everything to live for. The product of a loving, creative family and a privileged background, he was not only a handsome and popular Cambridge undergraduate, but also a new signing to the UK's hippest record label, Island.
Three years later, however - having made three well-reviewed but low-selling albums - Nick had been overwhelmed by a mysterious mental illness. He returned to live in his family home in rural Warwickshire in 1971, and died in obscurity in 1974, aged just 26. In the decades since, Nick has become the subject of ever-growing fascination and speculation.
Combined sales of his records now stand in the millions, his songs are frequently heard on TV and in films, and he has become one of the most widely known and admired singer-songwriters of his generation. Nick Drake: The Life is the only biography of Nick to be written with the blessing and involvement of his sister and Estate. Drawing on copious original research and new interviews with his family, friends and musical collaborators, as well as deeply personal archive material unavailable to previous writers - including his father's diaries, his essays and private correspondence - this is the most comprehensive and authoritative account possible of Nick's short and enigmatic life.
Includes a foreword by Gabrielle Drake and over 75 photos, many rare or previously unseen.
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- Ltd 7"
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- BRS73LP
- Release date
- 16 Jun '23
TRACK LISTING
1.One Of These Things First - Emeli Sandé
2. Day Is Done - John Grant
Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves / Karine Polwart & Kris Drever
The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake
Chrysalis Records
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- Ltd 7"
- £8.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- BRS72LP
- Release date
- 26 May '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Road - Bombay Bicycle Club And The Staves
2. Northern Sky - Karine Polwart And Kris Drever
David Gray / Stick In The Wheel
The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake
Chrysalis Records
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- Ltd 7"
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- BRS71LP
- Release date
- 5 May '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Place To Be - David Gray
2. Parasite - Stick In The Wheel
Mike Lindsay Feat. Guy Garvey / Katherine Priddy
The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake
Chrysalis Records
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- Ltd 7"
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- BRS70LP
- Release date
- 14 Apr '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Saturday Sun - Mike Lindsay Featuring Guy Garvey
2. They're Leaving Me Behind - Katheirne Priddy
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- Ltd LP
- £27.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 3734756
- Release date
- 30 Sep '13
Originally released in 1969 'Five Leaves Left' was largely overlooked by critics and music fans at the time - a fate that was to befall his subsequent two studio albums. Unfortunately, Nick Drake didn't live to see his reputation as one of the finest singersongwriters Britain has ever produced develop. Nevertheless, 'Five Leaves Left' is now widely regarded as one of the most significant debut albums of all time.
TRACK LISTING
1. Time Has Told Me
2. River Man
3. Three Hours
4. Way To Blue
5. Day Is Done
6. ' Cello Song
7. Thoughts Of Mary Jane
8. Man In A Shed
9. Fruit Tree
10. Saturday Sun
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- CD
- £9.49
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- NAVIGATOR080
- Release date
- 15 Apr '13
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- CD
- £5.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 3706990
- Release date
- 24 May '04
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- CD
- £6.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 3706995
- Release date
- 26 Apr '04
TRACK LISTING
Pink Moon
Place To Be
Road
Which Will
Horn
Things Behind The Sun
Know
Parasite
Free Ride
Harvest Breed
From The Morning