A Day Gone By...

There are few releases that bear Nick Drake’s name, with only 3 lifetime albums under his belt, and the scantist of studio recordings, demos, radio tracks, etc his legacy was almost on a par with that of one of his heroes – Robert Johnson. However, a new boot has just emerged on Rover records featuring what could be the last word on the home recordings by the folk troubadour. “A Day Gone By” features numerous upgrades, new to circulation variants and session tracks that feature Nick’s playing that the estate of Nick Drake are not willing to release. Justifiably, some of the sources used previously to Nick Drake bootlegs and grey area recordings showed diminishing returns but this release promises the best of what’s out there .. cd1:01-17: The Music Room, Far Leys, Tanworth In Arden. 1967/1968. 18-23: Hampstead, London. 1968/1969. 24/25: John Peel Session, BBC Radio One. Studio Five, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London. August 5, 1969. Broadcast: August 6, 1969. Produced by Pete Ritzema. Engineered by Mike Harding. Fragments only. cd2:01-03: Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London. July – December 1968. Engineered by John Wood. Early, rejected takes. Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Hewson. 04-06: Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London. July – December 1968. Engineered by John Wood. 07: Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London. November 11, 1968. Engineered by John Wood. 08-11: The Music Room, Far Leys, Tanworth In Arden. 1968. 12-15: Hampstead, London. 1968/1969. 16-23: The ‘Work Tape’. Possibly recorded at The Music Room, Far Leys, Tanworth In Arden. 1968. 24/27: Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London. July 1974. Produced by Joe Boyd and John Wood. Guitar track only. 25/26: Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London. February 1974. Produced by Joe Boyd and John Wood. Guitar track only. 28-30: The “Interplay One” Educational Toolkit album, released by Longman (Mono LG 582 241367). Unknown studio. Recorded late 1971, released early 1972. 31/32: The Mick Audsley album “Dark and Devil Waters” released by Sonet Records (SNTF 641), 1972. Produced and arranged by Robert Kirby and Mick Audsley. Recorded at Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London.