Man in a shed

Have you been watching grow your own veg on BBC and subliminally affected by the soundtrack?

Tom Waits has a take on men in sheds - What's He Building In There?
Steve

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Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
Have you been watching grow your own veg on BBC and subliminally affected by the soundtrack?

Intersting point Bob. Beautifully filmed programme with a soundtrack clearly selected with someone with an ear for early Seventies prog rock and beyond.

Tells you absolutely b*gger all about how to actually do it yourself though.............

Shame

Richard S

Turn your head for one moment and the Nick Drake thread is about veg!
Unfortunatly I did not see this, but then I do not have a garden so little use for a grow bag.....

You do hear snippits of Drake on TV shows but often as background music, and I cannot really accept Drake as back groundmusic. For some reason it captures my attention, and my Drake sessions rare as they may be these days seem to go on and on and I end up listening to all three albums back to back in a bit of a trance.

I think the change from the Rega to the Michell has introduced a whole new level of nuance in Nicks guitar and the sound of his fingers squeaking on the fret board makes it that much more haunting.

Simon

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Originally posted by i am simon 2:
...I cannot really accept Drake as back ground music. For some reason it captures my attention...

Interesting. A high proportion of my music listening is done in soundtrack mode i.e. I'm doing something else (watching football, playing computer games, watching people have arguments on Internet message boards etc.), but some albums do just as you describe and drag you into themselves, and Nick Drake's are usually that way for me. Particularly Pink Moon, the most minimal.

I know music's all very personal, but Nick Drake had some sort of magic going on there.

Hi Simon;

I recently got hold of a perfect condition 'Simply Vinyl' re-issue of 'Bryter Layter' my favourite ND album.

Such is the haunting beauty of this man's music, that one seems to discover or realise something new with every listen.

I'd love a good vinyl copy of 'Pink Moon' but they are currently commanding silly prices.

The good news is that the CD's are available as Japanese pressings - and that's the best you'll hear them on CD.

John.

I have all three of the proper Albums on Simply Vinyl - I thought they were widely availible (bought mine about 5 years ago I guess).

I go in phases of listening to mostly Pink Moon and 5 Leaves, but Bryter is as you say the most haunting.

My favourtite tune (the most superficialy depressing sounding one) but perhaps the most hopeful is Black Eyed Dog, which I only have on the CD "An Introduction...." I would like to get that on Vinyl should it exist.

The Vinyl on my Gyrodec makes the CD on my Rega Planet almost unlistenable, perhaps I should try these Japan editions.

Simon

Simon

Hello Simon (both of you);

You lucky bugger. I have just ordered an alleged brand new SV copy of 'Pink Moon' from foreign parts. The SV reissues seem now to be pretty rare and/or expensive in the UK.

This is tantalising. It implies an imminent re-release of the 'Fruit Tree' box set of CDs, which contains some great tracks (some of them demos) on 'Time Of No Reply'.

I have a 'Hannibal/Rykodisc' copy of the 'Fruit Tree' CD box set. The demo version of 'Fly' is of poor audio quality but utterly spellbinding.

John.

One of the very few things I did right in the early seventies was to buy all 3 of Nick Drake's albums when they first were released. I have them still. Believe me the originals are far better than the SV ones.

Gosh - I didnt know they were no longer availible.

You dont fancy these then?

A bit of history......

I bought the Fruit Tree 4 LP box set from Hannibal Records when they released it in the late 80s. The four LPs are, Five Leaves Left, Bryter Later, Pink Moon and Time Of No Reply. There is a booklet included with words to songs, pictures of Nick, and a biography of his life. From what I understand there was an earlier Fruit Tree 3 LP set which did not include Time of No Reply.

The sound is excellent on this set. I wish Classic Records would re-do this set. However the Hannibal Records collection was my first introduction to Nick Drake, prior to purchasing it I had never heard a single song from him.

Scott

The Trevor Dann biography makes excellent reading.

Also available is this biography by Patrick Humphries.

John.

No-one has mentioned the 'Made to Love Magic' CD, which has some fantastic songs and versions. It's well worth getting.

Nigel