Family Tree
Home and demo recordings, with his sister and two songs by his mother.
Nick Drake, 2007
- Released
- 10 July 2007
- Type
- compilation
Family Tree collects home recordings made with his father Rodney in Tanworth-in-Arden, demos from Aix-en-Provence, and 1968 demos recorded at Cambridge by Robert Kirby. His sister Gabrielle appears on All My Trials, and two songs, Poor Mum and Do You Ever Remember?, are by his mother Molly Drake, whose own album followed in 2011. He plays clarinet in a Mozart trio, and covers Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan and Jackson C. Frank. The album reached number 35 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart, his first chart album in America.
Track listing
- Come into the Garden (Introduction)0:31
- They're Leaving Me Behind3:16
- Time Piece0:43
- Poor Mum1:38
- Winter Is Gone2:42
- All My Trials1:55
- Kegelstatt Trio For Clarinet, Viola and Piano1:14
- Strolling down the Highway2:50
- Paddling in Rushmere0:24
- Cocaine Blues2:59
- Blossom2:41
- Been Smokin' Too Long2:13
- Black Mountain Blues2:37
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time3:40
- If You Leave Me2:04
- Here Come the Blues3:53
- Sketch 10:59
- Blues Run the Game2:25
- Milk and Honey3:00
- Kimbie3:26
- Bird Flew By2:54
- Rain3:07
- Strange Meeting II4:27
- Day Is Done2:20
- Come into the Garden1:59
- Way to Blue2:51
- Do You Ever Remember?1:37
Personnel
- Nick Drake vocals, guitar, clarinet
- Gabrielle Drake appears on All My Trials
- Molly Drake her own songs
More from Nick Drake
Five Leaves Left (1969), Bryter Layter (1971), Pink Moon (1972), Time of No Reply (1987), Made to Love Magic (2004)
Sources
- Family Tree (Nick Drake album), Wikipedia
- Molly Drake, Wikipedia