Released July 9, 2007 Length 66:10 Artist Nick Drake Label Island Records | Recorded Various Producer Various Release date 9 July 2007 Genre Folk music | |
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Family Tree is a 2007 compilation album of home recordings by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. The album is notable for the appearance of Nick's sister, Gabrielle, on one track and the contribution of two original songs performed by Nick's mother, Molly Drake. Recorded before the release of his first album Five Leaves Left, most of the tracks on the album circulated on bootlegs in the years before official release due to the generosity of Drake's family in sharing them with fans. The album reached #35 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart, making it Drake's first album to chart in America.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and performed by Nick Drake except where noted.
- "Come Into the Garden (Introduction)" - 0:31
- "They're Leaving Me Behind" - 3:16
- "Time Piece" - 0:43
- "Poor Mum" written & performed by Molly Drake - 1:38
- "Winter Is Gone" (Traditional) - 2:42
- "All My Trials" (Trad.) (with Gabrielle Drake) - 1:55
- "Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) (Nick on clarinet with his aunt & uncle) - 1:14
- "Strolling Down the Highway" (Bert Jansch) - 2:50
- "Paddling in Rushmere" (Trad.) - 0:24
- "Cocaine Blues" (Trad.) - 2:59
- "Blossom" - 2:41
- "Been Smokin' Too Long" (Robin Frederick) - 2:13
- "Black Mountain Blues" (Trad.) - 2:37
- "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (Bob Dylan) - 3:40
- "If You Leave Me" (Trad., arranged by Dave Van Ronk) - 2:04
- "Here Come the Blues" (Jackson C. Frank) - 3:53
- "Sketch 1" - 0:59
- "Blues Run the Game" (Frank) - 2:25
- "My Baby So Sweet" (Trad., arr. by Blind Boy Fuller) (Not on every version of the album) - 1:45
- "Milk and Honey" (Frank) - 3:00
- "Kimbie" (Trad., arr. by Frank) - 3:26
- "Bird Flew By" - 2:54
- "Rain" - 3:07
- "Strange Meeting II" - 4:27
- "Day Is Done" - 2:20
- "Come Into the Garden" - 1:59
- "Way to Blue" - 2:51
- "Do You Ever Remember?" written & performed by Molly Drake - 1:37
The Sunbeam 2xLP (UK) edition includes the song "Betty and Dupree" (2:17) as track 8, displacing the rest of the track list accordingly.
Personnel
Nick Drake performs vocals and acoustic guitar except on those performed by Molly Drake, and clarinet on the Mozart piece. Gabrielle Drake and Molly Drake appear as noted.
Songs
1Come In to the Garden (Introduction)0:32
2They're Leaving Me Behind3:17
3Time Piece0:43