release date: 23-11-2007

2007 UK limited edition 29-track 2-LP set pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL, telling the story of his musical development in the years prior to his debut album 'Five Leaves Left' [1969], featuring lo-fi recordings made on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at his home, 8 songs recorded on cassette during his sojourn in Aix En Provence, France, and recordings made by colleague Robert Kirby at Cambridge University in 1968, remastered by Nick's sound engineer John Wood, presented in sealed & stickered gatefold sleeve with 8-page booklet

Tracks:
01. Come Into The Garden (Introduction)
02. They're Leaving Me Behind
03. Time Piece
04. Poor Mum - Performed by Molly Drake
05. Winter Is Gone
06. All My Trials - Performed by Nick & Gabrielle Drake
07. Kegelstatt Trio For Clarinet, Viola And Piano - Performed by The Family Trio
08. Betty & Dupree
09. Strolling Down The Highway
10. Paddling In Rushmere
11. Cocaine Blues
12. Blossom
13. Been Smoking Too Long
14. Black Mountain Blues
15. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
16. If You Leave Me
17. Here Come The Blues
18. Sketch 1
19. Blues Run The Game
20. My Baby So Sweet
21. Milk And Honey
22. Kimbie
23. Bird Flew By
24. Rain
25. Strange Meeting II
26. Day Is Done
27. Come Into The Garden
28. Way To Blue
29. Do You Ever Remember - Performed by Molly Drake

2007 rarities collection from one of the most influential UK Folk artists of all time. Family Tree tells the story of Nick Drake's musical development in the years prior to his debut album Five Leaves Left in 1969. It features lo-fi recordings made on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at his home, Far Leys in Tanworth In Arden, as well as eight songs recorded on cassette during his sojourn in Aix En Provence. The inclusion of two songs by his mother Molly Drake bears testament to her influence on her son. His final performances on Family Tree, 'Day Is Done' and 'Way To Blue', recorded by his Cambridge friend and arranger Robert Kirby are the end of one story and the beginning of another. Family Tree comprises mostly other people's compositions: the Folk and Blues tunes used by many a young guitarist in the '60s, attempting to master the fretboard. Nick played Jackson C. Frank, Bert Jansch, Dave Van Ronk and, of course, Bob Dylan.