''Family Tree'' is a 2007

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of home and demo recordings by English

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Nick Drake Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. An accomplished acoustic guitarist, Drake signed to Island Records at the age of twenty while still a student at the University of Cambridg ...

. 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 Mary Drake (born Mary Lloyd; 5 November 1915 – 4 June 1993), also known as Molly Drake, was an English poet and musician. She is known as the mother of actress Gabrielle Drake and musician Nick Drake. Molly Drake never released any official p ...

. Recorded before the release of his first album, ''

Five Leaves Left ''Five Leaves Left'' is the debut studio album by English folk musician Nick Drake. Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was released in 1969 by Island Records. Background and recording ''Five Leaves Left'' was recorded between May 1968 and A ...

'', most of the tracks on the album circulated on bootlegs in the years before the official release from the Drake family.Nick Drake: Family Tree On Jambase
/ref> The album reached #35 on ''

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s Top Independent Albums chart, making it Drake's first album to chart in America. The recordings are all from the 1960s, consisting of home recordings by Nick and his father Rodney in

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, England; demos recorded by Nick in

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, France; and 1968 demos recorded at

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by Nick's later frequent collaborator Robert Kirby.

Track listing

All songs written and performed by

except where noted. # "Come Into the Garden (Introduction)" – 0:31 # "They're Leaving Me Behind" – 3:16 # "Time Piece" – 0:43 # "Poor Mum", written and performed by Molly Drake – 1:38 # "Winter Is Gone" (traditional) – 2:42 # " All My Trials" (trad.), with Gabrielle Drake – 1:55 # "

Kegelstatt Trio The ''Kegelstatt Trio'', K. 498, is a piano trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. History Mozart wrote the piano trio on 10 sheets (19 pages) in Vienna and dated the manuscript on 5 August 1786. Accordin ...

for Clarinet, Viola and Piano" (

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), Nick on clarinet with his aunt & uncle – 1:14 # "Betty and Dupree" (

Chuck Willis Harold "Chuck" Willis (January 31, 1926 – April 10, 1958) was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, " C. C. Rider" (1957) and " What Am I Living For" (1958), both reached No.1 on the '' ...

) – 2:17 ^† # "Strolling Down the Highway" (

Bert Jansch Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle (band), Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and ...

) – 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 # "

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" (

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) – 3:40 # "If You Leave Me" (trad., arranged by Dave Van Ronk) – 2:04 # "Here Come the Blues" (

Jackson C. Frank Jackson Carey Frank ( Jones; March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. He released his first and only album in 1965, produced by Paul Simon. After the release of the record, Frank was plagued by a series of personal i ...

) – 3:53 # "Sketch 1" – 0:59 # "

Blues Run the Game "Blues Run the Game" is a 1965 song by the American singer-songwriter Jackson C. Frank. It was the opening track on his self-titled debut album. Cultural impact Samples of the Jackson C. Frank original appear on the soundtrack of ''This Is U ...

" (Frank) – 2:25 # "My Baby So Sweet" (trad., arr. by

Blind Boy Fuller Fulton Allen (July 10, 1904 – February 13, 1941), known as Blind Boy Fuller, was an American blues guitarist and singer. Fuller was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists, along with Blind Blake, Josh White, and Budd ...

) – 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 and performed by Molly Drake – 1:37 ^† "Betty and Dupree" is only available on the Sunbeam 2xLP (UK) edition.
^‡ "My Baby So Sweet" is only available on certain releases, including the Sunbeam vinyl version and the original pressing of the Island CD version.

Personnel

Nick Drake sings and plays

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except on those performed by Molly Drake, and clarinet on the Mozart piece. Gabrielle Drake and Molly Drake appear as noted.

References

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