'The Making Of Five Leaves Left' tells the story of how Nick Drake's debut album 'Five Leaves Left' came to be released in 1969. This Nick Drake Estate authorised 4LP edition comprises over 30 unaccompanied demos, studio outtakes and previously unheard songs from the sessions, plus the original Joe Boyd produced album. Accompanied by a 60 page book written by Neil Storey in collaboration with Richard Morton-Jack, complete with full track recording details, charts and recording history.
Disc 1
1. Mayfair (1st Sound Techniques Session, March 1968) - Nick Drake
2. Time Has Told Me (1st Sound Techniques Session, March 1968) - Nick Drake
3. Man in a Shed (1st Sound Techniques Session, March 1968) - Nick Drake
4. Fruit Tree (1st Sound Techniques Session, March 1968) - Nick Drake
5. Saturday Sun (1st Sound Techniques Session, March 1968) - Nick Drake
6. Strange Face (1st Sound Techniques Session, March 1968) - Nick Drake
7. Strange Face (Rough Mix With Guide Vocal, September 1968) - Nick Drake
8. Day Is Done (Take 5, April 1968) - Nick Drake
9. Day Is Done (Take 2, November 1968) - Nick Drake
10. Day Is Done (Take 7, April 1968) - Nick Drake
11. Man in a Shed (Take 1, May 1968) - Nick Drake
12. My Love Left With the Rain (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
Disc 2
1. Blossom (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
2. Instrumental (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
3. Made to Love Magic (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
4. Mickey's Tune (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
5. The Thoughs of Mary Jane (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
6. Day Is Done (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
7. Time Has Told Me (Cambridge, Lent Term 1968) - Nick Drake
8. Three Hours (Take 2, November 1968) - Nick Drake
9. Time Has Told Me (Take 4, November 1968) - Nick Drake
10. Strange Face (Take 1, November 1968) - Nick Drake
11. Saturday Sun (Take 1, November 1968) - Nick Drake
12. Fruit Tree (Take 4, November 1968) - Nick Drake
Disc 3
1. Time of No Reply (Take 3 Into Take 4, December 1968) - Nick Drake
2. 'Cello Song (Take 4, January 1969) - Nick Drake
3. Mayfair (Take 5, January 1969) - Nick Drake
4. River Man (Take 1, January 1969) - Nick Drake
5. Way to Blue (Cambridge, Winter 1968) - Nick Drake
6. The Thoughts of Mary Jane (Take 2, April 1969) - Nick Drake
7. Saturday Sun (Take 1 Into Take 2, April 1969) - Nick Drake
8. River Man (Take 2, April 1969) - Nick Drake
Disc 4
1. Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake
2. River Man - Nick Drake
3. Three Hours - Nick Drake
4. Way to Blue - Nick Drake
5. Day Is Done - Nick Drake
6. 'Cello Song - Nick Drake
7. The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake
8. Man in a Shed - Nick Drake
9. Fruit Tree - Nick Drake
10. Saturday Sun - Nick Drake
