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joenzi · Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 10

Has anyone seen this photo before? New to me. .Can anyone ID the other people?

http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/695/1106695-nick-drake-picture.htm

BIGCOOKIE · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 142 Location: Wisconsin

Nope,never seen that photo.Thanks for posting it.No clue to who those other people are.
Looks like a photo shoot for a Vashti Bunyan lp....
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Nossuri · Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 308 Location: Netherlands

Thanks, nice picture - never seen it before.

shirl · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 64 Location: Tx.

I like that photo and it really shows the size of those hands.
Thanks so much!

moonrider · Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 30

Here's a description of the photograph and the people in it from a 1997 article in The Telegraph by Mick Brown.

"There is a photograph taken in 1967, of Drake on a visit to Hatley Park, the home of the Astor family in Cambridgeshire. The Hon. J.J. Astor, Mrs Astor and friends ride in a horse-drawn cart, their faces turned to the camera in broad smiles. Drake sits in the front seat, his face turned away, as if he is not quite part of the group."

You can read the complete article 'The Sad Ballad of Nick Drake" here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4709629/The-sad-ballad-of-Nick-Drake.html

Nick is wearing the same style of clothing (probably the very same clothes) he wore in France in early 1967 and in the photos for Five Leaves Left.

Although the biographical details in the article are now well known to Nick's fans, at the time almost nothing had been written about him. Mick did a good job of researching and conveying events with sensitivity and insight.

BTW, in the article, Mick Brown refers to "Been Smoking Too Long" as a traditional blues. I had only recently contacted the record label and Joe Boyd to let them know it was mine, so very few people were aware of that.

Mick Brown is a remarkable writer. His "The Dance of 17 Lives" is an extraordinary and fascinating look at Tibetan religious politics. Check out his biography of Phil Spector which came out last year - a very compelling and disturbing biog.

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Sylvia127 · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 111

I've never seen this picture before either. Thanks so much for posting it, as all newly discovered pictures/music/articles regarding Nick are indeed "Rare...rare finds."
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Song & Dance Man · Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 3 Location: New Zealand

Good find joenzi. Speaking of rare photo's, I came across a photo a while ago of Nick reading the back of a Fairport convention LP. Can't remember where I saw it and haven't been able to find it anywhere since. Does anyone know of this photo? I think it was taken in the reception at sound techniques but I could be wrong.

Stuart Villarroel · Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 127 Location: United Kingdom

It's in the photo section of Joe Boyd's book "White Bicycles".

Song & Dance Man · Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 3 Location: New Zealand

Thanks Stuart. I've always wondered about that photo. I seem to remember it gives you a good idea of the size of his hands, much like the one here.

Flydrake · Joined: 10 Aug 2009 Posts: 32 Location: UK - England

Not seen this photo before , it's kind of quaint reminds me of Wagon Train lol .
Was Nick an animal lover ? did he have a dog or a cat at home ?

wayne · Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 377

Never seen that pic before, very nice!

In the other pic mentioned, Nick is looking at the back of Fairport Convention's Full House LP in the Witchseason office.
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Sundown · Joined: 07 Sep 2008 Posts: 21

The pic also appears in the most recent Drake mojo.

Look at the size of those hands!!!!!!!