I took the shrink wrap off and was not disappointed.
Nick drake pink moon simply vinyl.
A treasury lp sealed reissue rock pop.
I saw it written and i saw it say pink moon is on its way and none of you stand so tall pink moon gonna get you all it s a pink moon it s a pink pink.
Pink moon followed on the heels on 1971 s lavishly orchestrated bryter layter and its failure to make a dent on the pop charts led a disheartened drake to say to hell with it and strip things down to voice guitar and piano.
Pink moon sold fewer copies than its predecessors although it received some favourable reviews.
The nick drake vinyl version of pink moon turned up on time and was well packed from musicmagpie at a very good price with a download voucher.
I actually prefer their pink moon to the one in the 1979 uk fruit tree box.
Nick drake s third and final album many consider to be his finest moment was a radical departure from his previous work stripped of the lush orchestral arrangements pink moon featured drake alone on vocals acoustic guitar and the occasional piano accompaniment.
Nick drake is an artist who never fakes.
Referencing pink moon lp album re 180 006025 17456976 the record is physically fine as stated before near silent no notable warping.
Released 25 february 1972 on island catalog no.
It s simply one musician s view of life at the time and you can t ask for more than that.
I have always admired nick and his music and wanted this album for a long time.
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Heavyweight 180gm virgin vinyl lp repressing of this 1972 album.
The results are stark in large part because drake chose to work with a palette limited to varying shade of grey.
Nick drake acoustic guitar writer john wood engineer co producer michael trevithick aka text artwork role id 1314 aka text keith morris photography ccs typography.
The pressing is meh however it is certainly richer and warmer than the average mp3 but it sounds quite compressed with the instrumentals especially sounding quite muted.
Nick drake five leaves left sealed 180g simply vinyl uk 1999 press re limited lp.
The album makes no concession to the theory that music should be escapist.
In zigzag connor mcknight wrote.
Pink moon an album by nick drake.