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In 1968, the 19 year-old Nick Drake had everything to live for. The
product of a loving, creative family and a privileged background,
he was not only a handsome and popular Cambridge undergraduate, but
also a new signing to the UK's hippest record label, Island. Three
years later, however - having made three well-reviewed but
low-selling albums - he had been overwhelmed by a mysterious mental
illness. Based back in his family home in rural Warwickshire as of
1971, he largely withdrew from life and died in obscurity and
despair in 1974. In the decades since he has become the subject of
ever-growing fascination and speculation. Combined sales of his
records now stand in the millions, his songs are frequently heard
on TV and in films, and it is no exaggeration to call him one of
the most widely known and best loved singer-songwriters of his
generation. Nick Drake: The Authorised Biography will be the only
life of Nick to be written with the approval and involvement of his
estate. Drawing on copious original research, new interviews with
close family friends, schoolfellows and musical contemporaries and
collaborators, as well as deeply personal archive material
unavailable to previous biographers - including his father's
diaries, his Cambridge essays and letters home from school,
university and elsewhere - this book is the most comprehensive and
authoritative account possible of this beloved figure's short and
enigmatic life.
It wasn't just clothes and hair that changed as the 1960s
progressed - social awareness crept into youth culture and music
ceased to be simply about dancing. A counter-culture gradually
emerged, and rock 'n' roll was its defining feature. Pop music
broadened beyond the traditional guitar-bass-drum format and
started to experiment with new sounds. Musicianship reached
unsurpassable levels, and for a brief, glorious time, genuinely
experimental music coincided with the popular taste. The explosion
of imagination and ambition that characterised the psychedelic
movement of the late 1960s stretched the possibilities of the pop
song to their limits. Never before or since were so many classic
albums made in such a short time. Psychedelia is the most
colourful, detailed and authoritative guide to these albums ever
published. One hundred of them are evaluated here, using
contemporary reviews, rare photographs and interviews, accompanied
by a plethora of iconic images and reproductions of cover artwork.
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Nick Drake - The Life
Richard Morton Jack
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