Way to Blue
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Way to Blue is a 1994 compilation album
featuring tracks by English
singer/songwriter Nick Drake
, taken from his original three albums plus "Time of No Reply
". The album reached gold certificate in the U.K. on September 30th, 1999 after selling 100,000 copies.
Also features (on various songs):
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
featuring tracks by English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
singer/songwriter Nick Drake
Nick Drake
Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...
, taken from his original three albums plus "Time of No Reply
Time of No Reply
Time of No Reply is a 1986 compilation album featuring outtakes and alternative versions of songs by English folk singer Nick Drake. It was also included as the fourth disc of the 1986 version of the Nick Drake box set Fruit Tree.-Track listing:...
". The album reached gold certificate in the U.K. on September 30th, 1999 after selling 100,000 copies.
Track listing
All songs by Nick DrakeNick Drake
Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...
- Cello Song – 4:45
- from Five Leaves LeftFive Leaves LeftFive Leaves Left, recorded in 1969, was the first of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake. Like Bryter Layter but unlike Pink Moon, this album contains no completely solo songs...
, 1969.
- from Five Leaves Left
- Hazey Jane I – 4:28
- from Bryter LayterBryter LayterBryter Layter, recorded in 1970, was the second of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake. Like Five Leaves Left, the album contains no unaccompanied songs: Drake was accompanied by part of the British folk rock group Fairport Convention and John Cale from The Velvet Underground, as well...
, 1970.
- from Bryter Layter
- Way to Blue – 3:09
- from Five Leaves Left, 1969.
- Things Behind the Sun – 3:56
- from Pink MoonPink MoonPink Moon is the third and final album by English musician Nick Drake. It was recorded at midnight in two separate two-hour sessions, over two days in October 1971, featuring only Nick Drake's vocals and guitar, as well as some piano later overdubbed by Drake on the title track.-Album...
, 1972.
- from Pink Moon
- River ManRiver Man"River Man" is the second listed song from Nick Drake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left, remastered and released as a single in 2004. According to Drake's manager, Joe Boyd, Drake thought of the song as the centre piece of the album....
– 4:20- from Five Leaves Left, 1969.
- Poor Boy – 6.06
- from Bryter Layter, 1970.
- Time of No Reply – 2:44
- from Time of No ReplyTime of No ReplyTime of No Reply is a 1986 compilation album featuring outtakes and alternative versions of songs by English folk singer Nick Drake. It was also included as the fourth disc of the 1986 version of the Nick Drake box set Fruit Tree.-Track listing:...
, 1986.
- from Time of No Reply
- From the Morning – 2:30
- from Pink Moon, 1972.
- One of These Things First – 4:50
- from Bryter Layter, 1970.
- Northern SkyNorthern SkyNorthern Sky is a song from Nick Drake's 1970 album Bryter Layter. The song, written in DADGDG tuning, features piano, organ and celesta, performed by former Velvet Underground member, John Cale....
– 3:44- from Bryter Layter, 1970.
- Which Will – 2:56
- from Pink Moon, 1972.
- Hazey Jane II – 3:44
- from Bryter Layter, 1970.
- Time Has Told Me – 4:25
- from Five Leaves Left, 1969.
- Pink MoonPink MoonPink Moon is the third and final album by English musician Nick Drake. It was recorded at midnight in two separate two-hour sessions, over two days in October 1971, featuring only Nick Drake's vocals and guitar, as well as some piano later overdubbed by Drake on the title track.-Album...
– 2:03- from Pink Moon, 1972.
- Black Eyed Dog – 3:25
- from Time of No Reply, 1986.
- Fruit Tree – 4:45
- from Five Leaves Left, 1969.
Personnel
Nick Drake performs vocals and acoustic guitar on all songs.Also features (on various songs):
- Robert KirbyRobert KirbyRobert Kirby was a British born arranger of string sections for rock and folk music. He is best known for his work on the Nick Drake albums, Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, but has also worked with Elton John, Ralph McTell, Strawbs, Paul Weller and Elvis Costello.-At Cambridge:Patrick...
- String Arrangements - Richard Thompson - Guitar
- John CaleJohn CaleJohn Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
- Organ, Celeste - Chris McGregorChris McGregorChristopher McGregor , was a South African jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa.- Early influences :...
- Piano - Paul Harris - Piano
- Dave PeggDave PeggDave Pegg is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, arguably most visible as a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the pre-eminent electric folk band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of important folk and rock groups including The Ian Campbell...
- Bass - Ed Carter -Bass
- Mike KowalskiMike KowalskiMike Kowalski is a percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the former drummers from the rock band The Beach Boys. He and saxophonist Joel C. Peskin recorded as The Backsters in 1984.-Early career:...
- Drums - Rocky Dzidzornu - Conga
- Doris TroyDoris TroyDoris Troy was an American R&B singer, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul".She was born as Doris Higginson in The Bronx, the daughter of a Barbadian Pentecostal minister. Her parents disapproved of "subversive" forms of music like rhythm & blues, so she cut her teeth singing in her father's choir...
- Backing Vocals - P.P. Arnold - Backing Vocals
- Patrick Arnold - Backing Vocals
- Ray Warleigh - Saxophone