Nick Drake Documentary
Monday, 17. April 2006, 19:49:24

Lost Boy: In Search Of Nick Drake
This is the version that has been re-voiced by Brad Pitt. Not that I doubt the sincerity of Pitt's interest in Drake's music, his narration doen't really lend itself to the subject matter. BBC Radio 2 link.
It's delivered in very flat matter-of-fact manner, the tone of which would be more in keeping with one of those faux reverential AutoQueue induced awards speeches that never sound right even on Oscar night. I don't dislike Pitt but he doesn't really suit this sort of thing (is that coming across?).
I think the desire to enlist an A List celebrity on the project far outweighed common sense, or at least the stabilising influence of a BBC producer on hand. I'm pretty sure I have the original broadcast with the producer's original narration on a cassette - somewhere...
The original version of this programme was called "Fruit Tree - The Nick Drake Story". Broadcast on 20th June 1998, BBC Radio 2. It was presented by bass player Danny Thompson. A good quality bootleg of this does exist. Hopefully, soon, here.
Until that surfaces...
lost_boy.part1.rar lost_boy.part2.rar lost_boy.part3.rar Files are split into smaller chunks for now until I'm confident about uploading anything bigger here.
Apropos the original broadcast, I found the transcript here. "Danny Thompson tells the story of Nick Drake, the singer-songwriter who died unknown at the age of 26 but posthumously influenced a new generation of artists, including REM, Kate Bush and Paul Weller. With contributions from his actress sister Gabrielle Drake, producer Joe Boyd and engineer John Wood." Now where's that bloody recording?????









Anonymous # 9. October 2006, 08:23
Wow, thanks for this! Yes I'd also like to hear that original pre-pitt version if anyone has it? PLEASE?????
:-)
Anonymous # 1. March 2007, 14:37
Thanks gary for making this available and for the krautrock documentaries. Hope your head reconnects with your torso soon. Thanks man!
Anonymous # 1. March 2007, 14:37
Thanks gary for making this available and for the krautrock documentaries. Hope your head reconnects with your torso soon. Thanks man!
Anonymous # 12. March 2007, 22:50
thank you so much.
Gary Walsh # 17. April 2007, 13:58
I'd like to put up more music documentaries once I've found my tape deck. Wouldn't think you could actually lose a hi-fi separate would you?
I'm still on the look out for that original version of the Nick Drake doc. I still hold out the hope I may have it on good old fashioned cassette. Having something of a spring cleaning session today so I shall search the moutain of tapes with fingers metaphorically crossed.
Anonymous # 17. May 2007, 11:58
This is great, I've been on the hunt for it for ages. Keep up the good work!
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Anonymous # 13. January 2008, 00:20
Thanks for this! Great job!
Anonymous # 1. January 2009, 08:24
thanks a million gary & good on you mate!
i've been trying for years to hear this as i love nick drake & brad pitt.
happy new year & take care;
:o)
Gary Walsh # 11. March 2009, 10:08
Brad is the pitts by By Chris Campling
A healthy selection of Nick Drake recordings can be found here:
The Nick Drake Bootleg Collection
Anonymous # 27. October 2009, 20:45
Thank God someone out there still had this. I'm with you on Pitt though, Although he does have some excellent taste in music. (In the past he's been in documentaries from everyone from Jeff Buckley to Sandy Denny & Fairport, So I can deal with him in that respect). Once again-thanks a million for this one-You are the best!