Nick Drake - Second Grace (Full Album, HQ Vinyl LP) (2001)

Never an official release, this is a lathe cut bootleg of Nick Drake home recordings and rarities. Although much of this material has since been made available across various collectors editions and special edition releases etc. this still contains one or two tracks that are not available anywhere else, including a track of Nick talking about driving home drunk on the wrong side of the road! The music originated from a 25 track CD-R Bootleg that had been floating around the private market throughout the 90’s, before ending up on this vinyl release in 2001. The tracks trimmed off from the CD-R were various recordings of the same song, for example, the CD-R had three very similar versions of Saturday Sun etc. Once hard, if not impossible to find, the internet has now made many of these trivial to get hold of to those that would seek them, but still worth uploading this release as a curiosity imo, so here it is. Interestingly enough, I bought this in 2001 from a legit record shop in Camden, London, where this was just out on the shelves with all their other stock.
This version: 2001 lathe cut release - NICK1
A1. Blossom Friend 0:00
A2. Betty’s Blues 02:56
A3. Mayfair 05:02
A4. Day is Done 08:06
A5. Fly 12:31
A6. Parasite 15:25
A7. Early Morning Dialogue 19:28
B1. Leaving Me Behind 23:01
B2. Saturday Sun 26:26
B3. Instrumental 28:49
B4. Instrumental 30:05
B5. Joey 23:20
B6. Hazey Jane 37:44
B7. Bird Flew By 42:27
B8. Place to Be 45:33

[@ShineMedia1]

What a beautiful, gifted gentle soul. His music fills a void. ❤❤❤😢😘

[@doryskory7026]

Ah yes, very gentle indeed

[@Dr170]

Wind in the rain

[@thrivedru]

Wind and the rain Wind and the rain Wind-

[@thilomuller2497]

@@thrivedru Somebody forgot to close the window so he was making them aware of that.

[@santinobarbaro980]

Chissà che avrebbe conbinato se fosse ancora vivo, credo che bisognerà farlo conoscere ai giovani, semplicemente GRANDE

[@gogarrio]

The second (untitled) instrumental is "Tow the Line," reportedly the very last track Nick ever recorded.

[@Calumban1]

The crackling bothered me a little at first, but then it became part of the texture of the whole sound. Thank you for putting this on, what an amazing creative person Nick Drake was.

[@markharwood7573]

Worth hearing just for that take of Day Is Done. Thank you.

[@maddayoutmusic5124]

Nick Drake's songs and singing and guitar playing are astonishing.

[@luisesanz]

All those letters that we write, colors that we spit on paints and brushes and sounds that we emanate trying to leave a mark in a universe that ignores us, all will be erased from the memory of history. But there will be echoes, echoes incomprehensible to current minds, that will carry the tide of our emotions and struggle until the end of time. Drake felt some of those echoes and brought them to his guitar. It was impossible to prevent his mind from breaking. How can a body as fragile as the human resist such a bright light that crosses all times? That is why the greatest creators are crossed by crisis and pain. Feeling the claws of truth pressing on your head, lifting you up and dragging you down at the same time, disarms you. Todas esas letras que escribimos, colores que escupimos en pinturas y pinceles y sonidos que emanamos intentando dejar marca en un universo que nos ignora. Todas se borrarán de la memoria de la historia, pero habrá ecos, ecos incomprensibles para las mentes actuales, que llevarán la marea de nuestras emociones y lucha hasta el fin de los tiempos. Drake sintió algunos de esos ecos y los llevó a su guitarra. Era imposible evitar que se rompiera su mente ¿Cómo puede un cuerpo tan frágil como el humano resistir una luz tan brillante que atraviesa todos los tiempos? Es por eso que los mayores creadores son atravesados por la crisis y el dolor. Sentir las garras de la verdad oprimiendo tu cabeza, elevándote y arrastrándote a a la vez, te desarma.

[@lukakiwi]

Hermosas palabras

[@ShineMedia1]

Yes, beautiful description of the gentle soul ❤

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Aww, I JUST LOVE LOVE LOVE that clip Early Morning Dialogue!!! Naughty Stop Out NICK!😅 And that little laugh as he says Goodnight. Sweet. Lovely recordings! Thank you for uploading it. R.I.P NICK Hope you're finally flying free of sadness and pain. ❤

[@mrmensa1096]

Awesome - just think what he could have composed - if only. Such a great musician, and such a huge loss to the world.

[@johnlittle3430]

Wind in the rain wind in the rain wind in the rain wind in the rain wind in the rain wind in the rain wind in the rain wind in the rain

[@ShineMedia1]

Yes poetic just as he

[@martymathews8163]

Legend Forever Loved, his genius lives on, rip buddy.

[@LadyLegz]

He left too soon. I have always loved him.

[@railwaystationmaster]

But did ya buy his records when he was still alive ?

[@rhugh02]

@@railwaystationmaster I was only 10 years old when he died… Only a couple of years ago I was watching a video about a Guild guitar I was interested in. The guy starts talking about Nick Drake? Who is that? I looked him up, the first song I heard was 3 hours… I’ve been absolutely Hook’d ever sense. Nick Drake the most beautiful sadness!

[@francinenazaruddin]

this is priceless, thank you so much!

[@brookeatlantis198]

He sounds so similar to Kevin Ayers....both voice and vibe, magical ⭐️

[@senutylloj]

Yes! Probably as much a product of their boarding school/public school upbringing as their home life. That baritone voice of Kevin Ayers! Nick is often portrayed as the patron saint of the chronically depressed, but there is as much self-deprecating humour in his music, particularly on his home recordings.

[@GavSmith1888]

This is a gem of true music thanks uploader x

[@auriocabrini2797]

Una voce personalissima.

[@rhugh02]

So Great! I've fallen so far for the people you are...

[@santinobarbaro980]

Chissà che avrebbe conbinato se fosse ancora vivo, credo che bisognerà farlo conoscere ai giovani, semplicemente GRANDE

[@josephkemler4488]

What an unexpected in-depth look into the workings of Nick,the Song-poet...

[@scrotmaster7]

Thank you so much!

[@ClyversonLuis]

Nossa!!! Isso é maravilhoso!!! Raridade!!!

[@234cheech]

nick will always be relivent his music speaks to ones innerbeing

[@marcosjeofla]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cristianaugustodominguezgo388]

se escucha toda la experiencia que posee este Gran músico

[@ernestintownandjackintheco1024]

Great upload-Thanks!

[@graveyardghost2603]

It was nice to hear the monologue, i had never heard him speak.

[@oujiascrabble]

The version of joey here is excellent---way better than the other version.

[@Kowasi]

In the description, the time stamp for 'Joey' is 23:20, but it should be 32:20.

[@barryjackson82]

Blossom Friend is just astonishing

[@myronhelton4441]

Great.

[@234cheech]

nick's voice is like air

[@zafurchio5687]

Taylor Swift...and Nick Drake, life is so strange, so unfair. World sucks. Nick's underrated genius made my life better, and that's enough for me. Fuck the music industry, money money and always damn money, the only thing they care. That's why the world never will do a step beyond.

[@machinescapes]

my favorite part of this LP is the monologue. id love to have a copy of this but lord knows where one could get it. hearing him speak feels so intimate and i feel like i understand him a little bit more than i did before

[@Dimster6666]

Get a hold of a KZbin downloader/MP3 converter so you can play it at your leisure on whichever sound system turns you on. 🤪🎸🎹

[@ericbriglia5136]

What an amazing guitarist and writer he was. Really too bad he was so tormented

[@oujiascrabble]

gagh place to be is better than the original wow!

[@ChruthFabian]

@10:57 REMIXXXXXXX🎉🎉🎉

[@kevinlucken8558]

Is this actually Nick Drake? When was this originally recorded?

[@DR-ws9lv]

Yes, it’s actually him. This is a bootleg compilation of home recordings/demos. I assume the alternate versions of titles included in his albums were recorded around their official dates of release, while the rest are from the ‘60s. I believe the first track, ‘Blossom’, is slowed down, so that’s why his voice sounds different.

[@diffractedbear4519]

44:22 How dare you. Clean your record, bucko. Otherwise, great upload!

[@Dimster6666]

It may just be one of those records that are pressed with lots of surface noise, who knows?

[@Dimster6666]

You can also hear the tape wow and fluttering - who knows what condition the tapes were in when found out or what machine they were recorded on? Cassette or reel to reel.

[@johnlamb2754]

The noise is not a dirty record,I have this album I got new,the noise is from a reel to reel Nick recorded on at home and other pressing faults,so never going to be immaculate,it is what it is,enjoy the music that's what matters.

[@ShineMedia1]

How dare you. Thank you for uploading !