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Heath Ledger's Nick Drake Video
about 1 year ago
Top 5: Car Commercial's Songs
4 months ago

So while on the one hand I have a friend calling me for Web 2.0 advise, the truth is--I know as much as you, and so when my "experienced" friend advised me to create more lists, well, I came up with this: The Top 5 Car Commercial's Songs.5. Dirty Vegas: "Days Go By" for Mitsubishi Eclipse When house music was reaching mainstream audiences, no longer just a raver's delight, this Dirty Vegas' son...

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Sample Nick Drake ??Family Tree?? Rarities
over 2 years ago
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As "previously reported":PR, The estate of the late singer-songwriter Nick Drake release an album of his rarities and classics. ??Family Tree?? (Tsunami LG/Fontana) dropped June 19.Drake's estate has allowed for a Nick Drake Myspace page featuring a video and a few songs off the album. Check it out:"Way to Blue - Video From ??Family Tree??":VI http://www.myspace.com/nickdrake [VI]http://vids.m...

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New Nick Drake Track Released
over 2 years ago
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The estate of the late singer-songwriter Nick Drake released a track off his upcoming album of rarities, ??Family Tree?? (Tsunami LG/Fontana).The track, Black Mountain Blues is a folk standard that has been played by Janis Joplin, Tom Rush and various other artists."Click Here":CH to listen to the track.Drake died in 1974 of an overdose of anti depressants at his parents home. In the years foll...

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The Heath Ledger / Nick Drake Connection
about 1 year ago
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Last Tuesday, Hollywood endured a heavy blow. Overwhelming at first, the news that Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment at the young age of 28, took everybody by surprise. Nobody saw even hints of seeing it coming. Although the latest toxicology reports suggest that he may have died from "natural causes" (a heart attack to be precise) and not via an allotment of drugs, the bizarre and c...

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New Nick Drake Tracks, Album
over 2 years ago

An album of Nick Drake recordings made before his official debut, 1969's Five Leaves Left, will be released on June 19.The 28 tracks on the new album, Family Tree (Tsunami LG/Fontana) are lo-fi recordings made on a reel-to-reel tape recorder in the late '60s at Drake's home, Far Leys in Tanworth In Arden, as well as eight songs recorded on cassette during his sojourn in Aix En Provence. There a...

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Nick Drake Films To Premiere At LA Event
over 2 years ago
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A film festival celebrating the shadowy life and time of Nick Drake will be held this weekend in Los Angeles. Nick Drake was enigmatic, self-taught, English singer-songwriter who failed to gain mainstream success in life and died tragicly at 26. Posthumous, his star has grown from the time of his dead in 1974 of an overdose of antidepressants in his parents home.The American Cinemateque is pre...

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Island Records Celebrates 50th With London Exhibition
6 months ago

Island Records continues the celebration of its 50th anniversary with an exhibition of memorabilia at The Vinyl Factory Gallery at Phonica Records in London's Soho district. The show opens this Friday and runs through Wednesday, June 17.Over 800 items are included in the exhibition which tells the story of Island Records from its Jamaican beginnings to today. Included are:Iconic prints by som...

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Unreleased Nick Drake Recordings
over 2 years ago

Paste Magazine has an article about a June 19th release of 26 Nick Drake songs on the album Family Tree that were recorded to reel before his debut, including two by HIS MOTHER. Sounds odd, but ya gotta check it out.

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