NICK DRAKE BRYTER LAYTER LP UK ORIG RARE FOLK FAIRPORT

	£		120
	$		159

Item :

NICK DRAKE ~ BRYTER LAYTER LP

Original 1970 U.K. first issue pressing released on the pink rim palm tree Island label ILPS 9134. 

Description :

Rare and hard to find classic second album from the legendary Nick Drake.

1970's Bryter Layter, again produced by Joe Boyd and engineered by John Wood, introduced a more upbeat, jazzier sound than the previous album Five Leaves Left. Disappointed by his debut's poor commercial performance, Drake sought to move away from his pastoral sound, and agreed to his producer's suggestions to include bass and drum tracks on the recordings. "It was more of a pop sound, I suppose", Boyd later said, "I imagined it as more commercial." Like its predecessor, the album featured musicians from Fairport Convention, as well as contributions from John Cale on two songs: "Northern Sky" and "Fly". In his 1999 biography, Cale admits to taking heroin during this period, and his older friend Brian Wells began to suspect that Drake was also using. Both Boyd and Wood were confident that the album would be a commercial success, but it went on to sell fewer than three thousand copies. Reviews were again mixed: while Record Mirror praised Drake as a "beautiful guitarist with perfect timing accompanied by soft, beautiful arrangements", Melody Maker described the album as "an awkward mix of folk and cocktail jazz".

Soon after the release, Boyd sold Witchseason to Island Records, and moved to Los Angeles to work with Warner Brothers in the development of soundtracks for film. The loss of this key mentor figure, coupled with the album's poor sales, led Drake to further retreat into depression. His attitude to London had changed: he was unhappy living alone, and visibly nervous and uncomfortable performing at a series of concerts in early 1970. In June, Drake gave one of his final live appearances at Ewell Technical College, London. Ralph McTell, who also performed that night remembered that "Nick was monosyllabic. At that particular gig he was very shy. He did the first set and something awful must have happened. He was doing his song 'Fruit Tree' and walked off halfway through it. Just left the stage." His frustration turned to depression, and in 1971 Drake was persuaded by family to visit a psychiatrist at St Thomas's Hospital, London. He was prescribed a course of antidepressants, but he felt uncomfortable and embarrassed about taking them, and tried to hide the fact from his friends. He knew enough about drugs to worry about their side effects, and was concerned about how they would react with his regular cannabis intake. He would go on to make just one further album Pink Moon. 

Condition ~ Vinyl :

Side one is in EXCELLENT condition bordering on NEAR MINT with only very faint signs of use.

Side two is in VG++ condition with a few light surface marks which are entirely non-audible. 

The whole album plays beautifully.

Condition ~ Sleeve :

The textured "E.J. Day Group" sleeve is in VG+ condition with light overall wear particularly to the spine but no splits, tears or writing.

Matrix numbers :

ILPS 9134 A-1U / ILPS 9134 B-1U

Miscellaneous :

Comes complete with the original light blue Island inner sleeve.

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