Nick Drake
Autor Richard Morton Jacken Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 noi 2023
Impactul lui Nick Drake asupra muzicii folk și indie este un fenomen post-mortem aproape fără precedent: un tânăr care a părăsit lumea în obscuritate a devenit, decenii mai târziu, o voce de referință pentru milioane de oameni. Imaginați-vă un student la Cambridge în 1968, cu un viitor strălucit și un contract la cea mai cool casă de discuri a vremii, Island Records, care ajunge în doar trei ani să fie copleșit de o boală mentală misterioasă și să se retragă în liniștea rurală din Warwickshire. Reținem din această biografie momentul sfâșietor al declinului, dar și fragilitatea unui geniu care nu și-a găsit locul într-o industrie axată pe succes comercial imediat.
Nick Drake: The Life reprezintă punctul culminant al cercetării despre acest artist enigmatic. Autorul, Richard Morton Jack, a reușit ceea ce părea imposibil: accesul total la arhiva familiei. Abordarea jurnalistică evocă rigoarea din The Double Life of Bob Dylan Vol. 1 de Clinton Heylin, dar perspectiva este mult mai intimă, fiind ancorată în jurnalele tatălui său și în scrisori care nu au mai fost expuse publicului. Dacă în Darker Than The Deepest Sea, Trevor Dann încerca să descifreze mitul prin interviuri cu asociații, aici beneficiem de participarea directă a surorii artistului, Gabrielle Drake, ceea ce oferă textului o autoritate definitivă.
Structura celor peste 500 de pagini este densă și documentată, transformând lectura într-o experiență cinematică ce ne poartă de la grădinile din Cambridge la studiourile de înregistrări londoneze. Nu este doar o cronică a unei tragedii, ci o celebrare a unei moșteniri muzicale care astăzi se aude în reclame și filme, confirmând că vocea lui Nick Drake a fost pur și simplu înaintea timpului său.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0306834952
Pagini: 576
Dimensiuni: 173 x 263 x 27 mm
Greutate: 1.07 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această biografie tuturor celor care au fost vreodată hipnotizați de acordurile albumului Pink Moon. Este mai mult decât o carte de istorie muzicală; este o incursiune rară în viața privată a unui artist care a evitat lumina reflectoarelor. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a contextului în care au fost create cele trei albume fundamentale, susținută de fotografii rare și documente personale care demitizează figura tragică a lui Nick Drake.
Despre autor
Richard Morton Jack este un istoric muzical respectat și editor al publicațiilor de referință Galactic Ramble și Endless Trip. Experiența sa în documentarea muzicii rock, jazz și folk este vastă, fiind și fondatorul Sunbeam Records, casă de discuri prin care a coordonat reeditarea a peste 100 de albume clasice. În prezent, editează revista de istorie muzicală Flashback și este co-fondator al arhivei digitale elvinyl.com. Expertiza sa în epoca anilor '60 și '70 îi permite să plaseze viața lui Nick Drake într-un context cultural autentic și detaliat.
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Descriere
'This is the book we've been waiting for . . . It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd
'The Drake completist could ask for nothing else' Daily Telegraph
'Illuminating. The definitive word on Drake' Observer
In 1968 Nick Drake had everything to live for. The product of a loving, creative family and a privileged background, he was not only a handsome and popular Cambridge undergraduate, but also a new signing to the UK's hippest record label, Island.
Three years later, however - having made three well-reviewed but low-selling albums - Nick had been overwhelmed by a mysterious mental illness. He returned to live in his family home in rural Warwickshire in 1971, and died in obscurity in 1974, aged just 26.
In the decades since, Nick has become the subject of ever-growing fascination and speculation. Combined sales of his records now stand in the millions, his songs are frequently heard on TV and in films, and he has become one of the most widely known and admired singer-songwriters of his generation.
Nick Drake: The Life is the only biography of Nick to be written with the blessing and involvement of his sister and Estate. Drawing on copious original research and new interviews with his family, friends and musical collaborators, as well as deeply personal archive material unavailable to previous writers - including his father's diaries, his essays and private correspondence - this is the most comprehensive and authoritative account possible of Nick's short and enigmatic life.
Includes a foreword by Gabrielle Drake and over 75 photos, many rare or previously unseen.
Recenzii
The definitive account. Faultless in its detail. The Drake completist could ask for nothing else
Morton Jack's book honours its title: it is The Life, not just a death, a rich depiction of Drake's world and the way he moved through it . . . this book might be as close as anyone's going to get to finding him
The most factual and detailed picture of the singer's twenty-six years on earth we are ever likely to read, debunking many of the myths
Illuminating. The definitive word on Drake
Drake's flickering presence in 1970s folk-rock, recognised as a maestro by peers but not the public, is told with sensitivity and skill
The account worthy of a musical messiah
Richard Morton Jack's Nick Drake: The Life is a model of its kind - a biography that clears up dozens of mysteries and permits the reader to contemplate something larger: the lasting wonder and power of Drake's songs. Nick Drake: The Life is the book we have needed
Famously, no film of Drake exists, but through its granular detail . . . this book feels as close as you might come to seeing him in motion again
Through the careful accretion of granular details a fully formed human being emerges from the myth. Particularly welcome are the vignettes that show Drake at his most un-wraith-like . . . These very human moments shine like starlight
Morton Jack has done a tremendous job
The most complete and authoritative study of Nick Drake's life and work to date, an outstanding document of an extraordinary artist
[Nick Drake's] story has been told before but the detail and research evident here must qualify as the definitive last word
Written with the blessing and involvement of his Estate and his sister Gabrielle (who wrote a foreword) Richard Morton Jack gives a private insight, courtesy of personal documents like letters, journals, and diaries
This phenomenally detailed biography reveals how much those who knew Drake loved, admired and puzzled over him
Morton Jack resists the temptation to romanticise Drake's life
Morton Jack's book is the first of its kind to be written in tandem with Drake's family and seeks to bring an equal measure of light and shade to an English musical figurehead who has become uniquely mythologised . . . Morton Jack's book is founded on "minutiae", bringing its subject into unparalleled focus
Nick Drake's story seems made for myth
Reading this immensely detailed and thoroughly engaging biography is something of a mixed joy for a fan like me . . . I knew the story of course. But it's told here in such a stark and unflinching manner that it's a bit like being hooked by a dark, sad and tortuous thriller
Nick Drake: The Life sets out to finally provide a detailed account of his life as the first biography of Drake to have the blessing and involvement from his sister and estate. Jack draws on extensive research material, including new interviews with friends, family, and collaborators, as well as previously unseen essays, private correspondence, and his father's diaries
This is a terrific biography - a good introduction if you know nothing about him and yet a good buy for those who do, as it will bring light onto this extraordinary talent