Covers & tributes
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Quite many artists have covered Nick Drake's songs over the years, but most of them were recorded after his death. Only five artists covered Nick's songs while he was still alive.
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   The first one to do so was actually Elton John. Joe Boyd wanted an album with Warlock Music songs and in July 1970 Elton and a couple of other musicians went in to a studio and recorded about a dozen songs of which four were Nick's. Time Has Told Me, Way To Blue, Day Is Done and Saturday Sun were recorded. They were pressed on one hundred white labeled acetates, and today only seven of those are known to exist. But the recordings can be found on various bootlegs, and some of them are shown above.
A couple of tribute albums have been made as well, and they follow here. Below them there is a list of artists who have made covers of Nick Drake songs on their albums, but it's probably not complete.
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Various Artists - Brittle Days, 1992
The Changelings - River Man, The High Llamas - At The Chime Of A City Clock, Loop - Pink Moon, No Man - Road, The Walkabouts - 'Cello Song, Shellyan Orphan - Joey, Scott Appel - From The Morning, The Times - Fruit Tree, Martyn Bates - Know, The Swinging Swine - Voice From The Mountain,Nikki Sudden & The French Revolution - Time Has Told Me, Tracy Santa - Fly, Clive Gregson - Northern Sky, Scott Appel - Hazey Jane I, Stevie R Moore - River Man.
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Various Artists - Five Leaves Theft, 1998
Circo Fantasma - Time Has Told Me, L'Upo - River Man, Laghisecchi & Amerigo Verardi - Three Hours, Corman & Tuseadu - Way To Blue, Yo Yo Mundi, Paolo Bonfanti & Claudia Pastorino - Day Is Done, Snoporaz & Supernova - 'Cello Song, Sonica - The Thoughts Of Mary Jane, Lubua - Man In A Shed, Virginiana Miller - Fruit Tree, Buona Audrey - Saturday Sun.
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The Rabbit's Hat - Flesh & Nail-A Tribute To Nick Drake, 1999
Joey, From The Morning, Thoughts Of Mary Jane, Place To Be, Strange >Meeting II, Harvest Breed, 'Cello Song, Clothes Of Sand, Parasite, Things Behind The Sun, Voice From The Mountain.
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Nick's Quest - Nick's Quest, 1999
Pink Moon, Place To Be, Which Will, Free Ride, Harvest Breed, Parasite, Clothes Of Sand, Road, Day Is Done.
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Various Artists - In Search Of A Master-In Search Of A Slave, 2000
Blackmail - Parasite, Scumbucket - Place To Be, Blimps Go '90 - Harvest Breed, Ulme - Black Eyed Dog, Pendikel - River Man, Miles - Mayfair, Sandycoates - From The Morning, Mumble & Peg - Which Will, Honey For Petzi - Horn, Favez - Saturday Sun, Blackmail - River Man, Bugs Know Best - Pink Moon, Blimps Go '90 - From The Morning, Porf - Place To Be, Lude - Way To Blue.
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Various Artists - Sculpting From Drake, 2000
Archer Prewitt - Parasite, Au Revoir Borealis - Fruit Tree, Flashpapr - Northern Sky, Ben Vida - Horn, Northern Song Dynasty - Place To Be, Electroscope with Zurich - Things Behind The Sun, Warn Devefer - Which Will, Drekka - Know, The Autumns with Simon Raymonde - Time Of No Reply, Ray Speedway - Pink Moon.
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Millie |
Mayfair |
Time Will Tell |
1970 |
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Alexis Korner |
Saturday Sun |
Alexis |
1971 |
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Andrew John |
Time Has Told Me |
The Machine Stops |
1972 |
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Tir Na Nog |
Free Ride |
Strong In The Sun |
1973 |
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Mick Linnard & David Hughes |
River Man |
Russel Square |
1978 |
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Scott Appel |
Bird Flew By |
Nine Of Swords |
1989 |
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Place To Be |
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Parasite |
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Nearly/Far Leys |
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Blossom |
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Our Season |
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Casell Webb |
Time Has Told Me |
Songs Of A Stranger |
1989 |
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World Of Skin |
Black Eyed Dog |
Ten Songs For Another World |
1990 |
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Faith Over Reason |
Northern Sky |
Eyes Wide Smile |
1991 |
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Lucinda Williams |
Which Will |
Sweet Old World |
1992 |
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Drive |
Road |
Out Freakage |
1992 |
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Walt Mink |
Pink Moon |
Miss Happiness |
1992 |
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Sebadoh |
Pink Moon |
Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock |
1992 |
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Swans |
Black Eyed Dog |
Omniscience |
1993 |
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Eugene Chadbourne |
Thoughts Of Mary Jane |
Songs 2 |
1994 |
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No-Man |
Road |
Heaven Taste |
1996 |
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Bay |
Which Will |
Alison Rae |
1996 |
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Run On |
Road |
No Way |
1997 |
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Star Hustler |
Clothes Of Sand |
Vapid Drivel |
1997 |
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Peter Bruntnell |
Black Eyed Dog |
Camelot In Smithereens |
1997 |
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Brad Mehldau |
River Man |
The Art Of The Trio: Vol. 3 - Songs |
1998 |
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Scott Appel |
Brittle Days |
Parhelion |
1998 |
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Hazey Jane I |
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Road |
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From The Morning |
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Duncan Sheik |
River Man |
Humming Along (Promo) |
1998 |
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Christine Collister |
Black Eyed Dog |
The Dark Gift Of Time |
1998 |
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Andy Bey |
River Man |
Shades Of Bey |
1998 |
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Angelique |
At The Chime Of A City Clock |
Present |
1998 |
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Kelly Willis |
Time Has Told Me |
What I Deserve |
1999 |
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Roddie Harris |
Hanging On A Star |
Indian Time |
1999 |
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Norma Waterson |
River Man |
The Very Thought Of You |
1999 |
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Gilles Peterson |
River Man |
INCredible Sound Of Gilles Peterson |
1999 |
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Claire Martin |
River Man |
Take My Heart |
1999 |
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Roland |
Northern Sky |
Waltz |
1999 |
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No-Man |
Pink Moon |
Speak |
1999 |
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Matt Auten |
Which Will |
New Found Land |
2000 |
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Kate Dimbleby |
River Man |
Good Vibrations |
2000 |
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Martin Archer |
Horn |
Winter Pilgrim Arriving |
2000 |
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Field Of Blue |
Fruit Tree |
Still |
2001 |
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Lehto & Wright |
Black Eyed Dog |
Ye Mariners All |
2001 |
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His Name Is Alive |
Which Will |
In The East |
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Buddha On The Moon |
Which Will |
Last Autumn Day |
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Jason Parker Quartet |
Three Hours |
No More, No Less |
2009 |
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