Fruit Tree [Box set]

Fruit Tree [Box set]

Fruit Tree [Box set]

Editorial Reviews
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Three albums. That's all singer-songwriter Nick Drake left the world before he passed away in 1974 at the age of 26. But what albums they were. This four-CD box set contains all three records, plus some stuff Drake didn't intend for public consumption. Of course, everything he touched--even the demos and alternate takes--is gorgeous, melancholy folk at its finest. From the haunting, baroque beauty of his debut, Five Leaves Left, through to his pop masterpiece Bryter Layter, to his last public offering, the dark and lonely Pink Moon, Drake shines. The outtake album Time of No Reply features Drake rarities and demos, including a version of "Thoughts of Mary Jane" with Richard Thompson on electric guitar. In an age when more singer-songwriters and folk artists get compared to Drake--Elliott Smith, Belle & Sebastian, and Mark Eitzel, to name but three--it's enlightening to look back and hear the original. Here's your best chance. --Jason Verlinde

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The Apple Tree (1966 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Very good show which I hadn't heard of...
  • THE APPLE TREE (1966 ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST)
  • I still remember these songs after 40 years
  • Really 2.5
  • Boring material that you forget very easily
 The Apple Tree (1966 Original Broadway Cast)
Sheldon Harnick
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000027WD
Release Date: 1992-11-24

Tracks:

  1. Eden Prelude
  2. Here In Eden
  3. Feelings
  4. Eve
  5. Friends
  6. The Apple Tree (Forbidden Fruit)
  7. Beautiful, Beautiful World
  8. It's A Fish
  9. Go To Sleep, Whatever You Are
  10. What Makes Me Love Him?/Eden Postlude
  11. The Lady Or The Tiger? Prelude/I'll Tell You a Truth/Make Way
  12. Forbidden Love (In Gaul)
  13. The Apple Tree (Reprise)
  14. I've Got What You Want
  15. Tiger, Tiger
  16. Make Way (Reprise)/Which Door/I'll Tell You a Truth (Reprise)
  17. Passionella Prelude
  18. Oh, To Be A Movie Star
  19. Gorgeous
  20. (Who, Who, Who, Who) Who Is She?
  21. I Know
  22. Wealth
  23. You Are Not Real
  24. Passionella Postlude/Finale

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Very good show which I hadn't heard of..........2007-05-13

I was very into theatre in high school and college and thought I was up on most musicals, but had never heard of this show until recently. It's comprised of three short stories which were adapted into the musical format. The first two stories are tied together very well, although the last seems tacked on. But the songs are catchy and it's fairly easy to figure out what's happening simply by listening to the songs. There are two songs which are tied for my favoritism: "It's a Fish" from Adam and Eve and "You Are Not Real" from Passionella. Check it out.

5 out of 5 stars THE APPLE TREE (1966 ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST).......2007-04-10

IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I WENT TO THE REVIVAL OF THE APPLE TREE ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY AND LOVED THE SCORE BUT THERE WASN'T A SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE SO I PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL VERSION AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

5 out of 5 stars I still remember these songs after 40 years.......2006-11-05

I saw this show on the stage when it first ran, and have never forgotten it. The key to a good Broadway show is this question: Are you humming the songs when you leave the theatre? In the case of The Apple Tree, the answer is a resounding "Yes." I have been waiting 40 years for this show to be revived, and I have tickets for the revival opening in December at the Roundabout. I hope not to be disappointed, for the trio of Barbara Harris, a very young Alan Alda, and the late Larry Blyden were terrific. The three-part concept can be jarring because just when you're getting into the story, it ends -- but just enjoy the kind of songs they just don't write anymore.

3 out of 5 stars Really 2.5.......2006-07-25

SO this is another show thats actually three one acts. The first "The Diary of Adam and Eve" is the best by far. It has really cute songs and nice plot. Thats the only reason I rounded this up from 2.5 to 3 stars. The rest of the show is nothing great. "Lady and Tiger" is short and boring. And "Passionella" is exactly what it sounds like, a knock off of Cinderella. But hey, its a good show for collectors and "The Diary of Adam and Eve" is nice. Favorite Song: "Its A Fish"

1 out of 5 stars Boring material that you forget very easily.......2006-06-29

According to some reviews, this musical was supposed to be very good and I bought it. Unfortunately, I was quite dissapointed. It's composed of three different tales, the first one referring to the Adam & Eve biblical story. The lyrics here are very silly and tedious. The second tale, "The Lady or the Tiger?" contains songs that are simply awful, probably the worst ever written for a Broadway show. The third story, "Passionella", contains music that does nothing to make things better. The album contains a good informative booklet in English, German, French & Italian (as Sony uses to do)which says that Time magazine defined this show as "three moldy figs". I entirely agree. I would recommend this musical to those suffering from insomnia: it will put them to sleep right away.
Fruit Tree
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Not quite everything in this collection.
  • Timeless piece of music history....
  • Fruitful "Tree"
  • Don't make the mistake that I did...
  • FRUIT TREE: MUSIC PICKED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
 Fruit Tree
Nick Drake
Manufacturer: Hannibal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000064P
Release Date: 1991-12-06

Tracks:

  1. Time Has Told Me
  2. River Man
  3. Three Hours
  4. Way To Blue
  5. Day Is Done
  6. 'Cello Song
  7. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
  8. Man In A Shed
  9. Fruit Tree
  10. Saturday Sun

Tracks:

  1. Introduction
  2. Hazy Jane II
  3. At The Chime Of A City Clock
  4. One Of These Things First
  5. Hazey Jane I
  6. Bryter Layter
  7. Fly
  8. Poor Boy
  9. Northern Sky
  10. Sunday

Tracks:

  1. Pink Moon
  2. Place To Be
  3. Road
  4. Which Will
  5. Horn
  6. Things Behind The Sun
  7. Know
  8. Parasite
  9. Ride
  10. Harvest Breed
  11. From The Morning

Tracks:

  1. Time Of No Reply
  2. I Was Made To Love Magic
  3. Joey
  4. Clothes Of Sand
  5. Man In A Shed
  6. Mayfair
  7. Fly
  8. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
  9. Been Smoking Too Long
  10. Strange Meeting II
  11. Rider On The Wheel
  12. Black Eyed Dog
  13. Hanging On A Star
  14. Voice From The Mountain

Amazon.com

Three albums. That's all singer-songwriter Nick Drake left the world before he passed away in 1974 at the age of 26. But what albums they were. This four-CD box set contains all three records, plus some stuff Drake didn't intend for public consumption. Of course, everything he touched--even the demos and alternate takes--is gorgeous, melancholy folk at its finest. From the haunting, baroque beauty of his debut, Five Leaves Left, through to his pop masterpiece Bryter Layter, to his last public offering, the dark and lonely Pink Moon, Drake shines. The outtake album Time of No Reply features Drake rarities and demos, including a version of "Thoughts of Mary Jane" with Richard Thompson on electric guitar. In an age when more singer-songwriters and folk artists get compared to Drake--Elliott Smith, Belle & Sebastian, and Mark Eitzel, to name but three--it's enlightening to look back and hear the original. Here's your best chance. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Not quite everything in this collection........2007-04-03

You need to try and find Broken Earth by Soft Machine. It's a b-side of a single. Nick Drake does the vocals, beautiful track - as always.

5 out of 5 stars Timeless piece of music history...........2006-01-14

Will there ever be another Nick Drake? Many have tried - few have come close. If singer/songwriters are your cup of tea, you CANNOT go wrong. I won't waste your time duplicating what other reviewers have already stated so eloquently, except to say, in my humble opinion, this is the man who started it all. Get your hands on anything he has recorded...you will not be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars Fruitful "Tree".......2005-03-26

Nick Drake was one of those rare artists who had great talents, but too little time on this earth. When he died in his mid-twenties in 1974, Drake left behind only three albums of poignant folk pop. Three albums, and a demo/B-side collection -- sadly, that was all he created.

"Fruit Tree" collects all four albums together, in the order they were released: The first is his enchanting debut "Five Leaves Left," a wistful and startlingly polished first album. "Five Leaves First" is followed by the masterful, brooding "Bryter Layter," which many consider to be his best work of all.

His swan song was the beautiful, tormented "Pink Moon," which hints at Drake's inner turmoil, but not in a raw or obvious way. Coming after that was "Time of No Reply," a solid collection of non-album tracks. Admittedly, it's a bit of an anticlimax after the veiled emotion of "Pink Moon," but still extremely good.

It's a rare thing when am artist's entire discography is made up of beautiful songwriting and equally exquisite music. There is literally not a single bad song on the entire collection -- the worst songs on it can simply be said to be pretty good, but never bad. That in itself is a rarity.

Drake's music is of a nearly-uniform mood -- wistful, brooding, soft and melodic. Normally a repeating theme is a bad thing, but Drake managed to keep it always interesting. He has a few catchier songs, a few bland-ish ones, and a few hopeful ones. But the overall sound is of a young man with romantic sensibilities, who was also sad and fragile.

But despite his loneliness, Drake had immense writing ability. His songwriting has a simple eloquence, with poetic overtones. He also was a pioneer of the "folk pop" sound, mixing his finger-picking guitar style with viola, strings, piano, and other such instruments. It adds extra beauty -- and often ethereality -- to the grounded guitar.

Nick Drake left behind only a few albums, but "Fruit Tree" allows you to hear them all together. Exquisite, understated, and truly timeless.

5 out of 5 stars Don't make the mistake that I did..........2005-03-10

Don't make the mistake that I did and buy one of his cds, because you will eventually need the next... and then the next. It is much cheaper to just get right to the cold hard truth: You will love this music; all of it. I wish I trusted the reviews and just bought the darn box set, but no... I had to get each album one... at...a... time... What a waste of time and money!

Nobody does it like Nick Drake. Every single song is five stars, in my book. Buy it.

5 out of 5 stars FRUIT TREE: MUSIC PICKED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.......2004-04-24

a CLIFFORD HODGE review

When you look at the group of the immensely-talented who died young - Nick Drake, Buddy Holly, Tim Buckley, Phil Ochs, Bobby Fuller - to mention a few, you must lament the music we have are missing. Here is another example of the fact that the post-rock era has produced artists. Nick Drake, a sort of British Tim Buckley, with a dash of the later, apartment tapes-era Buddy Holly thrown in, had a genius for dark, introspective melody, recording with polished studio arrangements, often employing strings, piano, or sax to produce a highly sophisti-
cated sound. You know this is a product of its time when you look at some of the titles: "The Thoughts of Mary Jane", "Hazey Jane", "Been Smoking Too Long". But you don't find stupid drug anthems, just tight well-crafted songs which belie Drake's youth, sung in the smooth voice that was distinctive without seeming odd; interesting without drawing undue attention to itself. The vinyl box was like the CD set, containing the a 4th disc, "Time Of No Reply," consisting of the usual box set tease: new tracks. I had to have it. You do too. Yes, this is a large compilation, but "Heaven In A Wild Flower", the superb single disc collection, is not going to be easy to find, and for all I know may not have been made available as a CD. This music is beautiful. Buy it and listen during those reflective times when you need a spiritual salve.
NOTE:If you can't afford this but want a best-of Nick Drake, look for a used "Heaven In A Wild Flower" single disc compilation. All 14 tracks are good.
Hard to Handle
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A Touch of Deja vu
 Hard to Handle
Tony Joe White
Manufacturer: Fruit Tree Italy
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00070HA10
Release Date: 2005-02-07

Tracks:

  1. Polk Salad Annie
  2. Baby Please Don't Go
  3. I Want You
  4. Roosevelt & Ira Lee (Night Of The Moccasin)
  5. Hard To Handle
  6. When You Touch Me
  7. You Got Me Running
  8. You Got Me Running (Part 2)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Touch of Deja vu.......2005-02-18

This album has been around for a few years under the title of Night of the Mocassin.

The new stuff is baby Please Don't Go and You Got Me Running which most folks will know better as Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want me to Do".

It's OK for completists but a bit short on value for the less devoted fan
Will You Remember Me
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    		Will You Remember Me
    The Carter Family
    Manufacturer: Fruit Tree Italy
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0007R8FK8
    Release Date: 2005-04-19

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    1. Southern Cross
    2. Maybe You're the One
    3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
    4. Will You Remember Me
    5. Yankee Don't Go Home
    6. Woman's Touch
    7. Maybelle
    8. Baby Ride Easy
    9. He's a Goner
    10. Right Back Lovin' You Again
    V-8 Ford Blues
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      James Cotton
      Manufacturer: Fruit Tree Italy
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      ASIN: B00075U49A
      Release Date: 2005-03-07

      Tracks:

      1. Good Time Charlie
      2. There Is Something on Your Mind
      3. Turn on Your Lovelight
      4. Jelly, Jelly
      5. South Side Boogie
      6. So, Glad I'm Living
      7. Diggin' My Potatoes
      8. V-8 Ford Blues
      9. Polly Put the Kettle On

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      A Great Collection of Rare Early 1960s Cotton Tracks, Some featuring Elvin Bishop on Guitar and Paul Butterfield on Harmonica.
      To Sing is to Fly
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        Manufacturer: Indy Women's Chorus
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        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0001CNRWA
        Release Date: 2004-02-10
        Old Time Shimmy
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          John Lee Hooker
          Manufacturer: Fruit Tree Italy
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          ASIN: B000A2H3S0
          Release Date: 2005-08-23

          Tracks:

          1. Baby Lee
          2. Dimples
          3. Blues Before Sunrise
          4. I'm Goin' Upstairs
          5. Thelma
          6. I'm in the Mood
          7. Let's Make It
          8. Whiskey & Wimmen
          9. Crawling King Snake
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          11. Little Wheel
          12. No Shoes
          13. Process
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          Good Boy
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            Big Bill Broonzy
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            ASIN: B0007Y0950
            Release Date: 2005-04-26
            End of Understanding
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              Willie Nelson
              Manufacturer: Fruit Tree Italy
              ProductGroup: Music
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              ASIN: B00066KX6O
              Release Date: 2004-11-22

              Tracks:

              1. Touch Me
              2. Half a Man
              3. I Hope So
              4. Any Old Arms Won't Do
              5. End of Understanding
              6. Healing Hands of Time
              7. Last Letter
              8. Shelter of Your Arms
              9. Ashamed
              10. Suffering in Silence
              11. Face of a Fighter
              12. Building Heartaches
              I'm Satisfied
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                		I'm Satisfied
                Mississippi John Hurt
                Manufacturer: Fruit Tree Italy
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                ASIN: B0009PLLWW
                Release Date: 2005-06-28

                Tracks:

                1. Nobody's Business But Me
                2. Angels Laid Him Away
                3. Baby What's Wrong With You
                4. Casey Jones
                5. Candy Man
                6. Lonesome Blues
                7. My Creole Belle
                8. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
                9. Trouble I Had All My Days
                10. C-H-I-C-K-E-N Blues
                11. Coffee Blues
                12. Shake That Thing
                13. Monday Morning Blues
                14. Frankie and Albert
                15. Salty Dog
                16. Spike Drivers Blues
                17. Here Am I, Lord, Send Me
                18. Talking Casey
                19. Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
                20. I'm Satisfied
                21. Richland Women Blues

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