The Making of Five Leaves Left

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Mayfair (1st Sound Techniques session, March / 1968)
  2:17
• 2
  Time Has Told Me (1st Sound Techniques session, March / 1968)
  3:37
• 3
  Man in a Shed (1st Sound Techniques session, March / 1968)
  3:06
• 4
  Fruit Tree (1st Sound Techniques session, March / 1968)
  3:31
• 5
  Saturday Sun (1st Sound Techniques session, March / 1968)
  2:43
• 6
  Strange Face (1st Sound Techniques session, March / 1968)
  3:43
• 7
  Strange Face (Rough mix with Guide vocal, 11th September 1968)
  4:24
• 8
  Day Is Done (take 5, 11th April 1968)
  3:17
• 9
  Day Is Done (take 2, 12th November 1968)
  2:38
• 10
  Day Is Done (take 7, 3rd April 1969)
  2:30
• 11
  Man in a Shed (take 1, 10th May 1968)
  3:07
• 12
  My Love Left With the Rain (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  3:51
• CD 2
• 1
  Blossom (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  4:28
• 2
  Instrumental (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  1:42
• 3
  Made to Love Magic (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  5:31
• 4
  Mickey’s Tune (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  3:25
• 5
  The Thoughts of Mary Jane (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  4:26
• 6
  Day Is Done (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  2:50
• 7
  Time Has Told Me (Cambridge, Lent Term / 1968)
  2:40
• 8
  Three Hours (take 2, 11th November 1968)
  4:23
• 9
  Time Has Told Me (take 4, 11th November 1968)
  4:34
• 10
  Strange Face (take 1, 12th November 1968)
  4:14
• 11
  Saturday Sun (take 1, 12th November 1968)
  4:24
• 12
  Fruit Tree (take 4, 12th November 1968)
  4:54
• CD 3
• 1
  Time of No Reply (take 3 Into 4, 20th December 1968)
  2:55
• 2
  'Cello Song (take 4, January 4th 1969)
  4:50
• 3
  Mayfair (take 5, 4th January 1969)
  3:32
• 4
  River Man (take 1, 4th January 1969)
  5:12
• 5
  Way to Blue (Cambridge, Winter / 1968)
  2:53
• 6
  The Thoughts of Mary Jane (take 2, 3rd April 1969)
  3:31
• 7
  Saturday Sun (take 1 Into take 2, 22nd April 1969)
  4:58
• 8
  River Man (take 2, April 1969)
  4:43
• CD 4
• 1
  Time Has Told Me
  4:27
  4.5 ★
• 2
  River Man
  4:22
  4.3 ★
• 3
  Three Hours
  6:15
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Way to Blue
  3:11
  3.9 ★
• 5
  Day Is Done
  2:28
  5.0 ★
• 6
  ’Cello Song
  4:48
  4.2 ★
• 7
  The Thoughts of Mary Jane
  3:22
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Man in a Shed
  3:55
  4.3 ★
• 9
  Fruit Tree
  4:49
  4.4 ★
• 10
  Saturday Sun
  4:03
  5.0 ★

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Release credits

• Clare Lowther
  cello [6], guest [6]
• Danny Thompson
  bass [1, 3, 6, 8, 10], guest [1, 3, 6, 8, 10]
• Harry Robinson
  arranger [2]
• Joe Boyd
  producer [1-10]
• John Wood
  engineer [1-10]
• Nick Drake
  acoustic guitar [1-3, 5-9], lead vocals [1-10], piano [10]
• Paul Harris
  guest [1, 8], piano [1, 8]
• Richard Thompson
  electric guitar [1]
• Robert Kirby
  arranger [4-5, 7, 9]
• Rocki Dzidzornu
  congas [3, 6], guest [3, 6]
• Tristan Fry
  drums (drum set) [10], guest [10], vibraphone [10]

Issues

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  The Making of Five Leaves Left

  4x Digital Media
  25 July 2025
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  The Making of Five Leaves Left

  4x CD
  25 July 2025