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Edited Oct 11, 2015, 13:36
Re: Nick Drake on film?
Oct 11, 2015, 09:09
Stevo wrote:

Not sure when Drake started getting more widespread recognition.
Was it before the Fruit Tree box set?
I think his sister was almost a household name though.


I think the "Fruit Tree" box set was what started it, and then it slowly grew throughout the 80s with Mike Read playing the odd tracks on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, and the likes of Dream Academy and the Cure namechecking him as well as cult musicians like Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Astor who were lesser known (at least in the UK).

I agree it's not too likely that show was taped, but quite a lot of stuff that was thought to have been erased from both the BBC's archive (like Jimi Hendrix's appearance on "The Lulu Show") and those of the regional channels does turn up eventually. I know from having liaised with them at work that a quite a lot of original master recordings from the BBC archive got "liberated" by various former employees who worked there, but the BBC doesn't particularly like to admit that so saying "everything was erased" is their default stance.
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