Posthumous releases are on the way from Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, and Elliott Smith. (Wes Anderson, fire up your iPod.)
The Jeff Buckley compilation is called So Real: Songs of Jeff Buckley and will include a cover of “I Know It’s Over” by The Smiths, as well as a mix of studio cuts, live tracks, and rarities. Compiled by his mother, Mary Guibert. Release date is May 22.
The Nick Drake release is a collection of early recordings called Family Tree, scheduled for release June 19. Also, the terrific Nick Drake documentary A Skin Too Few, which I was fortunate enough to see at the Chicago Underground Film Festival a few years ago, will finally be released on DVD later this year, apparently as part of a reissue of the Fruit Tree box set. The film’s release has been delayed for years because of copyright issues; it’ll be nice to finally have it available. (Official site for the film is here.)
The Elliott Smith is out this week — a 2-CD set called New Moon, consisting of “primarily unreleased” material recorded between 1994 and 1997.
Bonus trivia question: What character in a Wes Anderson film is named after one of the above musicians?
Answer here.
Listen to Nick Drake’s “You’re Leaving Me Behind” from Family Tree here:
http://www.imposemagazine.com/mag/?p=575
nice to know that death can’t stop the re-issue, re-package machine from rolling on. however, i will most likely listen to/possibly buy anything from the nick drake archives.