Made to Love Magic
Made to Love Magic is a 2004 compilation album of outtakes and remixes by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It features a previously unreleased solo acoustic version of "River Man", dating from early 1968, and the song "Tow the Line", a previously unheard song from Drake's final session in July 1974. The compilation reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart.
Track listing
All songs are written by Nick Drake.- "Rider on the Wheel" – 2:38
- "Magic – Orchestrated Version 2" – 2:45
- "River Man – Cambridge Version" – 4:02
- "Joey" – 3:04
- "Thoughts of Mary Jane" – 3:39
- "Mayfair – Cambridge Version" – 2:12
- "Hanging on a Star" – 3:24
- "Three Hours – Alternate Version" – 5:12
- "Clothes of Sand" – 2:31
- "Voices" – 3:45
- "Time of No Reply – Orchestrated Version" – 2:47
- "Black Eyed Dog" – 3:28
- "Tow the Line" – 2:20
- Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9 & 12 are stereo remasters from Time of No Reply; track 5 is usually titled "The Thoughts of Mary Jane" on other releases.
- Track 2 is "I Was Made to Love Magic" from Time of No Reply, sped-up, with a posthumously added string arrangement by Robert Kirby
- Tracks 3 and 6 are Cambridge-era dorm demos
- Track 7 is a different take than the version originally released on Time of No Reply
- Track 8 is a different take than the version originally released on Five Leaves Left, and features Rebop Kwaku Baah on congas
- Track 10 is a remastered version of "Voice from the Mountain" from Time of No Reply
- Track 11 has a posthumously added string arrangement by Robert Kirby
- Track 13 is possibly the last song Drake ever committed to tape