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Singer-songwriter Nick Drake's tragically short career may have ended more than 30 years ago, but that isn't stopping the Englishman's estate manager from compiling an album of Drake's earliest known recordings.

Slated for a June 19 release on Tsunami LG/Fontana, Family Tree features 26 songs made on a reel-to-reel tape recorder before his official debut, Five Leaves Left had even surfaced. The LP also includes two tracks, "Poor Mum" and "Try To Remember," recorded by Drake's mother Molly that highlight the musical influence she had on her gifted son.

Also look for an upgraded version of The Fruit Tree Box Set, which contains Nick's three original studio albums, later in 2007.

Family Tree tracklist:

1. Come In To The Garden (introduction) (Nick Drake)
2. They're Leaving Me Behind (Nick Drake)
3. Time Piece (Nick Drake)
4. Poor Mum (M.Drake) performed by Molly Drake
5. Winter Is Gone (Traditional, arr: Nick Drake)
6. All My Trials (Traditional) performed by Nick and Gabrielle Drake
7. Kegelstatt Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, (W.A. Mozart)
8. Strolling Down the Highway (Bert Jansch)
9. Paddling In Rushmere (Traditional)
10. Cocaine Blues (Traditional)
11. Blossom (Nick Drake)
12. Been Smokin' Too Long (Robin Frederick)
13. Black Mountain Blues (Traditional)
14. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob Dylan)
15. If You Leave Me (Dave Van Ronk)
16. Here Come The Blues (Jackson C. Frank)
17. Sketch 1 (Nick Drake)
18. Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank)
19. My Baby So Sweet (Traditional)
20. Milk And Honey (Jackson C. Frank)
21. Kimbie (Traditional)
22. Bird Flew By (Nick Drake)
23. Rain (Nick Drake)
24. Strange Meeting II (Nick Drake
25. Day Is Done (Nick Drake)
26. Come Into The Garden (Nick Drake)
27. Way to Blue (Nick Drake)
28. Do You Ever Remember? (M. Drake) performed by Molly Drake