He was just standing around, looking…uncomfortably Nick.”

It was just, ‘stand there, stand there, look over there. Morris remembers: “He wouldn’t even look at me, let alone do anything. His posture and facial expression are melancholy personified, desolate and withdrawn. The pictures are a visual snapshot of his mental state at the time, a man sinking deep into depression. Drake wore a turtleneck sweater and an overcoat. Keith Morris, who took the fantastic photos on the covers of Drake’s two previous albums, Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, took the singer to Hampstead Heath. A non-talkative Nick Drake offered no clues beyond the album title, so she went with the standard approach of a photo shoot. Annie Sullivan, creative director at Island, was tasked with the sleeve design. After he left the office they found the tapes with the label Pink Moon. After recording the full album during two late night sessions in October 1971, he delivered the master tapes to Island Records, who were unaware of an upcoming album. Pink Moon was Nick Drake’s final studio album, a collection of short songs featuring only the singer accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, and piano on the title track.

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