Tracklist
| 1:1 | Strolling Down The Highway |
| 1:2 | Cocaine Blues |
| 1:3 | Don't Think Twice, It's Alright |
| 1:4 | Betty And Dupree |
| 1:5 | Get Together |
| 1:6 | Here Comes The Blues |
| 1:7 | Come In To The Garden |
| 1:8 | Summertime |
| 1:9 | Joey |
| 1:10 | Strange Meeting II |
| 1:11 | Milk And Honey |
| 1:12 | Tomorrow Is A Long Time |
| 1:13 | Courting Blues |
| 1:14 | Black Mountain Blues |
| 1:15 | Morning Monologue |
| 1:16 | Saturday Sun (I) |
| 1:17 | Mayfair (III) |
| 1:18 | Fly (I) |
| 1:19 | Hazey Jane I |
| 1:20 | Place To Be |
| 1:21 | Parasite (II) |
| 1:22 | Three Hours |
| 1:23 | Day Is Done |
| 1:24 | Time Of No Reply |
| 1:25 | Three Hours (Take 2) |
| 2:1 | Magic |
| 2:2 | The Thoughts Of Mary Jane |
| 2:3 | Day Is Done |
| 2:4 | Time Has Told Me (Take 1) |
| 2:5 | Saturday Sun (Take 1) |
| 2:6 | River Man |
| 2:7 | Joey (Take 2) |
| 2:8 | Saturday Sun (II) |
| 2:9 | Saturday Sun (III) |
| 2:10 | Mayfair (I) |
| 2:11 | Mayfair (II) |
| 2:12 | Fly (II) |
| 2:13 | Parasite (I) |
| 2:14 | Joey (Fragment) |
| 2:15 | Guitar Instrumental (aka No. 1 (Guitar)) |
| 2:16 | Poor Boy |
| 2:17 | Time Has Told Me |
| 2:18 | Voices |
| 2:19 | Sketch #2 (Guitar) |
| 2:20 | Sketch #4 (Piano) |
| 2:21 | Sketch #5 (Guitar) |
| 2:22 | Sketch #6 (Piano) |
| 2:23 | Sketch #7 (Piano) |
| 2:24 | Hanging On A Star |
| 2:25 | Rider On The Wheel |
| 2:26 | Black Eyed Dog |
| 2:27 | Tow The Line |
| 2:28 | I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again |
| 2:29 | Full Fathom Five |
| 2:30 | With My Swag All On My Shoulder |
| 2:31 | The Commissioner He Come |
| 2:32 | Dark And Devil Waters |
Credits
- Engineer – John Wood (tracks: 2:1 to 2:7)
- Producer – Joe Boyd (tracks: 2:5), John Wood (tracks: 2:5)
Notes
Home recordings, demos, and studio outtakes.CD 1 and 2 were mostly recorded between the Music Room, Far Leys, Tanworth-In-Arden and Hampstead, London, 1967/1969. Track 1-17 on CD 1 were recorded in the 'Music Room' Far Leys 1967/68. Tracks 18-23 on CD 1 were recorded in Hampstead and tracks 24/25 were taken from the John Peel sessions.
Tracks 1-7 and 24-27 on CD 2 were recorded at Sound Techniques in 1968. Tracks 8-11 from the Music Room, 12-15 from Hampstead and 16-23 are from a cassette titled 'Work Tape' which possibly was from the 'Music Room' Far Leys. Tracks 28-32 are not Nick Drake, merely examples of songs that Nick developed his playing style from. 28-30 are from 'Interplay One' on Longman, catalogue number LG 582 241367. Tracks 31-32 are from the Mick Audsley LP 'Dark and the Devil Waters' SNTF 641.
Double CD album packaged in a gatefold jacket with liner notes.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RLPS 0001 | Nick Drake | A Day Gone By... (2xLP, Unofficial, Comp) | Rover Records | RLPS 0001 | Europe | 2014 |
| NDR 001 | Nick Drake | A Day Gone By... (2xLP, Comp, Unofficial, W/Lbl) | Not On Label | NDR 001 | UK | Unknown |

