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Bryter LayterNick Drake
Folk & Singer-Songwriter · 1970s

Bryter Layter

Released 1970Folk & Singer-Songwriter
Classic

A lusher, jazz-touched record of bittersweet beauty. Warm and understated. A quiet classic. Released in 1970, it's a key entry in Nick Drake's run.

On vinyl: Vintage copies and modern reissues both circulate — worth comparing condition and remaster notes before you buy.

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