^ From boy to man…

^ From Half Moon Street to the album Pink Moon…

^ A leaves link… from ‘Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground’ to a song from the album ‘Five Leaves Left’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPQBV8jf-oI

^ Doris Troy sang on both You’re Gonna Make Me Love You and Poor Boy…

^ Genesis is the first book of the Bible, the introduction so to speak…

^ Double link: from flamingos to drake and flamingos are pink so to the album Pink Moon…

^ A morning link…

^ A fruit link to the Nick Drake boxset Fruit Tree and to this song from it…

^ From Right to Left, and the album Five Leaves Left and this track from it…

Another smoking link…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldakolAPbLQ

Le Temps de l’Amour was on the soundtrack of Moonrise Kingdom which was written and directed by Wes Anderson, as was The Royal Tenenbaums, the soundtrack of which features this…

From haze to hazey…

From rain to sun…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXLWH2IAEN0

From a dream which is one mental process to a thought, which is another mental process…

A way link…

A place link…

A may link; from Mayfield to Mayfair…

John Cale played on tracks on Nick Drake’s Bryter Layter album which also includes the next song…

John Martyn was friends with singer-songwriter Nick Drake…

A drake is a type of duck is a type of bird…

Millie was looked after by Chris Blackwell of Island Records, to which was signed Nick Drake…

ZZ Top were named after two brands of cigarette rolling paper, so we go to something from Nick Drake’s ‘5 Leaves Left’ album (after the message at the back of a Rizla packet)…

“Life in a Northern Town” was dedicated to Nick Drake….

Another Cale – John Cale – played celeste, piano and organ on…

Lorraine McIntosh of Deacon Blue went on to play Alice in the soap River City. So…

Frank Zappa’s daughter, Moon Unit sang on ‘Valley Girl’. So from Moon Unit to…