"go hog wild, ned" is a great line.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 5 March 2012 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
Started downloading it this morning!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 March 2012 06:38 (twelve years ago) link
When the TOTP repeats started happening, I was happy to see Nilsson's face in the top thirty run-down. "Look! Nilsson and a proper hit, everyone!"
― Mark G, Monday, 5 March 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
Spaceman is sooo good / some of the alternate versions are downright spooky.
― a serious minestrone rockist (remy bean), Monday, 5 March 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
Why is this stuff only on boots? And is his wife ever gonna release the album he was working on when he died?
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
"Spaceman" got lodged in my brain in fall '10 and hasn't left.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
any favorites from the Harrities list? are these for hardcore fans only?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Then there's this collection as well:
http://fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/2011/12/bonus-tracks-volumes-1-3-2012.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
i really like those monkees demos: http://fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/2011/05/son-of-harryties-02-mr-lennons-favorite.htmlwill admit that i have a five-disc nillsson rarities collection, and it is probably enough for me...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
a LOT of the stuff on that 22-CD collection, especially the later years, is dodgy-to-worthless.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Pulled out Son of Schmilsson tonight, don't usually go for that one 'cause in my head it's long on the "slightly dark wackiness" angle - but I always forget, first of all, about "Spaceman" which is easily one of my top favorite Nilsson songs and probably one of my favorite songs of the Seventies period....and also about "The Lottery Song" which is just a gorgeous, sweet little treat. Wow. Totally totally slid past my ears the first x times I listened to this record.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
!!!! I just bought Knnillssonn the other day and was going to post about it. It's good. Not quite up there with the best of them, but certainly better than the snoozier albums of his I've heard, eg A Touch of Schmilsson. Just enough weirdness to stay alive. Love all the plucky-plucky strings (real? fake?) and the crazy song about being in an Agatha Christie story.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:36 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
listening to this again for maybe the third or fourth time since that post, record is sounding pretty fucking great on a couple classes of rye, turned up loud. Just great sound, his voice against all this plucky echoey space.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 20 December 2012 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i think "all i think about is you" is one of his best.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
I'm just getting over a chesty cold infection..
I reckon I could sing a blinding version of "All I think about is you" right now, if I could avoid coughing.
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
"Blanket for a Sail" is one of my favorites on this.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 21 December 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
They're releasing a 17cd box! http://fortheloveofharrynilsson.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-rca-albums-collection-2013.html
It has the tearjerking 'I Want You To Sit On My Face' on it, which is worth the price of admission.
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:55 (ten years ago) link
nice!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 16 May 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
whoa!
the only disappointment is they don't include the abridged/remixed/resequenced/etc version of his first two LPs which is actually damn good in its own right.
OTOH i already have that on CD so I can just keep that disc or rip it or whatever.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 01:16 (ten years ago) link
oh wait they do have that album on there, nevermind. it just seems placed in a weird order.
The albums are in the order in which they were actually released. "Aerial Pandemonium Ballet" came out way way after the two albums from which it's derived.
― crustaceanrebel, Thursday, 16 May 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
ah, i see.
it took me a minute to notice the three discs of unreleased stuff. whoa.
btw this is going for WAY cheaper on amazon.co.uk compared to USA amazon
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:36 (ten years ago) link
which means that one of you is getting me a birthday present
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:37 (ten years ago) link
that amazon uk/us price diff is bonkers. is that common? or is that likely a mistake? i never shop on amazon uk.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link
More common than you'd think. But Amazon US's price will eventually go down, and UK's will go up, though the latter will always be cheaper. Americans don't pay VAT on Amazon UK stuff, so subtract 15% from the price!
― crustaceanrebel, Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
good to know!
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:08 (ten years ago) link
so subtract 15% from the price!
and probably add $15 or more for shipping, alas
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
Actually, no. £3.08, or about $5 to the USA. Not bad for a 17 CD set.
― crustaceanrebel, Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:44 (ten years ago) link
oh wow. well, that's ordered.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:42 (ten years ago) link
yup. ordered.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:15 (ten years ago) link
Notice he does a version of "She's Just Laughing At Me", one of the standout tracks on Tiny Tim's 2nd album!
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:24 (ten years ago) link
Seems rude not to.
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:29 (ten years ago) link
Ordered.
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:30 (ten years ago) link
My only hesitation for ordering this is that I already have everything but Skidoo from RCA. So I'd pretty much be paying for about half of the Sessions material (a bunch of it is bonus tracks on the other releases), mono mixes (yawn) and the packaging.
Still, $70 is pretty goddamned cheap.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:00 (ten years ago) link
I have the Pand/Aerial/Combi 2CD set from a while back, and some of the vinyl albums.
This doesn't have the 'grapple' "Son of Dracula" does it? Will have to 'do' my vinyl copy and add it, I guess...
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:03 (ten years ago) link
very tempted to get this
― Moodles, Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:21 (ten years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:00 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just sell those other discs and you'll probably make enough to pay for 1/3 to 1/2 of the box set!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:38 (ten years ago) link
Think I'll be giving my old CDs to friends who deserve to have Harry Nilsson in their lives
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 May 2013 14:08 (ten years ago) link
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
yeahhhh, i think i want this. i've actually got a bunch of these on beat up vinyl, so it would be nice to have remastered versions.
― tylerw, Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
is there word on whether these are remastered from earlier releases? i would assume they are.... but who is doing the remastering?
i'm not expert on this but I do worry about the whole loudness stuff
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
the glory of the beat-up vinyl is that some of these albums have got really fun sleeves (inners *and* outers)
― dschinghis kraan (NickB), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
coconut = the moment he became classic
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
huh? he was way classic before that.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Apparently Vic Anesini, who's done really nice work on a lot of things (e.g. the Roy Orbison Monument reissues from a few years ago) did some or all of the remastering (according to this Steve Hoffman Forum thread: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/nilsson-boxed-set-coming.264573/page-10#post-8876519"">Nilsson boxed set coming?).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
thanks!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
i'm kind of shocked that they are releasing this, maybe they saw that for the love of harry blog and were like, "ha, we can best that"
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
for me the appeal is the later albums, most of which I've never been able to hear/find. I have a bunch of the extras from previous reissues of the early/peak period stuff, but I've never heard any of the albums after Son of Schmillson (except for Knilllssson, which is pretty good)
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
duit on mon dei and sandman are definitely a mixed bag (at best?)
the outtakes stuff is pretty exciting no?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
I've heard most of the demos/outtakes from Pussycats, Nilsson Schmillson, Aerial Ballet and Pandemonium Shadow Show (not too fond of the latter tbh) - but yeah the rest sounds interesting
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 May 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
http://bp0.blogger.com/_3D4uW44cDSw/SHoYn-3F0gI/AAAAAAAACD4/xmrz11_oCO4/s1600-h/PROMO+Knnilssonn+Mask1.jpg
best novelty promo item ever?
― dschinghis kraan (NickB), Thursday, 16 May 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link