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
whoops that didn't work. this thing i mean:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3D4uW44cDSw/SHoYn-3F0gI/AAAAAAAACD4/xmrz11_oCO4/s400/PROMO%2BKnnilssonn%2BMask1.jpg
― dschinghis kraan (NickB), Thursday, 16 May 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
I might want the biography more.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 16 May 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
I think this is my favorite Nilsson outtake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhj85VNUT_k
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 May 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Better than the albums themselves arguably!
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Friday, 17 May 2013 09:02 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSCTktqOVw
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
he still looks young there, but it wasn't too long before he died :(
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
I had to look up who EJ Gold was, interesting career there
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
"jump into the fire" is so fantastic, i've just listened to it on repeat for a while
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 8 August 2013 06:23 (ten years ago) link
Interesting article on a sports website from a guy seemingly obsessed with Nilsson
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9529179/the-legacy-harry-nilsson
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 8 August 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
thanks for that!
it's probably just the bass and the echo effects but does "jump into the fire" sound kind of dub-y to anyone else?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 9 August 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
dub-y and, weirdly, a bit like the minutemen
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 9 August 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p6TNytFsNY
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 11 August 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
Still waiting for Amazon to deliver mine, it's now 10 days late
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 12 August 2013 10:07 (ten years ago) link
I see the Mercury album got a recent re-release also.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 August 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/
I don't got 'permission' to go in here anymore, what to do?
So far, I'm up to "Sandman", and I've not noticed a massive drop in quality..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
You haven't played "How to Write a Song" yet then
― Saturated with working class intelligence and not afraid to show it (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link