Nilsson Schmilsson was reissued by BMG on January 13, 2004. Harry Nilsson's best-selling album was remastered and included extensive liner notes and a number of bonus tracks. The CD is avalable from Amazon.com at:
This original Nilsson song has never been released before. Harfry never finished "How Can I Be Sure of You", but reused some of the song's lyrics for "Good For God".
An early, alternative version of the song, with Harry on piano. Curtis describes this as "a lovely band arrangement, with some surprisingly agile piano work from Harry."
"Lamaze" is another unreleased Nilsson original. Apparently done as a joke during the sessions for The Story of Eric, this "theme" has a dissonant piano counterpoint and very funny fake French lyrics. Brief but memorable.
This version of Harry's song uses the same basic tracks as the recent Camden release, but incorporates highly complex multi-tracked backing vocals that no one knew were there before.
This is Harry's original version of the song with a George Tipton arrangement.
In addition to the above songs, the CD contains three unlisted radio spots, two of which
feature brief comments from Richard Perry about the album and Harry.
this is a classic, especially the rerelease with all the bonus tracks. In fact, coconut was one of the first Nilsson songs I heard (given to me by a beautiful girl at one point). My favorites "gotta get up", "moonbeam song", "old forgotten soldier", and of course "coconut"
Nilsson Schmilsson is Harry's best-selling album. It spent nearly one year on the charts, reaching #3, and going gold.
A poster was included with the album.
"That album was a great meeting [of minds] ... I was so glad to meet Richard Perry, because he was thinking the same thing I was thinking at the same time: now let's go to work and do some rock 'n' roll and get down!" -- Harry Nilsson
Well, here's a classic [...] from an artist who is only just beginning to be recognised for the major influence that he has had on many artists and musicians. So welcome to the late great Harry Nilsson and Nilsson Schmilsson (No.3 U.S., No.4 U.K. '72). This album was a sea change for Nilsson, who had previously been perceived as a sweet-faced choirboy with a subversive streak and had always produced himself. For Nilsson Schmilsson, Harry employed the services of wunderkind producer Richard Perry, whom he met via Phil Spector. The result was a phenomenon! Aided and abetted by Harry's landmark cover of Badfinger's Tom Evans's and Pete Ham's beautiful "Without You" (No.1 U.S., No.1 U.K.), the album quickly raced up the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Recent film fans will have also noticed "Coconut" (No.8 U.S., No.42 U.K.) being used in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs conveniently also available on 180g vinyl (SVLP28). Another highlight from this masterpiece album is the opening track (and b side of "Without You") "Gotta Get Up", along with the punchy "Jump Into the Fire" (No. 27 U.S. '72). All in all, we're talking one of the great pop classics here which is finally available on glorious 180 gram beautiful analogue vinyl.
If you like ANY song from Harry Nilsson, this album is a must!!!! It is simply one of the greatest albums of the 70's (excluding the Beatles). There just aren't any words to describe this album!!!! It's simply SUPERB!!!
United States CD BMG Camden R33142 August 14, 2000
Nilsson Schmilsson is Harry Nilsson's best-selling album. It spent nearly one year on the charts, reaching #3, and going gold.
"That album was a great meeting [of minds] ... I was so glad to meet Richard Perry, because he was thinking the same thing I was thinking at the same time: now let's go to work and do some rock 'n' roll and get down!" -- Harry Nilsson
An absolute must! Finely packaged with great liner notes and a fair share of great bonus tracks. The album itself never sounded better, and the songs and Harry's voice are still as wonderful as ever. The addition of demo versions of many of the tracks is great, we get to hear a very amusing "Coconut" and a brilliant piano/vocal version of "Gotta Get Up". The demo of "Without You" has Harry straining for the high notes and suffering for it, which is actually quite amusing considering the brilliance of the later master. On the other side of the coin however, those familiar with the extremely hoarse vocal on the PUSSY CATS version of "Old Forgotten Soldier" will wallow in delight at the beautiful version issued here, which although missing some verses, has Harry in fantastic voice and yodelling through a wonderful ending. This album is one of those albums that every music lover should own - and this CD re-issue is the best version so far.
Nilsson Schmilsson {24 Karat Gold Disc CD Reissue}
United States CD RCA 07863-66599-2 1995
"24 Karat Gold Disc."
Nilsson Schmilsson is Harry's best-selling album. It spent nearly one year on the charts, reaching #3, and going gold.
A poster was included with the album.
"That album was a great meeting [of minds] ... I was so glad to meet Richard Perry, because he was thinking the same thing I was thinking at the same time: now let's go to work and do some rock 'n' roll and get down!" -- Harry
Nilsson Schmilsson is Harry's best-selling album. It spent nearly one year on the charts, reaching #3, and going gold.
A poster was included with the album.
"That album was a great meeting [of minds] ... I was so glad to meet Richard Perry, because he was thinking the same thing I was thinking at the same time: now let's go to work and do some rock 'n' roll and get down!" -- Harry
Nilsson Schmilsson is Harry's best-selling album. It spent nearly one year on the charts, reaching #3, and going gold.
A poster was included with the album.
"That album was a great meeting [of minds] ... I was so glad to meet Richard Perry, because he was thinking the same thing I was thinking at the same time: now let's go to work and do some rock 'n' roll and get down!" -- Harry Nilsson
10 Great songs, no liner notes, no bonus tracks, no poster, no lyrics. If you have the original LP, burn it onto a CD and save your money.
Lyman Green
(4.0 / 4.0)
I will profess to not being an expert on things Harry Nilsson, but I was raised from a very young age with this music which my mother and father played repeatedly for me. Of course, they were playing the LP, but as far as I know this CD is no different and I was very happy sometime in the late 80's or early 90's to pick it up. I personally believe this is one of the best albums of the seventies. Every song on this album is strong, and "Jump into the Fire" made me want to be a drummer for many years. I never followed up on that ambition, but it was not for lack of hearing what I still felt was a very cool drum bit (almost a solo). If you have to pick one Harry Nilsson album, I'd recommend this one (even over the Point, which I like very much).
Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson was released as a quadrophonic eight-track tape. The songs were remixed to take advantage of the four-channel play back.
Nilsson Schmilsson is Harry's best-selling album. It spent nearly one year on the charts, reaching #3, and going gold.
A poster was included with the album.
"That album was a great meeting [of minds] ... I was so glad to meet Richard Perry, because he was thinking the same thing I was thinking at the same time: now let's go to work and do some rock 'n' roll and get down!" -- Harry
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