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The long rumoured Nilsson boxset has been announced. 17 Discs, which consist of his RCA discography (the task of compiling Popeye, Flash Harry and the rare moment of greatness in the 80's isn't in this sets remit, I guess) and three cds of bonus tracks, and grand total of 75 of those bonus tracks spread amongst the CDs will be unreleased! Hosanna!

http://fortheloveofharrynilsson.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-rca-albums-collection-2013.html

Given that it's £45 on Amazon and I don't own any Nilsson on CDs of my own, THIS IS A BIT SWEET.

SWEET BABY JESUS, WHERE'S MY MONEY?!

Last month, I "discovered" Harry for myself (a bit late to the game, I know, but I'm young and need time to really get into all this stuff), and bought his entire discography up through around 1973. And then THIS is released! At $64 US dollars shipped from Amazon UK, I HAD to bite the bullet - this looks way too good to pass up. I pre-ordered it two days ago and it already feels like an eternity of waiting! And now my other discs are redundant! Oh well. It's gonna be a great summer for all things music.

Those Amazon gift cards I got for Christmas just got put to very good use.

Tracklisting.... You Are Here is the most exciting thing on here, it plays so briefly in the documentary and it sounds great. That and it'd be great to get a lot of the stuff that I've got on the Purple Chick series, such as the p*ssy Cats demos, Blackbird, and the superlative 'I Want You To Sit On My Face', in proper quality.

Not to mention You Can't Do That, his multi-faceted Beatles cover... in Italian?!

Some stuff I haven't heard of - Nilsson & Dr John playing All I Think About Is You? A song called Ballin' The Jack? I haven't heard of the Saturday Club session. So bummed this doesn't have The Music Of Nilsson though, I'd love the Walk Right Back/Cathy's Clown/Let The Good Times Roll thing in real quality. But yes, the main function of this seems to be gathering up all the bonus tracks under one roof.

Brief sourpuss note - Radio Spots fucking suck, y'all.

ROLL ON JULY.

Disc 1 PANDEMONIUM SHADOW SHOW (Stereo and Mono)
STEREO
1. Ten Little Indians
2. 1941
3. Cuddly Toy
4. She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
5. You Can't Do That
6. Sleep Late, My Lady Friend
7. She's Leaving Home
8. There Will Never Be
9. Without Her
10. Freckles
11. It's Been So Long
12. River Deep - Mountain High
MONO
13. Ten Little Indians
14. 1941
15. Cuddly Toy
16. She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
17. You Can't Do That
18. Sleep Late, My Lady Friend
19. She's Leaving Home
20. There Will Never Be
21. Without Her
22. Freckles
23. It's Been So Long
24. River Deep - Mountain High

Disc 2 AERIAL BALLET (Stereo and Mono)
STEREO
1. Daddy's Song
2. Good Old Desk
3. Don't Leave Me
4. Mr. Richland's Favorite Song
5. Little Cowboy
6. Together
7. Everybody's Talkin'
8. I Said Goodbye To Me
9. Little Cowboy
10. Mr. Tinker
11. One
12. The Wailing Of The Willow
13. Bath
MONO
14. Daddy's Song
15. Good Old Desk
16. Don't Leave Me
17. Mr. Richland's Favorite Song
18. Little Cowboy
19. Together
20. Everybody's Talkin'
21. I Said Goodbye To Me
22. Little Cowboy
23. Mr. Tinker
24. One
25. The Wailing Of The Willow
26. Bath
BONUS TRACK
27. Aerial Ballet radio spot (previously unreleased)

Disc 3 HARRY
1. The Puppy Song
2. Nobody Cares About The Railroads Anymore
3. Open Your Window
4. Mother Nature's Son
5. Fairfax Rag
6. City Life
7. Mournin' Glory Story
8. Maybe
9. Marchin' Down Broadway
10. I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City
11. Rainmaker
12. Mr. Bojangles
13. Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear
BONUS TRACKS
14. I Will Take You There - single mix
15. Waiting (from the motion picture Jenny)
16. Rainmaker - single mix
17. Mournin' Glory Story - UK single (previously unissued on CD)
18. Garbage Can Ballet - alternate (previously unreleased)
19. Harry Radio Spot (previously unreleased)
20. Voices Of Vista radio spots (previously unreleased)

Disc 4 NILSSON SINGS NEWMAN
1. Vine St.
2. Love Story
3. Yellow Man
4. Caroline
5. Cowboy
6. The Beehive State
7. I'll Be Home
8. Living Without You
9. Dayton, Ohio 1903
10. So Long Dad
BONUS TRACKS
11. Snow
12. Love Story - alternate version
13. Cowboy - alternate version
14. I'll Be Home - alternate version
15. Living Without You - alternate version
Tracks 11-15 first issued on Nilsson Sings Newman (Buddha CD 74465 99703 2, Released 2000)

Disc 5 THE POINT!
1. Everything's Got 'Em
2. The Town
3. Me And My Arrow
4. The Game
5. Poli High
6. The Trial And Banishment
7. Think About Your Troubles
8. The Pointed Man
9. Life Line
10. The Birds
11. P.O.V. Waltz
12. The Clearing In The Woods
13. Are You Sleeping?
14. Oblio's Return
BONUS TRACKS
15. Think About Your Troubles - alternate version
16. Life Line - alternate version
17. Down To The Valley - alternate mix/extended ending
18. I'll Never Leave You
19. The Point! Travel Brochure radio spot w/ Bill Martin (previously unreleased)
Tracks 15-18 first issued on The Point! (BMG Heritage CD 07863 65128 2, Released 2002)

Disc 6 AERIAL PANDEMONIUM BALLET
1. Introduction
2. 1941 - slowed down track and remixed
3. Daddy's Song - new vocals, guitar/piano out of sync
4. Mr. Richland's Favorite Song - new background vocals and remixed
5. Good Old Desk - slowed down track and remixed
6. Everybody's Talkin' - dumped second voice and remixed
7. Bath - re-eq'd original tracks
8. River Deep-Mountain High - new vocals and remixed
9. Sleep Late, My Lady Friend - remixed
10. Don't Leave Me - remixed
11. Without Her - new vocals and remixed
12. Together - new vocals, edited out bridge and remixed
13. One - remixed
14. Closing
BONUS TRACKS
15. You Can't Do That - remix
16. It's Been So Long - Italian version (previously unreleased)
17. Sleep Late, My Lady Friend - Italian version (previously unreleased)
18. Without Her - Italian version (previously unreleased)
19. Cuddly Toy - Italian version (previously unreleased)
20. You Can't Do That - Italian version (previously unreleased)
21. BBC Saturday Club intro (previously unreleased)
21. 1941 - Live on BBC's Saturday Club (previously unreleased)
23. Mr. Richland's Favorite Song - Live on BBC's Saturday Club (unreleased)
24. Nilsson talks with Brian Matthew (previously unreleased)
25. Together - Live on BBC's Saturday Club (previously unreleased)
26. Good Old Desk - Live on BBC's Saturday Club (previously unreleased)
27. Aerial Pandemonium Ballet radio spot (previously unreleased)

Disc 7 NILSSON SCHMILSSON
1. Gotta Get Up
2. Driving Along
3. Early In The Morning
4. The Moonbeam Song
5. Down
6. Without You
7. Coconut
8. Let The Good Times Roll
9. Jump Into The Fire
10. I'll Never Leave You
BONUS TRACKS
11. Si No Estas Tu - Spanish version Of "Without You"
12. How Can I Be Sure Of You
13. The Moonbeam Song - demo
14. Lamaze
15. Old Forgotten Soldier
16. Gotta Get Up - alternate version
17. Nilsson Schmilsson radio spots
Tracks 12-17 first issued on Nilsson Schmilsson (RCA/BMG CD 82876 57265 2, released 2004)

Disc 8 SON OF SCHMILSSON
1. Take 54
2. Remember (Christmas)
3. Joy
4. Turn On Your Radio
5. You're Breakin' My Heart
6. Spaceman
7. The Lottery Song
8. At My Front Door
9. Ambush
10. I'd Rather Be Dead
11. The Most Beautiful World In The World
BONUS TRACKS
12. What's Your Sign?
13. Take 54 - alternate
14. Campo De Encino
15. Daybreak - single version
16. It Had To Be You/I'd Rather Be Dead
17. Son Of Schmilsson radio spot
Tracks 12-16 first issued on Son Of Schmilsson (RCA/Legacy CD 82876 78249 2, released 2006)

Disc 9 A LITTLE TOUCH OF SCHMILSSON IN THE NIGHT
1. Lazy Moon
2. For Me And My Gal
3. It Had To Be You
4. Always
5. Makin' Whoopee!
6. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)
7. Lullaby In Ragtime
8. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
9. What'll I Do
10. Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)
11. This Is All I Ask
12. As Time Goes By
BONUS TRACKS
13. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
14. Make Believe
15. Trust In Me
16. It's Only A Paper Moon
17. Thanks For The Memory
18. Over The Rainbow
Tracks 13-18 first issued on A Touch More Schmilsson In The Night (RCA Germany 90251, released 1988)

Disc 10 p*ssy CATS
1. Many Rivers To Cross
2. Subterranean Homesick Blues
3. Don't Forget Me
4. All My Life
5. Old Forgotten Soldier
6. Save The Last Dance For Me
7. Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga
8. Loop De Loop
9. Black Sails
10. Rock Around The Clock
BONUS TRACKS
11. Down By The Sea
12. The Flying Saucer Song
13. Turn Out The Light
14. Save The Last Dance For Me - alternate
15. Don't Forget Me - demo
16. Black Sails - demo
17. p*ssy Cats radio spots with Eddie Lawrence (previously unreleased)
Tracks 11-16 first issued on p*ssy Cats (Buddha CD 74465 99815 2, released 1999)

Disc 11 DUIT ON MON DEI
1. Jesus Christ You're Tall
2. It's A Jungle Out There
3. Down By The Sea
4. Kojak Columbo
5. Easier For Me
6. Turn Out The Light
7. Salmon Falls
8. Puget Sound
9. What's Your Sign?
10. Home
11. Good For God
BONUS TRACK
12. Goin' Down - alternate (previously unreleased)

Disc 12 SANDMAN
1. I'll Take A Tango
2. Something True
3. Pretty Soon There'll Be Nothing Left For Everybody
4. The Ivy Covered Walls
5. Here's Why I Did Not Go To Work Today
6. The Flying Saucer Song
7. How To Write A Song
8. Jesus Christ You're Tall
9. Will She Miss Me?
BONUS TRACK
10. A Tree Out In The Yard (Central Park) (previously unreleased)

Disc 13 ...THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
1. That Is All
2. Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours
3. Moonshine Bandit
4. I Need You
5. A Thousand Miles Away
6. Sail Away
7. She Sits Down On Me
8. Daylight Has Caught Me
9. Zombie Jamboree (Back To Back)
10. That Is All - Reprise
BONUS TRACK
11. . . . That's The Way It Is radio spot (previously unreleased)

Disc 14 KNNILLSSONN
1. All I Think About Is You
2. I Never Thought I'd Get This Lonely
3. Who Done It?
4. Lean On Me
5. Goin' Down
6. Old Bones
7. Sweet Surrender
8. Blanket For A Sail
9. Laughin' Man
10. Perfect Day
BONUS TRACKS
11. Ain't It Kinda Wonderful (from The World's Greatest Lover)
12. Sweet Lorraine - Nilsson & Dr. John (previously unreleased)
13. Shuffle Off To Buffalo (previously unreleased)
14. Ballin' The Jack - Nilsson & Dr. John (previously unreleased)
15. All I Think About Is You - Harry Nilsson & Dr. John (previously unreleased)
16. Knnillssonn radio spot (previously unreleased)


Disc 15 NILSSON SESSIONS 1967-1968
1. 1941 - demo (previously unreleased) (The Monkees Demos)
2. World - demo (previously unreleased) (The Monkees Demos)
3. Signs - demo (previously unreleased) (The Monkees Demos)
4. Cuddly Toy - demo (previously unreleased) (The Monkees Demos)
5. This Could Be The Night (The Monkees Demos)
6. As I Wander Lonely
7. The Family (previously unreleased)
8. Miss Butter's Lament
9. Mr. Tinker - alternate version (previously unreleased)
10. Leggenda (Italian Single)
11. Sister Marie (previously unreleased stereo remix)
12. She Wandered Through The Garden Fence (previously unreleased)
13. One - alternate version (previously unreleased)
14. I Said Goodbye To Me - alternate version (previously unreleased)
15. Searchin' (previously unreleased)
16. She's Just Laughing At Me (previously unreleased)
17. Together - alternate version (previously unreleased)
18. Bath - alternate version (previously unreleased)
Tracks 6 & 8 first issued on Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology (RCA CD 07863 66354 2, released 1995). Tracks 1-16 recorded 1967; tracks 17-18 recorded 1968.

Disc 16 NILSSON SESSIONS 1968-1971
1. You Are Here (previously unreleased)
2. The Cast And Crew (from Skidoo)
3. Garbage Can Ballet (from Skidoo)
4. I Will Take You There (from Skidoo)
5. Girlfriend (theme from The Courtship Of Eddie's Father)
6. Wasting My Time - alternate mix (previously unreleased)
7. Rainmaker - alternate version (previously unreleased)
8. Open Your Window - alternate take (previously unreleased)
9. Postcard (previously unreleased)
10. Think About Your Troubles - alternate version (previously unreleased)
11. Marry Me A Little (previously unreleased)
12. Ballin' The Jack (previously unreleased)
13. Gotta Get Up - demo (previously unreleased)
14. Down To The Valley - single mix
15. Buy My Album - single mix
16. Joy - alternate version
17. Blackbird (previously unreleased)
18. Paradise (previously unreleased)
19. Lucille (previously unreleased)
20. Early In The Morning - alternate version
Tracks 2-4 first issued on Skidoo RCA 1152, released 1968. Track 5 first issued on Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology (RCA CD 07863 66354 2, released 1995). Tracks 16 & 20 first issued on Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (Buddha CD 74465 99704 2, released 2000). Tracks 1-8 recorded 1968; tracks 9-11 recorded 1969; tracks 12-17 recorded 1970; tracks 18-20, 1971.

Disc 17 NILSSON SESSIONS 1971-1974
1. Walk Right Back
2. Jump Into The Fire - alternate version (previously unreleased)
3. Isolation
4. Without You - demo
5. Driving Along - demo
6. Gotta Get Up - demo
7. Coconut - demo
8. Old Forgotten Soldier - alternate demo
9. Down - demo
10. The Moonbeam Song - alternate demo
11. Jump Into the Fire
12. Per Chi - Italian Version Of "Without You"
13. Joy - guitar demo
14. Joy - piano demo
15. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It) - alternate version
16. Lullaby In Ragtime - alternate version
17. Always - alternate version
18. It Had To Be You - alternate version
19. I Want You To Sit On My Face (previously unreleased)
20. A Souvenir - Also Sprach Schmilsson Schmixon (previously unreleased)
Tracks 1 & 3 first issued on Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (Buddha CD 74465 99704 2, released 2000). Tracks 4-10 first issued on Nilsson Schmilsson (UK Camden Deluxe CD 74321 75742 2, released 2000). Tracks 13 & 14 first issued on Son Of Schmilsson (UK Camden Deluxe CD 74321 75746 2, released 2000). Tracks 15-18 first issued on A Touch More Schmilsson In The Night (RCA Germany 90251, released 1988). Tracks 1-12 recorded 1971; tracks 13 & 14 recorded 1972; tracks 15-19 recorded 1973; track 20 recorded 1974.

Unboxing Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q9AeE9lTZqg

And accompanying text review:
http://rarerockinrecords.blogspot.com/2013/07/harry-nilssons-rca-albums-collection.html

The Amazon delivery window of August 5-9 can't come soon enough.

I should be getting it on Monday. AAAAAAAAAA

Of interest, they put up one of the Harry & Dr John collabs on Soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/legacyrecordings/harry-nilsson-ballin-the-jack

I chose economy over speed. The price from Amazon UK was such a good deal that I figured it was worth it to wait a few extra days for it to ship.

What a deal it was too. Just over $60 for a lot of stuff I haven't heard and most of the stuff I do have is on vinyl, so it'll be nice to have on CD too.

The box set arrived today and I can only say, "WOW!" As I had to go to work 30 minutes after getting the set,  I went straight to the bonus tracks and can confirm there are many gems in there in pristine quality. Now to do a grand-pooh-bah weekend listen from go to woah. Well worth the money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cku36At2Hys

Walk Right Back would be this version from the BBC special?

I hope so I love it to bits.

Quick edit: The price has gone up a bit: http://tinyurl.com/nmv88xk

It's a stereo studio version.

Nope it sounds like a studio version, and is a very powerful Nilsson tune - though I will need to check the booklet when I get home for the specs. Right up there with his other golden era material. Ego Hanger beat me to it just as I was typing.

Okay, thanks both, the unreleased music makes this a worthwhile buy. Nothing wrong with having  three or four copies of identical items, is there:)

The set alone is simple, yet cool. The CDs are boxed in a mini LP form and certain albums are fold out covers (The Point eg). The audio quality on the unreleased stuff is outstanding. Everything, apart from Flash Harry and Popeye is on there. With Flash Harry coming out on CD anyway, it is a good time to celebrate Nilsson's talents. Does anyone know how difficult it would be to make your own mini-LP cover?

Have been playing through more of the set and IT IS WORTH EVERY CENT. I reconfirmed to myself why I consider Harry Nilsson on the same level as Brian Wilson. The man had an intimate understanding of music that I rarely hear. A genius in his own right with a wicked sense of humour and outstanding arrangement and production skills. I am gob smacked!! You owe it to youself to get this set!!!

COME ON, POSTMAN. Fucking quasi-privatised Royal Mail. Give me my Nilsson box or the revolution begins.

Holy moly. This looks like a damn fine box set.

Postie arrived.

No boxset.


RISE UP AND THROW OFF THE SHACKLES OF PETTY BOURGEOIS OPPRESSION, NILSSON BOXSETS FOR ALL COME THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

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 :lol

Got any info on "Jump Into The Fire - alternate version (previously unreleased)"? So curious.

I'd say it's radically different, not as long as the album version. Not as heavy by a long shot. I like the single version the best out of all of them (can be found on the box, too).

A good review of the set: http://theseconddisc.com/2013/07/30/review-nilsson-the-rca-albums-collection/

Still waiting for mine to come too.  I thought I'd get it yesterday.  Nope.

Amazon sent me the tracking info, and my set should be here on Wednesday (Chicago from Amazon UK).

That's nuts.. Amazon UK tells me they can't provide tracking info for overseas shipments.
I'm in Michigan.  I've been watching all my online buddies get theirs since Friday.
I'm glad to hear from someone else still waiting.

Hey TV forces,

I ordered mine (2 copies) from Amazon.ca (great price about $65 each) but they tell me it won't be in until late Aug and won't be shipped to my place until early Sept.  Sad for the delay but excited about the box.  With MIC coming at a similar time it may be hard to get work and family time in as I will be listening to piles and piles of glorious cds!

Mine was finally waiting on me when I got home yesterday. It's really nice, simple packaging, which I suppose is how they kept the price so low. The booklet is still nice and informative though. Hopefully I'll have time to really dig into the music today, I'm really looking forward to it.

There seems to be problems with the shipping of Flash Harry. Amazon.de informed me that the delivery date has movved from Aug. 14 to Sept 5. Amazon.com say its in stock but requires extra time for processing. What's going on?

Received Flash Harry yesterday and it is a beautiful set which sounds fantastic. The release of this album on CD, along with the bonus tracks has elvated my opinion of it. The booklet is exceptional as well. I ordered two copies, as I have a feeling that once it disappears, it will be gone for good.

I just snagged that as well, what a fun package!

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

I'm still working my way thru the boxed set and have yet to listen to two of the sessions discs. So much good stuff to discover! It's overstuffed, one of the greatest music values ever and... shhh, is getting tons more play around here than Made in California. Revelatory Dennis tracks n' all. I'm a bad Smiley Smiler.

I'm a BB fan first and foremost, but the first album I really connected with was The Point!. I grew up with Nilsson and went through my teens with the BBs. They win by a very very small margin as being my favourite artist. MY wife loves Nilsson, so Im happy.

This set is really great btw, in terms of the music we are presented with. They really nailed it. Everything sounds amazing. And everything I want is here, that is in the sets remit - as a fan, I'd love other people to hear his vocal on Zip A Dee Doo Dah from the Hal Wilner Disney record, for example, as it's his last great vocal performance. But this isn't that set.

I do now have so much obscure Nilsson in great quality that I could die. I cannot complain. This set is the greatest, in it's own modest way.

Harry Nilsson forever.

The thing with this set that really floored me was the quality of the remastering. I was hearing stuff on Schmilsson that I hadn't heard before. Or on Knilsson I was amazed by the clarity. The bonus recordings are awesome as well. This year was a bonus year for stuff I like, MiC, RCA Nilsson, and Flash Harry. Along with the Nilsson biography and the Abba book which I got yesterday, along with Carnival of Sound by Jan and Dean. Music all the way for me now.

Don't know if you guys saw this: http://www.legacyrecordings.com/page/record-store-day/

A numbered, limited edition 180-gram vinyl release of 12 of the non-album tracks from the box. Listening to the box I had the thought that they could make one really killer rarities disc from everything scattered throughout. No track list posted, but I really hope Postcard and Walk Right Back make it, I could listen to those all day.

Also of interest to me, is the Roy Orbison box set listed below. I already have original issues of the first three albums, but I'm planning on getting this box to support the campaign for more re-issues. This is stuff that should be available.

I just got mine on 19 December.  Going to crack it open for tonight's listening party.  Starting with the first two rarities discs, then...we'll discuss.  Maybe Sandman.  Love side one of that.  I have this stuff on vinyl, but the rarities pulled me in.

I already have most of Nillson's albums on CD, but everything I've heard about this set makes me feel like I should take the plunge.  And I haven't even bought the friggin' MIC set yet!

Finally got this box set and it's beautiful.
I'm excited to finally dig into all this Harry I still haven't listened to yet.

God bless Harry Nilsson.