A visual checklist for those collecting Harry Nilsson vinyl
On this day in 1965, Harry Nilsson recorded a brief appearance on the Ric-A-Shays’ single ‘Turn On’ proclaiming ‘Turn On Gov’nuh!’
As you can see from the original studio invoice I acquired from Ron Story of the Ric-A-Shays, Harry was paid the princely sum of $10 for his best Dick Van Dyke impersonation.
On this day in 1982, Harry Nilsson records the charity track, “With A Bullet”.
This acetate from 1976 comes via the personal collection of Trevor Lawrence who produced and arranged “ … That’s The Way It Is”.
While this contains the same song versions as found on the album release, there are some minor title variations found on the labels e.g. “Thousand Miles Away” rather than “A Thousand Miles Away, “Day Light” rather than “Daylight Has Caught Me” and what appears to simply be a corrected typo to the title “Zombie Jamboreea”
Most of my Nilsson collecting these days focuses on acetates and test pressings but they certainly have become few and far between so I’m very pleased to be able to add this one to the archive.
From the Public Affairs office of the RCA Record Division comes this April 1974 Press Release of Son of Dracula …
