Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson MoFi 180g 45rpm Vinyl 2 LP LOW# 194/4000
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Harry Nilsson – Schmilsson
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 45
LP Condition: SEALED LOW #194/Record JACKET has corner dent that affects both the Front and Back. SEE ATTACHED IMAGES
#Grading System: SEALED/ M- / VG++ / VG+ / VG / VG- / G#
Harry Nilsson - NilssonSchmilsson - MoFi Mobile Fidelity 180g 45rpm Vinyl 2 LP. Condition is"New". Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES ANDLIMITED TO 4,000 NUMBERED COPIES: 2LP SET BRINGS BEAUTIFUL VOCALS AND MELODIESINTO CLEAR VIEW
Harry Nilsson was many things in life – reveredsongwriter, razor-sharp wit, gifted singer, studio pioneer, daring poet, culticon, creative maverick, fearless interpreter, larger-than-life inspiration,man of mystery and intrigue. All these hallmark facets come together in a resplendentsymphony on Nilsson Schmilsson, a go-to standout in the beloved artist'svaunted canon and most commercially successful release. For the first time indecades, it features audiophile sonics that bring the record's brilliantmelodicism, sophisticated soulfulness, subtle shading, and sure-handedproduction into full view.
Gotta Get Up
Driving Alone
Early in the Morning
The Moonbeam Song
Down
Without You
Coconut
Let the Good Times Roll
Jump into the Fire
I'll Never Leave You
Mastered from theoriginal master tapes, pressed on premium vinyl at RTI, housed in an old-schoolStoughton gatefold jacket, and limited to 4,000 numbered copies, MobileFidelity's 180g 45RPM 2LP set of Nilsson Schmilsson features unadulteratedtransparency and visceral solidity. The Brooklyn native's three-and-a-halfoctave range and beautiful phrasing come across with captivating depth,crystalline purity, and an emotional scope that stretches from tenderness tomelodrama to sarcasm and beyond. Appealing as Nilsson's bizarre quirks remain,given how they stamp his music with personality and charm, his tremendoussinging – of which Bud Scoppa memorably wrote possessed "a slight sawtoothbuzz to add resonance when required" – takes center stage.
Ditto the eclectic arrangements that lend anorganic cohesiveness the four-time Grammy-nominated record, named by Pitchforkas one of the Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. Produced by Richard Perry, known forhis work with Barbra Streisand, Nilsson Schmilsson walks a tightrope betweenstreamlined accessibility and mischievous, whimsical individualism. Providing aprime example of its architect's breadth, a surfeit of exceptionally playedorgans, mellotrons, horns, strings, guitars, piano, and more paint daringsoundscapes that on this reissue teem with color, texture, and detail.Reference-level spatiality and separation contribute to full, three-dimensionalimaging and the ability to identify distinctive instruments (and their tones)in the mix.
Anything lesser wouldn't befit the legendRolling Stone proclaimed "a crucial bridge between the baroque psychedelicpop of the late Sixties and the more personal singer-songwriter era of theSeventies" and named the 62nd Greatest Songwriter of All Time. Nilsson'sprolific skills shine throughout Nilsson Schmilsson, whose star-studded galaxyalso involves session pros Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Paul
Buckmaster, and GaryWright. Factor in the better-sounding options then available at London'sTrident Studios, Perry's deft touch, and Nilsson's knack for songcraft, andevery note here sings.
None more so than thoseon "Without You," of course. Nilsson's sublime rendition of theBadfinger song climbed to the top of the Billboard charts and became a staplestill heard in films and television shows. A pinwheel of point and counterpointmelody, and ringed by accordions, trumpets, and trombones, the bright, upbeatalbeit melancholy "Gotta Get Up" also has enjoyed new life via itsprominent appearance in the Netflix series "Russian Doll."
More famous still is the indelible"Coconut," a Caribbean-flavored novelty smash that zoomed into theBillboard Top 10 and witnesses not only Nilsson's savvy lyrical acumen butfinds him singing in a variety of different voices to suit the characters.Indeed, character abounds on Nilsson Schmilsson, one whose genius gets spotlitin solo form on the spooky, shivering, sleepless-at-2AM blues "Early inthe Morning" with the same effortlessness it handles the raucousness ofthe romping, groove-laden "Jump into the Fire." (Just listen to thosebass strings growl!)
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