Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson - Rare NEAR MINT 1972 UK First Pressing LP

	£		32
	$		42

Artist & Title: Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson

Rare original NEAR MINT 1972 UK FIRST PRESSING 10-track vinyl LP including “Without You” and “Coconut” and featuring guest appearances from Chris Spedding, Gary Wright, Jim Gordon, Herbie Flowers and Klaus Voorman. The sleeve and large 20” x 33” fold-out poster are in excellent/mint condition and the vinyl looks like new - a great copy!
The record is in Near Mint condition and sounds as wonderful as ever, while the cover fully merits an Excellent grading. See pics. A superb play-copy of Nilsson’s Magnum Opus.
Highly desirable for its 2E/1E first pressing matrices and Near Mint condition vinyl, and increasingly difficult to find in good condition on vinyl, this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this superb rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.

Catalogue Number: RCA Victor ?– SF8242 (LSP4515)

Release date: November 1971 (US) Early 1972 in UK.

Overall Grade: NM/EX (LP/Cover)

Matrix (Runout): Side 1: APRS 8010-2E     Side 2: APRS 8010-1E

Labels: SF 8242 (LSP 4515) APRS 8010
Manufactured By RCA Limited, England
? 1971
Produced by : Richard Perry
Sleeve: A Nilsson House Production
© 1972 RCA Limited
Printed in England by West Brothers • Printers • Ltd
Recorded at Trident Studios, London – June,1971/Engineer: Robin Geoffrey Cable

This acclaimed LP from Harry Nilsson at his creative peak is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition.

“The bathrobed recluse who shows his unshaven face on the cover veers from kitsch fantasy both romantic and comic to terrified evocations of everyday existence.”

This is the extremely rare real thing: a genuine 41 year old NM/EX condition UK first pressing. The record and fold-out poster are both in Near Mint condition and the cover is in Excellent condition. All items are free from any major defects like scratches, tears, dog-ears, stickers, writing, stains, creases or the like. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1972, not reprints or replacements. The LP is the original 1972 UK stereo LP, which was only played occasionally on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for.

“Chances are that those lured in by the grandly melodramatic ‘Without You’ will not be prepared for either the subtle charms of ‘The Moonbeam Song’ or the off-kilter sensibility that makes even his breeziest pop slightly strange.”

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS ORIGINAL PRESSING LP EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN RECENT TIMES

Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh album by Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records in 1971/72. Commercially, this was Nilsson's strongest work, producing three of his better known songs and achieving acclaimed chart success. This album marks the first of two of Nilsson's albums produced by Richard Perry. It was ranked No.84 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s". Two of Nilsson's self-penned songs, "Jump into the Fire" and "Coconut", subsequently became hits. The album performed well at the 1973 Grammy Awards, earning a nomination for Album of the Year, while "Without You", a cover of a song by the band Badfinger, won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this rare piece of music history in this condition.

Harry Nilsson had a hit, a Grammy, and critical success, yet he still didn't have a genuine blockbuster LP to his name when it came time to finally deliver a full-fledged follow-up to Nilsson Sings Newman, so he decided it was time to make that unabashed, mainstream pop/rock album. Hiring Barbra Streisand’s producer Richard Perry as a collaborator, Nilsson made a streamlined, slightly domesticated, unashamed set of mature pop/rock, with a slight twist. This is an album, after all, that begins by pining for the reckless days of youth, then segues into a snapshot of suburban disconnectedness before winding through a salute to and covers of old R&B tunes ("Early in the Morning" and "Let the Good Times Roll," respectively), druggie humour ("Coconut"), and surging hard rock ("Jump Into the Fire"). There are certainly hints of the Nilsson of old, particularly in his fondness for Tin Pan Alley and McCartney melodicism -- as well as his impish wit -- yet he hadn't made a record as cohesive as this since his first time out, nor had he ever made something as shiny and appealing as this.
It may be more accessible than before, yet it's anchored by his mischievous humour and wonderful idiosyncrasies. Chances are that those lured in by the grandly melodramatic "Without You" will not be prepared for either the subtle charms of "The Moonbeam Song" or the off-kilter sensibility that makes even his breeziest pop slightly strange. In short, it's a near-perfect summary of everything Nilsson could do; he could be craftier and stranger, but never did he achieve the perfect balance as he did here.

“One of the best albums of all time!! Any friend of John Lennon's is a friend of mine... A must buy!”

A fantastic time warp example of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!

AND IT MUST SELL IN THIS ONCE ONLY AUCTION

You can read more about this album and harry Nilsson all over the web.

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I pack my records professionally in stiff corrugated cruciform record boxes leaving the Vinyl (housed in anti-static bags) outside the Sleeve.

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£4 per additional LP, up to a maximum of 4, in the Rest of the World.

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