#knnillssonn

[jt1674]

[willowyrainmaker5]

YES I'VE TURNED HIM INTO MY PONY TOWN SKINS YOU CAN'T STOP ME

Also he's a rabbit here based on this text

Ok that's all i'm sorry 4 being autistic about him

[enby-catgirl]

i pulled out:

oasis be here now

the yeah yeah yeahs fever to tell

weezer blue album

the flaming lips the soft bulletin

harry nilsson son of schimilsson

a burned copy of elo greatest hits

the strokes is this it

elliott smith from a basement on a hill

wilco being there disc one and two

harry nilsson pussycats

the white stripes self titled

granddaddy software slump

the best of the who

and harry nilsson double feature of that’s the way it is and knnillssonn

pulled out a small chunk of my dads cds (two spindles) and was very happy with what i found

[sofakingmanyrecords]

Nilsson "Knnillssonn" LP. One of Harry's more underrated albums that's been tough for me to find in the condition I wanted for a price I wanted to pay. I've been a mega fan since I discovered my old man's rather substantial stash of Nilsson records about 20 years ago. He basically had everything up till 1973. I was able to quickly find the other albums in the dollar bins back when records were cheap, but never this one. While I'm sure I've seen this in the wild, it was one of the least seen albums of his and I never bought it for whatever reasons. I really got into this album in 2014 or so when I made a discography distilling playlist on Spotify and really got to examine the quality of the album. The song "Goin' Down" ranks in my top 10 of Nilsson tracks. I listened to it a lot after my dad died in 2016, even though it was a favorite long before I felt it. While musically it could have been plucked off of the Little Mermaid soundtrack, lyrically it is an ultimate song of despair. There's a lot of sadness on this album but that emotion is what makes the album great. I read on noted Nilsson scholar Curtis Armstrong's Twitter last night that Harry's son Zak died of cancer yesterday. My most sincere condolences go out to his family and friends. #LP #Vinyl #Records #HarryNilsson #Knnillssonn #Nilsson #GoinDown #UnderratedRecords #NowPlaying #vinyligclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CMC0_zpsj-D/?igshid=lhxfp30de8k5

[longtimegoneart]

Knillssonn is Harry Nilsson’s overlooked 1977 album, neglected by his record company following the death of Elvis, who was also on RCA. I think it’s great, very smart and funny, and his (previously damaged) voice sounds fantastic. #harrynilsson #nilsson #knnillssonn #klausvoormann #70smusic #70spop #artonpaper #brushpen #albumart #albumcovers #vinyl (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKZ3pssM9F/?utm_medium=tumblr

[goromulomarti]

"ONE (M.RUX EDIT) - N.ilsson" by M.RUX

[tapedecking]

MIXTAPE #1 (25/07/22)

The Universal - Blur

Album: The Great Escape

Year: 1995

Track: Single (Post-Release: 1995)

The song everyone in the UK probably only associates with the British Gas adverts. The Great Escape was one of two albums I listened to on the 24 hour flight to Australia - I would have listened to more, but without something to look at besides the darkened inside of a cabin, I think I would have descended into madness. It seemed like a natural going-on-holiday album, and like most Blur albums, it’s consistently pleasant and harmless, but this track stands head and shoulders above the rest of the album to me - it’s so carefree and positive and to me, it is a perfect holiday track.

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We Go On - The Avalanches

Album: The Great Escape

Year: 2020

Track: Single (Post-Release: 2021)

We Will Always Love You was the second album I listened to en route to Australia, because hey! It’s The Avalanches, one of the most notable Australian musical acts outside of Men at Work! It was a great album, and very fun thanks to its eclectic range of guest stars. For example, this track - the track that was most stuck in my head after the flight - features California disco artist Cola Boyy, as well as Mick Jones, guitarist for The Clash. After arriving in Australia, I also managed to come across a limited edition electric blue coloured vinyl release in the clearance section of a JB Hi-Fi - I would have picked it up, but I didn’t believe it would survive the journey home.

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Nightclubbing - Iggy Pop

Album: The Idiot

Year: 1977

Track: Album Track

Jet-lagged and not yet adjusted to Australian time zones, I listened to this album whilst doing a 1000-piece jigsaw at 5am when I couldn’t sleep one night. Seeing as I had already listened to the other 1977 album released by Iggy Pop and produced by David Bowie - Lust For Life, I figured I’d complete the set. This track was the standout, but I had heard it before, in the Westworld episode “Genre”. In the episode, Aaron Paul’s character, Caleb, takes the titular genre drug and begins seeing life through the lense of various - get this - film genres. One such film lens features Nightclubbing as a soundtrack, in reference to the film Trainspotting. Like much of Westworld, the genre drug was a fascinating idea that was completely half-arsed and pissed away by the consistently disappointing series.

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Strange Overtones - David Byrne & Brian Eno

Album: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Year: 2008

Track: Single (Pre-Release: 2008)

I love finding works - albums, singles, compilation contributions, whatever - from popular artists I like, that are a bit lesser known. When it comes to David Byrne, everyone knows Talking Heads, especially ‘77 and Remain In Light, but less people know about this 2008 collaboration with Brian Eno. After finding the album flicking through Spotify (and being drawn in by its simple yet striking cover featuring an isometric red house), I listened to this album whilst isolating with my girlfriend in her basement. We had both tested positive for covid a few days prior, and so she was forced to work via zoom, which in turn meant that I was forced to sit quietly in the corner until she was done! This track was the stand out of the album, and I feel proves my music taste to be based, to anyone out there still unsure.

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Perfect Day - Harry Nilsson

Album: Knnillssonn

Year: 1977

Track: B-Side to “Who Done It?” (Release Unsure: 1977)

[BETTER CALL SAUL SEASON SIX SPOILERS AHEAD]

I didn’t watch Breaking Bad as it aired, the unrelenting hype and worship ruined the idea for me. I caught up with the show years later, in 2020, before following by watching through Better Call Saul - the fifth season had just concluded airing. Despite the acclaim, both shows to me were good, not great. Interesting and watchable, but nothing extraordinary. So when I realised that the sixth season had began airing (three episodes in), I figured I’d watch along. I caught up on the episodes I had missed, and after Nacho’s death, I was hooked. Something had finally clicked with me - the pacing was better, the stakes were real, and for once I was actually uncertain and interested to find out as to where the show would go next. The wait between episodes, even when only a week, feels like decades, and I spend the time inbetween so unbelievably excited for the next installment, and when I can finally watch it, it feels like an event - the lights have to be off, everything else has to be quiet, all my focus goes into the show. It’s silly, I know it is, but it’s nice to have something I can enjoy so much. The most recent episode as of writing, “Fun and Games”, began with such a compelling, heartbreaking and haunting sequence: Jimmy and Kim going through their day, pretending like everything that had happened the night before - Howard’s tragic death, everything with Lalo and Mike - had never happened. And it was all set to a cover of this song - this beautiful, unashamedly sweet song.

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Suzy - Caravan Palace

Album: Caravan Palace

Year: 2008

Track: Single (Post-Release: 2009)

After an early wake-up and an hour-long bus ride, my girlfriend and I managed to make it to Luna Park, an amusement park she was eager to show me around, and I was eager to be shown around. Before that, however, we had to wait in line to get our wristbands, alongside a million snot-nosed rugrats. Luckily for us, arguably, Luna Park had entertainers at the ready to keep the brats occupied, and deployed what could only be described as a troupe of homosexual slendermen. Dressed in colourful morph suits and clashing waistcoats, the faceless freaks began dancing and waving and soliciting high-fives, all set to this fittingly kooky but undeniably fun electro swing number. As an aside, I think this track would make a great backdrop for a fight scene in a superhero show.

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The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song [Extended Version] - The Flaming Lips

Album: At War With The Mystics

Year: 2006

Track: Bonus Track

Back in November, my girlfriend and I went rummaging through a secondhand record and CD shop in Greenwich, and I managed to pick up, for 25p, the special edition of this album, featuring a bonus disk with dozens of bonus tracks, radio sessions and music videos. Unfortunately, this bonus disk was in a DVD-audio format, and I have yet to find anything in my house that will play it… But interestingly (if you're a nerd like myself), the first disk, the CD containing the actual album, features this extended mix of the song in place of the original version, and the extended mix was merely an iTunes-exclusive bonus track. This track recently reentered my thoughts when my girlfriend added it to our picnic playlist. We had put one together as something to do whilst isolating, as going for walks to the park together was one of the few things we could do.

[myrecordcollections]

Harry Nilsson

Flash Harry

@ 1980 UK Pressing

****

So I acquired this album and the forthcoming 13 albums from the same owner, in a batch.

For some reasons I think it’s tied up with a interesting story that connect all these albums (or at least most of it)

And upon reviewing all the following 14 posts (including this one), please do share your affections on these albums as well. 

Thanks!

Though Knnillssonn supposedly ends Harry Nilsson's American discography, there's another item: a little-known, one-off album for Mercury/Phonogram that was recorded in Los Angeles and released in Great Britain but not. apparently, in the U.S. This would be Flash Harry -- the English nickname for a snappy dresser, which at this time, Nilsson was notoriously not. Surrounded by his pals and many crack L.A. session men and guests, with Steve Cropper behind the production controls, Nilsson seems to struggle to stay interested in this project; conserving his cigarettes-and-alcohol-ravaged voice; collaborating on some new songs but often relying upon others for material. He doesn't even appear on the leadoff track; instead, Eric Idle and Charlie Dore open the album with Idle's happy-go-lucky ode to Nilsson, "Harry." "Cheek To Cheek" soon dissolves into faux-Mexicanisms; "Rain" experiments amiably with a reggae groove; "I've Got It!" is another of those nutty, late-period Nilsson doodlings -- this time apparently about a transaction with a hooker. As a reminder of his friendship with the then-retired John Lennon, Nilsson covers "Old Dirt Road" in a somewhat strangled voice; in any case, it's not much of a song (Nilsson had a hand in the lyrics); nor does he cast it in a different light from Lennon's own version. Another ex-Beatles buddy, Ringo Starr, plays drums on the album and collaborates with Nilsson on the relaxed reggae tune "How Long Can Disco On" -- whose title is easily the cleverest thing about the track. The best tune of all is the closer -- Nilsson's lazily loping singalong cover of Idle's wickedly ironic "The Bright Side Of Life" (from The Life Of Brian ), which has tripping orchestral trappings that harken back to Nilsson's first RCA recordings with George Tipton.

[skl90713]

Vinyl of the day... ☆Be sure to swipe through all pics of this item☆ Nilsson -Knnillssonn US LP with gatefold cover (1977) Purchased late in the day on September Oct 3, 2018 from Mr. C's Records, Orange, CA during my recent roadtrip from NE through CO, UT and CA. It was also the last record store I stopped at during my trip before the 1,500mi two day drive home. So happy to find this. I have been searching and digging for this release for over a year across 1/2 of the country. Mr. C'S (my old stomping ground from the 1980's and 1990's had it! Now have all of @officialnilsson releases. I was so sad and shocked to hear of the passing of Mr. C. Mrs. C was great and I relayed to her my sympathies as well as my delight finding this record and others there. Just a gem of an old school shop. #vinyl #vinylcollector #record #recordcollector #vinyladdict #vinylporn #vinyloftheday #vinylclub #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #recordcollection #vinyljunkie #records #music #flipbin2000 #nilsson #harrynilsson #knnillssonn #lp #mrcsrecords #orangecalifornia (at Lincoln, Nebraska) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9SjmLA8cr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g95fydqicd7n

[sneakydragon]

Sneaky Dragon Listening Party - Ep. 45

Hello, partygoers! Come ride out the side effects of quarantine-itis in our ever-welcoming rumpus room. We’ve got the old Victrola spinning some discs and there is always a comfy seat for you.

This week we continue with Dave’s favourite kusical game: “Top 5 Songs” lists for one more week before we put our noses back to the grindstone.

Dave has the songs, Mary has her opinions, and you gotta love it!

Thanks for listening.

Top 5 “Green People” Songs

Blossom Dearie – “Long Daddy Green” – My New Celebrity Is You, 1976 – 13:15

Gerry Marsden – “Gilbert Green” – from the CBS single “Gilbert Green’ b/w “What Makes Me Love You”, 1967 – 26:20

Josefin Ohm + The Liberation – “Sister Green Eyes” –Mirage, 2016 – 32:13

Prefab Sprout – “Green Isaac” – Swoon, 1984 – 39:05

Michael Hurley – “Light Green Fellow” – Armchair Boogie, 1971 – 49:24

Top 5 Drowning Songs

Harry Nilsson – “Goin’ Down” – Knnillssonn, 1977 – 57:41

Otis Clay – “Pouring Water on a Drowning Man” – Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers, 2006 – 1:08:31

The Supremes – “Going Down for the Third Time” – Motown single “Reflections” b/w “Going Down for the Third Time”, 1967 – 1:12:50

No Fun – “I Drowned” – Ghost Paper Boy in Robin’s Gay Trailer Park, 1982 – 1:23:19

The Monkees – “Goin’ Down” – Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, 1967 – 1:27:01

Top 5 Mountain Songs

Donovan – “There Is a Mountain” – Mellow Yellow, 1967 – 1:44:41

Neil Young – “Sugar Mountain (Previously Unreleased Stereo Master)” – Archives, Volume 1: 1963-1972, 2009 – 1:52:25

Inspiral Carpets – “Biggest Mountain” – Island Head EP, 1990 – 2:07:24

Prince and the Revolution – “Mountains” – Parade, 1986 – 2:15:18

Ike and Tina Turner – “River Deep, Mountain High” – Philles single “River Deep – Mountain High” b/w “I’ll Keep You Happy”, 1966 – 2:28:27

Top 5 Sleep Songs

The La’s – “I Can’t Sleep” – The La’s, 1990 – 2:42:17

The Psychedelic Furs – “Sleep Comes Down” – Forever Now, 1982 – 2:48:04

The Turtles – “Sound Asleep” – White Whale single “Sound Asleep” b/w “Umbassa the Dragon”, 1968 – 2:58:53

The Tokens – “Some People Sleep” – Intercourse, 1969 – 3:07:10

Eleanor Rigby – “I Want to Sleep with You” – Censorship, 1987 – 3:11:47

Also on the old Victrola:

Corb Lund – “Getting Down on the Mountain” – Cabin Fever, 2012 – 2:36:52

Thanks for listening.

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[jt1674]

[willowyrainmaker5]

what is your favourite nilsson song / album!! :]

I LOVE I NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET THIS LONELY AND MY FAVORITE ALBUM IS KNNILLSSONN THANK YOU FOR ASKING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDDDD

[lastchancevillagegreen]

In today’s post (courtesy of UPS): Friday 14 February 2020:

Swimmer Tennis (Mutually Detrimental/ Thirty Tigers)

The new Tennis album is released today and UPS ensured that this listener would have it on hand on this new release Friday.  I’ve been listening to the last couple of releases from Tennis and honestly, this might be the last album from this band that I buy.  I like the band, as odd as that seems, and I think their best work remains Repeat In Ritual, but they aren’t a band I tend to play frequently on the stereo or the iPod.  (This week has seen a lot of commotion from their catalog but that’s always the case when a band’s new release is pending.)

Note the sticker on the new album cover indicates “Limited Edition Compact Disc” which means they buy into the corporation lie that no one buys compact discs any more.  This same thing happened 20 years ago when various record labels decided no one listened to vinyl any longer, which was equally a lie.  Vinyl was always pressed, it was just more difficult to find back then.  Anyhow, it appears if you’ve not bought this album and you are wanting it on CD, you better purchase it now because who knows when the label is going to discontinue it.  Things go out of print so rapidly these days, you have no choice but to snap something up before it falls prey to the auctioneers!

The scans in this photo set are the album cover, the gatefold, the CD, the insert (which has lyrics on the other side) and the back of the digipak. 

And while I’m thinking about it, most of Tennis’ album covers, if not all of them, are parodies or homages to other album covers.  It is obvious Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore’s album collection contains some odd things since their debut album Cape Dory’s cover was a mock up of Lisa Hartman’s 1979 release Hold On.  Tennis’ EP Small Sound was an homage to Harry Nilsson’s 1977 release Knnillssonn.  As for the rest of their covers, I’ve not a clue.  Anyone out there who knows, please pass the information forward!

[thrak576isback]

Nilsson - Knnillssonn #nilsson #harrynilsson #lp #vinyl #nowlistening #vinylcommunity #33rpm #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #recordcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Bn2s5pxfU/?igshid=nnb2g8eaezvv

[ronoshow]

Soundtrack for August 9, 2019

The Beatles - Abbey Road  Harry Nilsson - Duit On Mon Dei & Sandman Harry Nilsson - That’s The Way It Is & Knnillssonn Harry Nilsson - As Time Goes By Ofra Harnoy - Imagine The Beatles Music - All This And World War II - 2 LP Keith Moon - Two Sides Of The Moon  Eric Burdon & War - Love Is All Around  Mozart- Symphony No. 40 / Schubert - Symphony No. 8 - LP 

[guessimdumb]

Harry Nillson - I Never Thought I’d Get This Lonely (1977)

I’ve never been a huge Harry Nilsson fan.  Sure, I recognize his talent, and have a bunch of his albums that I picked up at thrift stores.   So, of course, I find I prefer his more unusual stuff (kinda like how I like Leonard Cohen’s LP with Phil Spector)

Who will need me? Who will feed me? When I'm through with you?