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Release Round-Up: Week of July 1

July 1, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! We’ve got the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music as well as plenty more that we know you won’t want to miss! Eddy Arnold, Each Road I Take: The Lee Hazlewood and Chet Atkins Sessions 1970 (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Our newest release brings together two seminal, never-before-reissued albums by Eddy Arnold on one CD, both from 1970. Love and Guitars captured Arnold in a raw, acoustic setting with many of Nashville’s greatest pickers including…

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Betty Davis, Brook Benton, Burt Bacharach, Chet Atkins, Davy Jones, Eddy Arnold, Eric Clapton, Harry Nilsson, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Lee Hazlewood, Micky Dolenz, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Sea Level, Survivor, The Delfonics

Think About Your Troubles: Micky, Davy and Harry’s “The Point!” Arrives On CD

May 13, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Let’s get to The Point, shall we? On July 1, Varese Vintage will release for the first time in America – and the first time on CD anywhere in the world – a much-desired addition to the discographies of both Harry Nilsson and The Monkees: The Original London Cast Recording of Nilsson’s The Point (1977), starring Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz, and featuring songs not included on Nilsson’s original RCA solo recording. Inspired by an acid trip (“Everything has a point. And…what would happen if someone were born without one?”) Nilsson devised…

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Review: Harry Nilsson, “Flash Harry”

September 27, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When Harry Nilsson’s The RCA Albums Collection was finally unveiled earlier this year by Legacy Recordings, many finally stood up and took notice of the gifted singer-songwriter whose art deftly blended the high and the low, the angelic and the devilish, the euphoric and the melancholy. That astounding box set included each one of Nilsson’s albums for the RCA label – in other words, his entire solo discography save one album. And now, that final missing link is finally here, on CD to join its brethren. At long last…Flash Harry! A series…

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Review: Nilsson, “The RCA Albums Collection”

July 30, 2013 by Joe Marchese | 14 Comments

A largess universal like the sun His liberal eye doth give to every one, Thawing cold fear, that mean and gentle all, Behold, as may unworthiness define, A little touch of Harry in the night. – William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act IV He’s a pretty nifty guy Always looks you in the eye Everybody passing by will sigh For Harry… – Eric Idle, “Harry” Harry Nilsson had the voice of an angel, and raised hell like the devil. A consummate songwriter, he had his biggest hits with two songs written by others:…

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The Bright Side of Life: Harry Nilsson’s “Flash Harry” (Finally!) Comes To CD In Expanded Form

June 11, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

What should have been a new beginning became a rather inauspicious end to a remarkable career. Harry Nilsson’s final studio album, 1980’s amusingly-titled Flash Harry, was his first on the Mercury label. It followed a decade-plus stint at RCA and signaled a fresh start. But despite its starry array of musicians, and typically solid songwriting, the album produced by Stax guitar legend Steve Cropper with engineer Bruce Robb was withheld from release in North America. Flash Harry only was issued in Europe and Japan, and soon after, it was gone without a…

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The Legacy of Harry Nilsson, Andy Williams, Johnny Winter, Jerry Lee Lewis and More Anthologized On “Essential” Releases

April 30, 2013 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Today, Legacy Recordings issues a number of titles from some of music’s greatest artists as part of the label’s ongoing Essential series of anthologies. We’re taking a look at the collections from Harry Nilsson, Andy Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pete Seeger, Mott the Hoople and Midnight Oil! Plus: we have track listings for all titles! A 2010 documentary posed the question, Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)? Well, if you don’t already know the answer, The Essential Nilsson will go a long way in providing it for…

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Andy Williams, Harry Nilsson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Midnight Oil, Mott the Hoople, Pete Seeger

Review: Harry Nilsson and John Stewart, “Spotlight on Nilsson/Willard”

July 7, 2010 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Whenever the temptation exists to get depressed about the state of the catalogue business, a reissue comes along as a reminder of a couple things. One, that good things, indeed, do come to those who wait. Two, that sooner or later most everything will see the light of day. One such reissue arrived from DRG Records on June 29 to sadly little fanfare. This totally unexpected set joins albums by two disparate artists, yet stands as a cohesive and altogether rewarding listening experience. Harry Nilsson’s never-on-CD, pre-RCA Spotlight on Nilsson has been…

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Harry Nilsson, John Stewart