Harry Nilsson – Sandman

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Nilsson started going off the tracks at Pussy Cats, but his descent into sheer, unhinged lunacy became apparent with 1976’s Sandman, his second album recorded in 1975. It was easy to view Duit on Mon Dei as transitory, but this proves that it was a transition to craziness and cultdom. At this point, he was abandoned by Lennon, left alone in L.A. and Nilsson just didn’t care. He continued to roam, rampage, and record, ensconcing himself in his own world of in-jokes, Tin Pan Alley melodies, soft rock, clever wit, and sheer drunkenness. Check the cover: on the front, he has a bottle of wine between his legs, on the back he’s overcome by a sand crab. On the album itself, he repudiates rock & roll, realizes “Pretty Soon There’ll Be Nothing Left for Everybody,” has a drunken conversation with himself (so extreme that he’s thrown out of the bar), explains why he did not go to work today, writes an ode to flying saucers, offers cheekily literal instructions on how to write a song and then covers a song from the last album. Melodically, he’s still strong, but the gleeful craziness overwhelms the pretty music and accessible production, resulting in an album that makes Son of Schmilsson and Pussy Cats seem normal, which may only signal just how far away from the mainstream Nilsson was at this point. But, in a way, he was still brilliant — these are exceptional recordings, and his warped sense of humor is funnier than its ever been. That’s not to say that Sandman is an easy record — you have to not only accept Nilsson’s quirks, but embrace them more than his talents to love this album — but if your head is properly calibrated, this is one to treasure.

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RCA Victor APL1-1031 LP, Album US 1976

A1. I’ll Take A Tango 2:58
A2. Something True 2:54
A3. Pretty Soon There’ll Be Nothing Left For Everybody 2:50
A4. The Ivy Covered Walls 3:15
A5. Thursday Or, Here’s Why I Did Not Go To Work Today 4:05
B1. The Flying Saucer Song 6:40
B2. How To Write A Song 3:12
B3. Jesus Christ You’re Tall 4:08
B4. Will She Miss Me 4:43

Credits:

A&R – Marge Meoli
Arranged By – Perry Botkin Jr.
Backing Vocals – Perry Botkin Jr. And His Chorus
Banjo – Doug Dillard
Bass, Artwork [Inside] – Klaus Voormann
Design, Graphics – Gribbitt!
Drums – Jim Keltner
Engineer [Recording], Producer [Associate] – Rich Schmitt
Engineer [Second] – Artie Torgersen, Mike Moran (7), Pete Abbott
Guitar – Danny Kortchmar, Fred Tackett, Jesse Ed Davis
Keyboards – Jane Getz, Leon Russell, Van Dyke Parks
Percussion – Emil Richards, Emmett Kennedy, Gary Coleman, Joe DeAguero, Pat Murphy, Robert Greenidge
Photography By [Cover] – Mal Evans
Producer – Harry Nilsson
Reeds – Bobby Keys, Gene Cipriano, Jay Migliori, Jim Horn, John Rotella, Trevor Lawrence
Strings – Perry Botkin And His Orchestra
Strings [Solos] – Bobby Bruce, Ilene Novog

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Produced by Harry Nilsson for Nilsson House Productions.Van Dyke Parks appears through the courtesy of Warner Bros. RecordsLeon Russell appears with love from Shelter Records 1976, RCA Records, New York, N.Y. – Printed in U.S.A.Made in U.S.A. 1976 RCA RecordsPublishing:A1: Copyright 1975 United Artists Music Co., Inc./Big Ax Music (ASCAP)B1: Copyright 1974 Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)Remaining tracks: Copyright 1975 Golden Syrup Music (BMI)Gatefold cover

 

 

 

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Matrix / Runout APL-1031-B
Matrix / Runout APL1 – 1031A – 2S I A1
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Weight 0,5 kg
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