The RCA Albums Collection

Compilation by Nilsson

Released 30 July 2013

pop rock rock and roll

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Tracklist

CD 1: Pandemonium Shadow Show
1
Ten Little Indians
2:51
2
1941
2:43
3
Cuddly Toy
2:53
4.0 ★
4
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune
2:26
5
You Can’t Do That
2:22
2.0 ★
6
Sleep Late, My Lady Friend
2:45
7
She’s Leaving Home
3:20
8
There Will Never Be
2:33
9
Without Her
2:21
10
Freckles
2:24
11
It’s Been So Long
2:15
12
River Deep – Mountain High
4:31
13
Ten Little Indians (mono)
2:52
14
1941 (mono)
2:40
15
Cuddly Toy (mono)
2:53
16
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune (mono)
2:24
17
You Can’t Do That (mono)
2:20
18
Sleep Late, My Lady Friend (mono)
2:45
19
She’s Leaving Home (mono)
3:20
20
There Will Never Be (mono)
2:32
21
Without Her (mono)
2:22
22
Freckles (mono)
2:26
23
It’s Been So Long (mono)
2:14
24
River Deep – Mountain High (mono)
4:20
CD 2: Aerial Ballet
1
Daddy’s Song
2:42
2.5 ★
2
Good Old Desk
2:21
3.0 ★
3
Don’t Leave Me
2:20
3.0 ★
4
Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song
2:15
3.0 ★
5
Little Cowboy
1:23
3.0 ★
6
Together
2:11
3.0 ★
7
Everybody’s Talkin’
2:44
3.9 ★
8
I Said Goodbye to Me
2:17
3.0 ★
9
Little Cowboy #2
0:51
3.0 ★
10
Mr. Tinker
2:44
3.0 ★
11
One
2:55
4.0 ★
12
Wailing of the Willow
2:01
3.0 ★
13
Bath
2:34
3.0 ★
14
Daddy’s Song (mono)
2:43
15
Good Old Desk (mono)
2:21
16
Don’t Leave Me (mono)
2:21
17
Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song (mono)
2:15
18
Little Cowboy (mono)
1:23
19
Together (mono)
2:10
20
Everybody’s Talkin’ (mono)
2:48
21
I Said Goodbye to Me (mono)
2:16
22
Little Cowboy #2 (mono)
0:52
23
Mr. Tinker (mono)
2:44
24
One (mono)
2:55
25
Wailing of the Willow (mono)
2:01
26
Bath (mono)
2:26
27
Aerial Ballet Radio Spot (recorded July 1968)
1:01
CD 3: Harry
1
The Puppy Song
2:42
4.0 ★
2
Nobody Cares About the Railroads Anymore
2:45
4.0 ★
3
Open Your Window
2:08
4
Mother Nature’s Son
2:44
2.0 ★
5
Fairfax Rag
2:15
6
City Life
2:30
7
Mournin’ Glory Story
2:15
2.0 ★
8
Maybe
3:08
9
Marchin’ Down Broadway
1:01
10
I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City
2:43
11
Rainmaker
2:48
4.0 ★
12
Mr. Bojangles
3:55
13
Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
2:51
14
I Will Take You There (single mix)
2:43
15
Waiting (from the Motion Picture “Jenny”)
2:24
16
Rainmaker (single mix)
2:27
17
Mournin’ Glory Story (single mix)
2:16
18
Garbage Can Ballet (alternate version)
2:30
19
Harry Radio Spot (recorded 1969)
1:04
20
Voices of Vista Radio Spots (recorded June 1969)
2:53
CD 4: Nilsson Sings Newman
1
Vine St.
2:54
2
Love Story
3:43
3
Yellow Man
2:21
4
Caroline
2:10
5
Cowboy
2:57
6
The Beehive State
2:09
7
I’ll Be Home
2:40
8
Living Without You
2:38
3.0 ★
9
Dayton, Ohio 1903
1:54
4.0 ★
10
So Long Dad
2:42
11
Snow
2:29
12
Love Story (alternate version)
3:24
13
Cowboy (alternate version)
2:22
14
I’ll Be Home (alternate version)
2:43
15
Living Without You (alternate version)
2:40
CD 5: The Point!
1
Everything’s Got ’Em
2:29
2
The Town (narration)
1:29
3
Me and My Arrow
2:06
4.0 ★
4
The Game (narration)
1:51
5
Poli High
2:40
6
The Trial & Banishment (narration)
2:13
7
Think About Your Troubles
2:48
8
The Pointed Man (narration)
2:44
9
Life Line
2:22
3.0 ★
10
The Birds (narration)
1:59
11
P.O.V. Waltz
2:13
12
The Clearing in the Woods (narration)
1:53
13
Are You Sleeping?
2:19
14
Oblio’s Return (narration)
3:20
15
Think About Your Troubles (alternate version)
2:36
16
Life Line (alternate version)
2:31
17
Down to the Valley (alternate version)
2:35
18
I’ll Never Leave You
1:55
19
The Point! Travel Brochure Radio Spot With Bill Martin
1:22
CD 6: Aerial Pandemonium Ballet
1
Introduction
0:09
2
1941
2:37
3
Daddy’s Song
2:09
4
Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song
2:06
5
Good Old Desk
2:31
6
Everybody’s Talkin’
2:42
7
Bath
1:40
8
River Deep – Mountain High
3:57
9
Sleep Late, My Lady Friend
2:38
10
Don’t Leave Me
2:13
2.5 ★
11
Without Her
2:11
12
Together
1:37
13
One
2:18
14
Closing
0:28
15
You Can’t Do That
2:16
16
It’s Been So Long (Italian version, 1967)
2:12
17
Sleep Late, My Lady Friend (Italian version, 1967)
2:41
18
Without Her (Italian version, 1967)
2:20
19
Cuddly Toy (Italian version, 1967)
2:52
20
You Can’t Do That (Italian version, 1967)
2:19
21
Introduction by Brian Matthew (live, 1968-11-05: BBC’s “Saturday Club”)
0:49
22
1941 (live, 1968-11-05: BBC’s “Saturday Club”)
2:30
23
Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song (live, 1968-11-05: BBC’s “Saturday Club”)
2:20
24
Nilsson Talks With Brian Matthew (live, 1968-11-05: BBC’s “Saturday Club”)
1:55
25
Together (live, 1968-11-05: BBC’s “Saturday Club”)
2:07
26
Good Old Desk (live, 1968-11-05: BBC’s “Saturday Club”)
2:30
27
Aerial Pandemonium Ballet Radio Spot
0:57
CD 7: Nilsson Schmilsson
1
Gotta Get Up
2:23
4.5 ★
2
Driving Along
2:03
3.0 ★
3
Early in the Morning
2:50
3.0 ★
4
The Moonbeam Song
3:22
3.0 ★
5
Down
3:26
3.0 ★
6
Without You
3:21
4.3 ★
7
Coconut
3:50
4.5 ★
8
Let the Good Times Roll
2:42
3.5 ★
9
Jump Into the Fire
7:00
4.5 ★
10
I’ll Never Leave You
4:20
3.0 ★
11
Si no estas tu (Spanish version of “Without You”)
3:14
1.0 ★
12
How Can I Be Sure of You
3:06
13
The Moonbeam Song (demo version)
3:32
14
Lamaze
1:44
15
Old Forgotten Soldier (demo version)
2:43
16
Gotta Get Up (1968 version)
2:20
17
Nilsson Schmilsson Radio Spots
2:42
CD 8: Son of Schmilsson
1
Take 54
4:18
3.0 ★
2
Remember (Christmas)
4:06
3.0 ★
3
Joy
3:43
3.0 ★
4
Turn on Your Radio
2:40
3.0 ★
5
You’re Breakin’ My Heart
3:09
4.0 ★
6
Spaceman
3:34
3.9 ★
7
The Lottery Song
2:26
3.0 ★
8
At My Front Door
3:00
3.0 ★
9
Ambush
5:22
3.0 ★
10
I’d Rather Be Dead
3:20
3.0 ★
11
The Most Beautiful World in the World
3:39
3.0 ★
12
What’s Your Sign?
3:06
13
Take 54 (alternate)
3:39
14
Campo de Encino
4:55
15
Daybreak (single version)
3:06
16
It Had to Be You / I’d Rather Be Dead
2:38
17
Son of Schmilsson Radio Spot
0:52
CD 9: A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
1
Lazy Moon
3:22
2
For Me and My Gal
2:47
3
It Had to Be You
2:31
4
Always
1:49
5
Makin’ Whoopee!
4:30
6
You Made Me Love You
2:33
7
Lullaby in Ragtime
3:40
8
I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now
2:38
9
What’ll I Do
2:27
10
Nevertheless (I’m in Love With You)
2:39
11
This Is All I Ask
3:36
12
As Time Goes By
3:29
13
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
3:32
14
Make Believe
2:25
15
Trust in Me
2:29
16
It’s Only a Paper Moon
3:15
17
Thanks for the Memory
2:48
18
Over the Rainbow
3:49
CD 10: Pussy Cats
1
Many Rivers to Cross
Harry Nilsson
5:00
2
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Harry Nilsson
3:21
3
Don’t Forget Me
Harry Nilsson
3:40
4
All My Life
Harry Nilsson
3:14
5
Old Forgotten Soldier
Harry Nilsson
4:18
6
Save the Last Dance for Me
Harry Nilsson
4:33
7
Mucho Mungo / Mt. Elga
Harry Nilsson
3:49
8
Loop de Loop
Harry Nilsson
2:43
9
Black Sails
Harry Nilsson
3:17
3.0 ★
10
Rock Around the Clock
Harry Nilsson
3:18
11
Down by the Sea
Harry Nilsson
5:38
12
The Flying Saucer Song
Harry Nilsson
6:30
13
Turn Out the Light
Harry Nilsson
2:32
14
Save the Last Dance for Me (alternate)
Harry Nilsson
4:29
15
Don’t Forget Me (demo)
Harry Nilsson
2:24
16
Black Sails (demo)
Harry Nilsson
2:39
17
Pussy Cats Radio Spots With Eddie Lawrence
Harry Nilsson
1:18
CD 11: Duit on Mon Dei
1
Jesus Christ You’re Tall
1:26
2
It’s a Jungle Out There
3:53
3
Down by the Sea
2:31
4
Kojak Columbo
3:13
5
Easier for Me
2:32
6
Turn Out the Light
2:33
7
Salmon Falls
4:14
5.0 ★
8
Puget Sound
2:25
2.0 ★
9
What’s Your Sign
2:53
10
Home
3:37
3.0 ★
11
Good for God
3:35
3.0 ★
12
Goin’ Down (alternate version)
3:47
CD 12: Sandman
1
I’ll Take a Tango
3:00
2
Something True
2:58
3
Pretty Soon There’ll Be Nothing Left for Everybody
2:53
4
The Ivy Covered Walls
3:16
5
(Thursday) Here’s Why I Did Not Go to Work Today
4:09
3.0 ★
6
The Flying Saucer Song
6:44
7
How to Write a Song
3:14
8
Jesus Christ You’re Tall (original version)
4:10
9
Will She Miss Me
4:51
10
A Tree Out in the Yard (Central Park)
4:32
CD 13: …That’s the Way It Is
1
That Is All
3:10
2
Just One Look / Baby I’m Yours
3:23
3
Moonshine Bandit
3:33
4
I Need You
3:18
5
A Thousand Miles Away
2:55
6
Sail Away
3:46
7
She Sits Down on Me
4:00
8
Daylight Has Caught Me
3:52
9
Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)
3:04
10
That Is All (reprise)
1:39
11
…That’s the Way It Is Radio Spot
1:02
CD 14: Knnillssonn
1
All I Think About Is You
4:06
4.0 ★
2
I Never Thought I’d Get This Lonely
5:06
4.0 ★
3
Who Done It?
5:20
5.0 ★
4
Lean on Me
2:50
3.0 ★
5
Goin’ Down
3:12
4.0 ★
6
Old Bones
3:01
4.0 ★
7
Sweet Surrender
4:41
2.0 ★
8
Blanket for a Sail
2:34
3.0 ★
9
Laughin’ Man
2:55
4.0 ★
10
Perfect Day
3:52
4.0 ★
11
Ain’t It Kinda Wonderful (from “The World’s Greatest Lover”)
2:11
12
Sweet Lorraine
7:40
13
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
2:49
14
Ballin’ the Jack
4:03
15
All I Think About Is You (demo)
4:42
16
Knnillssonn Radio Spot
1:02
CD 15: Nilsson Sessions 1967–1968
1
1941 (demo)
2:33
2
World (demo)
2:01
3
Signs (demo)
2:37
4
Cuddly Toy (demo)
2:51
5
This Could Be the Night (demo)
2:14
6
As I Wander Lonely
2:01
2.0 ★
7
The Family
2:29
8
Miss Butter’s Lament
2:20
9
Mr. Tinker (alternate version)
2:40
10
Leggenda
2:54
11
Sister Marie (stereo mix)
3:18
12
She Wandered Through the Garden Fence
2:50
13
One (alternate version)
2:23
14
I Said Goodbye to Me (alternate version)
2:13
15
Searchin’
3:13
16
She’s Just Laughing at Me
2:05
17
Together (alternate version)
2:26
18
Bath (alternate version)
2:42
CD 16: Nilsson Sessions 1968–1971
1
You Are Here
3:22
2
The Cast and Crew (from “Skidoo”)
3:53
3
Garbage Can Ballet (from “Skidoo”)
2:04
4
I Will Take You There (from “Skidoo”)
2:33
5
Girlfriend
2:44
6
Wasting My Time (alternate mix)
3:49
7
Rainmaker (alternate version)
2:41
8
Open Your Window (alternate take)
2:12
9
Postcard
3:18
10
Think About Your Troubles (alternate version)
3:03
11
Marry Me a Little
5:00
12
Ballin’ the Jack
2:27
13
Gotta Get Up (demo)
1:54
14
Down to the Valley (single mix)
2:13
15
Buy My Album (single mix)
1:33
16
Joy (alternate version)
2:33
17
Blackbird
2:29
18
Paradise
4:55
19
Lucille
2:28
20
Early in the Morning (alternate version)
2:17
CD 17: Nilsson Sessions 1971–1974
1
Walk Right Back
2:32
2
Jump Into the Fire (alternate version)
3:08
3
Isolation
3:01
4
Without You (demo)
3:55
5
Drive Along (demo)
0:57
6
Gotta Get Up (demo)
1:53
7
Coconut (demo)
4:02
8
Old Forgotten Soldier (alternate demo)
3:10
9
Down (demo)
4:01
10
The Moonbeam Song (alternate demo)
1:50
11
Jump Into the Fire (single version)
3:35
12
Per chi (Italian version of “Without You”)
3:15
13
Joy (guitar demo)
1:56
14
Joy (piano demo)
0:58
15
You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It) (alternate version)
2:30
16
Lullaby in Ragtime (alternate version)
3:49
17
Always (alternate version)
1:48
18
It Had to Be You (alternate version)
2:41
19
I Want You to Sit on My Face
2:54
20
A Souvenir – Also Sprach Schmilsson Schmixon
1:11

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Pussy Cats

Pussy Cats 1974

Nilsson Schmilsson

Nilsson Schmilsson 1971

Aerial Ballet

Aerial Ballet 1968

Pandemonium Shadow Show

Pandemonium Shadow Show 1967

Pandemonium Shadow Show, Aerial Ballet and Aerial Pandemonium Ballet

Pandemonium Shadow Show, Aerial Ballet and Aerial Pandemonium Ballet 2000

Skidoo / The Point!

Skidoo / The Point! 2000

Release credits

Bobby Keys
saxophone [5]
Caleb Quaye
guitar [7]
Chris Spedding
guitar [1, 5, 8-9]
Dennis Smith
recording [3, 10]
Gary Wright
organ [8], piano [6]
George Tipton
arranger [2-4], brass [10], conductor [16.2-4, 7.10], strings [10]
Harry Nilsson
arranger [14], electric piano [9], harmonica [8], mellotron [2, 4], organ [3], piano [1, 5, 8, 10], vocal [1-15]
Henry Krein
accordion [1]
Herbie Flowers
bass guitar [2, 4, 7, 9]
Ian Duck
acoustic guitar [7]
Jim Gordon
drums (drum set) [1-2, 5, 7, 9], percussion [7, 9]
Jim Keltner
drums (drum set) [5-6, 8]
Jim Price
brass [1, 5], trombone [1, 5], trumpet [1, 5]
Jimmy Webb
piano [9]
John Lennon
arranger [2, 14]
John Uribe
acoustic guitar [4, 6], guitar [9]
Kenny Ascher
conductor [14], orchestrator [14]
Klaus Voormann
acoustic guitar [4], bass guitar [1, 5-6, 8], guitar [2, 9]
Paul Buckmaster
brass [6], conductor [6], strings [6]
Rich Schmitt
engineer [3, 10]
Richard Perry
mellotron [2], percussion [1], producer [1-10]
Rick Jarrard
producer [2-4]
Robin Geoffrey Cable
engineer [1-2, 4-9]
Roger Coolan
organ [5]
Roger Pope
drums (drum set) [7]
The Masked Alberts Orchestra
performing orchestra [14]
Vic Anesini
mix [12-15]

Issues

T
The RCA Albums Collection
17x CD
30 July 2013