Harry Nilsson 1967 Sessionography

It's been a lazy summer. In true nerd fashion, I made a list of Nilsson's 1967 sessions according to the RCA Albums box. Figured I'd let it be on the forum for other Nilsson obsessives.

02/17 It's Been So Long

02/17 Freckles

02/17 Without Her

02/17-06/12 1941

03/17 This Could Be The Night (Demo)

03/17 Cuddly Toy (Demo)

03/17 Signs (Demo)

03/17 World (Demo)

03/17 1941 (Demo)

05/05-06/12 Cuddly Toy

06/12 There Will Never Be

06/12 She's Leaving Home

06/14 As I Wander Lonely

06/14 Sleep Late, My Lady Friend

06/14 Ten Little Indians

06/15 The Family

06/15 You Can't Do That

06/15 She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune

06/15-06/30 River Deep, Mountain High

09/?? Without Her (Italian Version)

09/?? Sleep Late, My Lady Friend (Italian Version)

09/?? It's Been So Long (Italian Version)

09/?? (most likely) Cuddly Toy (Italian Version)

09/20 Marchin' Down Broadway

09/20 Little Cowboy (1)

09/20 Little Cowboy (2)

09/20-03/26(68) Miss Butter's Lament

10/05 You Can't Do That (Italian Version)

10/06 Leggenda

10/06 One

11/07 One (Alternate Version)

11/07 She Wandered Through The Garden Fence

11/07-03/08(68) Mr. Richland's Favorite Song

11/07-11/09 Sister Marie

11/08 Mr. Tinker

11/08-03/08(68) Daddy's Song

11/08-11/09 I Said Goodbye To Me

11/08-11/09 Everybody's Talkin'

12/01 She's Just Laughing At Me

12/01-03/08(68) Searchin'

12/01-03/22(68) Don't Leave Me

12/01-03/22(68) The Wailing Of The Willow

 

is there any chance Harry Nilsson recorded his demo of The Story of Rock N Roll in 1967

 

That box is a tremendous bargain. I bought it upon its release and am still discovering new treasures.

 

Lovely. Thanks. Now to play some Harry.

Note that his cover of 'She's Leaving Home' was very close to the US release date, it was a brand new song to most people then.

 

Pop perfection from the off....

 

There was this promo album:Various - New Nilsson Songs

It may have been 1967. It kind of has that '66 sound on it like the Spotlight album has. The Monkees attempted recording it during the Headquarters sessions in early 1967. That's the earliest I know of the song. It may have been part of the early February sessions but I'm unsure. Not on the box, but he did run-through part of the song on the Monkees demo session that happened in March.

 

Thank you! One of my favorite songs from that disc of the box, "Leggenda," has always baffled me... it wasn't released until 1972, and only in Italy as a B-Side to the Italian version of "Without You." The weird part is why Harry would record and shelve a song sung in Italian five years earlier...

 

I love this kind of thing. Thanks for this!

 

Bump.

I've been trying to make a little Nilsson Anthology playlist and used your sequencing for the '67 year. Not a lot of information have I been able to find regarding any other period, except for hints gathered from the box set. So far I've got:

It's Been So Long
Freckles
Without Her
1941 (Demo)
This Could Be The Night (Demo)
Cuddly Toy (Demo)
Signs (Demo)
World (Demo)
Cuddly Toy
There Will Never Be
She's Leaving Home
As I Wander Lonely
Sleep Late My Lady Friend
Ten Little Indians
The Family
You Can't Do That
She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
River Deep
Marchin' Down Broadway
Little Cowboy
Little Cowboy 2
Miss Butter's Lament
She Wandered Through The Garden Fence
Leggenda
One (Alternate)
One
Mr. Richland's Favourite Song
Mr. Tinker
Mr. Tinker (Alternate)
Daddy's Song
I Said Goodbye To Me
Everybody's Talkin'
She's Just Laughing At Me
Searchin'
Good Old Desk
Don't Leave Me
Together
The Wailing of the Willow
Bath
Gotta Get Up (1968 Version)
You Are Here
Garbage Can Ballet
I Will Take You
Girlfriend
Wasting My Time
Rainmaker (Alternate)
Open Your Window (Alternate)
Postcard

Cuts off there pretty much as far as chronological order goes, some of the tracks here and there I couldn't verify the dates and guessed. It picks back up where the other box set rarities start again and so forth with studio albums in between. Anyone have any sessionography info to share?

 

In November of 1969, Nilsson copyrighted two songs, HER EYES and THE BOY FROM SUGARLOAF. I sure would like to know what the story is behind them. No demos of them by him exist that I know of, nor can I find any indication of somebody else ever recording them.

 

Where'd you find that info, if I might ask? Might help me out. I just have all of his 1969 stuff stuck together in track listing order.

Picking up after Harry and Nilsson Sings Newman I've got:

Think About Your Troubles (Alternate)
Marry Me A Little
Me And My Arrow
Everything's Got 'Em
Down To The Valley
Poli High
Life Line
Think About Your Troubles
Gotta Get Up (Demo '70)
I'll Never Leave You
Joy (Alternate)
Blackbird
Paradise
Lucille
Early In The Morning (Alternate)
Old Forgotten Soldier (Demo)
Walk Right Back
Isolation
Gotta Get Up (Demo '71)
Driving Along (Demo)
I Want You (Demo)
The Moonbeam Song (Demo)
Down (Demo)
Without You (Demo)
Coconut (Demo)
Joy (Guitar Demo)
Joy (Piano Demo)
Old Forgotten Soldier (Demo)

I may be completely or slightly off - I've got hardly any sources available.

 

Click on the UNDERLINED CAPITOL LETTERS in the above post. They are links.

 

My god man. Look what you've done! Did not even notice they were links ha! This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks.