Nilsson Schmilsson
(RCA Records 1972 SF8242)
UK Pressing
Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges
No Poster
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)
Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records in November 1971. It was Nilsson’s most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the number 1 hit “Without You”, written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the group Badfinger. The album was the first of two Nilsson albums recorded in London and produced by Richard Perry.
“Jump into the Fire” and “Coconut”, both written by Nilsson, also became hits. The album performed well at the 1973 Grammy Awards, earning a nomination for Album of the Year, while “Without You” won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In 2006, Nilsson Schmilsson was ranked number 84 on Pitchfork Media’s “Top 100 Albums of the 1970s”.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Harry Nilsson, except where noted.
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “Gotta Get Up” | 2:24 | ||||||||
| 2. | “Driving Along” | 2:02 | ||||||||
| 3. | “Early in the Morning” (Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan, Dallas Bartley) | 2:48 | ||||||||
| 4. | “The Moonbeam Song” | 3:18 | ||||||||
| 5. | “Down” | 3:24 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 6. | “Without You” (Pete Ham, Tom Evans) | 3:17 | ||||||||
| 7. | “Coconut” | 3:48 | ||||||||
| 8. | “Let the Good Times Roll” (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) | 2:42 | ||||||||
| 9. | “Jump into the Fire” | 6:54 | ||||||||
| 10. | “I’ll Never Leave You” | 4:11 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Harry Nilsson – piano on 1 5 8 10, vocals, Mellotrons on 2 4, organ on 3, harmonica on 8, electric piano on 9
- Jim Gordon – drums on 1 2 5 8 9, percussion on 7 9
- Klaus Voormann – bass on 1 5 6 8, rhythm guitar on 2 9, acoustic guitar on 4
- Chris Spedding – guitar on 1 5 8
- Herbie Flowers – bass on 2 4 7 9
- John Uribe – acoustic guitar on 3 4 6, lead guitar on 3 8 9
Additional personnel
- Henry Krein – accordion on 1
- Richard Perry – percussion on 1, Mellotrons on 2
- Jim Price – trumpet on 1 5, trombone on 1 5, horn arrangements on 1 5
- Jim Keltner – drums on 5 6
- Roger Coolan – organ on 5
- Bobby Keys – saxophone on 5
- Gary Wright – piano on 6, organ on 8
- Paul Buckmaster – string and horn arrangements on 6
- Roger Pope – drums on 7 9
- Caleb Quaye – guitar on 7
- Ian Duck – acoustic guitar on 7
- Jim Webb – piano on 9
- George Tipton – string and horn arrangements on 10
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