Harry Nilsson - Son of Schmilsson (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Harry Nilsson – vocals, electric piano, acoustic guitar [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Harry Nilsson]
Nicky Hopkins – piano
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar, saxophone, electric guitar
Ringo Starr (credited as Richie Snare) – drums [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Ringo Starr]
Peter Frampton – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Chris Spedding – bouzouki, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Milt Holland – percussion
Jim Price – trumpet, trombone, horn arrangement
Bobby Keys – saxophone
Lowell George – guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Lowell George]
Del Newman – string arrangements
Pop Arts String Quartet - strings
John Uribe – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar
Ray Cooper – percussion, congas, tambourine
Kirby Johnson – horn arrangements
Richard Mackey – tuben/French horn
Vincent DeRosa – tuben/French horn
David Duke – tuben/French horn
George Harrison – slide guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring George Harrison]
Barry Morgan – drums
Paul Buckmaster – orchestral arrangement
"Moxie" – bass harmonica
Richard Perry – percussion, arrangements
Senior Citizens of the Stepney & Pinner Choir Club No. 6, London, England – choir
The Henry Krein Quartet with Klaus Voormann – rhythm section
Henry Krein – accordion
Paul Keogh – guitar
Les Thatcher – guitar
1 Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR
Limited to 2,500 numbered copies
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original Label : RCA Victor
Recorded March–April 1972 in Trident Studios and Apple Studio, London, England; "The Most Beautiful World in the World" recorded at CTS Studios, London
Engineered & mixed by Ken Scott
Produced by Richard Perry
Remastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in 1972
Reissued in 2021
Tracks:
- Take 54
- Remember Christmas
- Joy
- Turn On Your Radio
- You're Breakin' My Heart
- Spaceman
- The Lottery Song
- At My Front Door
- Ambush
- I'd Rather Be Dead
- The Most Beautiful World In The World
Reviews :
"Emboldened by a huge hit and hanging with Lennon and Ringo, Harry Nilsson was ready to let it all go when it came time to record a follow-up to Nilsson Schmilsson. The very title of Son of Schmilsson implies that it's a de facto sequel to its smash predecessor but, as always with Nilsson, don't take everything at face value. Yes, he's back with producer Richard Perry and he's working from the same gleefully melodic, polished pop/rock territory as before, but this is an incredibly schizoid record, an album by an enormously gifted musician deciding that, since he's already going unhinged, he might as well indulge himself while he's at it. And, wow, are the results ever worth it. Opening with a song to a groupie -- he sang his balls off, baby, he nearly broke the microphone -- and ending with an ode to "The Most Beautiful World in the World," this record careens all over the place, bouncing from one idea to another, punctuated with B-horror movie sound effects, bizarre humor, profanity, and belches. There are song parodies, seemingly straight piano ballads, vulgar hard rock, lovely love songs, and a cheerful singalong with retirees at an old folks home who all proclaim, "I'd rather be dead than wet my bed." The sheer perversity of it all would be fascinating, yet if that's all it had to offer, it'd merely be a curiosity, the way his post-Pussy Cats records are. Instead, this is all married to a fantastic set of songs that illustrate what a skilled, versatile songsmith Nilsson was. No, it may not be the easiest album to warm to -- and it's just about the weirdest record to reach number 12 and go gold -- but if you appreciate Nilsson's musicality and weirdo humor, he never got any better." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra High-Resolution (UHR) is a dual-layer hybrid SACD recorded with Direct Stream Digital Technology at a sampling rate of 11.2 MHZ and a frequency response of DC to 100KHz. In addition, a high-precision down-conversion is utilized for the CD layer (16bit/44.1kHz) to preserve the sonic integrity of the original DSD capture. The result: State-of-the-art sound on any machine that can play either standard compact discs or SACDs.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,03 / 5 , Discogs : 4,5 / 5