Sunday, December 9, 2012

Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show

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RCA Victor LPM 3874 (1967)

This is Harry's first album, if you don't count the album Tower Records cobbled together the previous year - and you shouldn't. The record didn't chart but it did get noticed by many in the music biz, most notably The Beatles - who were so impressed with it, they invited Nilsson to come visit them in London.

As with most RCA albums from this period, the stereo version has tons of reverb poured over even more reverb (they loved reverb). The mono mix, used here, exercises a bit more restraint and sounds much more lifelike than the overly-sweetened CD remaster.

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::LISTEN::