Nilsson-A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)


 

Artist: Nilsson

Title:  A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night

Label:  RCA Victor

Format: LP

Cat: APL1-0097

Year of Release: 1973

Country and Year of Edition: US 1973 Indianapolis Pressing Gatefold

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ 

Sell Date: 7/12/22

Sell Price: $5.99

Discogs Last Sold: 7/13/22 VG+/VG+ $22.00 1973 Gatefold Cover, Orange Labels, Indianapolis pressing _ VINYL: Almost NM, shows no signs of being played but has a couple few very light surface marks. Center hole is unworn, no spindle marks and labels are clean _ COVER: Above average VG+ _ DEEP CLEANED with new clear inner and outer protective sleeves

Low: $2.99 VG/G+

Median: $7.00

Average: $11.06

High: $50.00 M/M still sealed

Current low price:$1.01  G+/VG, $7.00 VG+/VG+

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 106

Have/Want: 3703/180

Where Sold:  Valdosta, GA

Time it took to sell: 7 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester used flea market mid aughts

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

Every once in a while I'll scan the list of things to write about and see if there is a "Sunday album" for Sunday.  A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night is definitely good for that.  I was introduced to Nilsson in early childhood via The Point a few years earlier.  You couldn't escape "Without You" or "The Coconut Song" but I didn't have Nilsson Schmilsson until well into the CD era.

A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night I got sometime in the aughts in a Worcester warehouse my friend John took me to with row after row of dollar records.  I probably looked at 5% of what they had and still found $40 worth, including this nice, clean original gatefold.  Despite Nilsson's assentation into modern multi-generational Rock respectability, there are still an infinite amount of copies of this on the used market.  This is a collection of Jazz Pop Vocal standards.  Because of Harry's drinking ties to Lennon's Lost Weekend (and Ringo's narration of The Point cartoon), there is an eternal Beatles association that AOR radio never touched.  

So "Hippy" Harry cuts one for the Easy Listening generation.  Ain't nothin' rock about it, but there is something a bit sinister about Harry's vocals.  Something youthful and counterculture vs September Of My Years weathered Sinatra or a Broadway revue. "Makin' Whoopee!"  and "I Wonder Whose Kissing Her Now"  and the rest seem Technicolor, not stuck on dusty sheet music or in a black and white film production.  

Have a Brandy Alexander and settle into your recliner.

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