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June 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Harry Nilsson: Campaign Hero
Harry Nilsson Campaign Hero (The Skip Weshner Show 1970 and The Smothers Brothers Summer Show 1970 Broadcast) Smokin’ Badger Here’s a nice curio from the Nilsson vaults. It’s been available before – but it’s on the streaming platforms now and gathered all in one place. This EP-length (just 17-minutes) collection of two different talk show/radio-broadcast […]Archive
March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Harry Nilsson and John Martyn
I heard this super sad story about Harry Nilsson just recently. When John Lennon died he got super depressed. But not because Lennon had died – well, not just because of that. He actually thought the rest of The Beatles would call him up, get him to go on the road with them – tour […]Archive
January 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 205: Steve Gunn
Welcome to episode 205 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
December 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Harry Nilsson: Losst And Founnd
Harry Nilsson Losst And Founnd Omnivore Recordings Well, it’s here now – you can hear it – the final (posthumous) Harry Nilsson album. The record Harry was working on in the mid-90s. He laid down the vocal cuts on what was to be his comeback album. He hadn’t recorded a record since the late-1970s; the […]Archive
November 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 14 – Harry Nilsson, “Flash Harry”
Harry Nilsson, Flash Harry, 1980 I’m such a Harry Nilsson fan that when someone told me a wee while back that Flash Harry, the last album released in his lifetime, was a bit of a dud I was straight off to buy the LP and I jumped right in. I fell in love with it […]Archive
May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 307
Harry Nilsson, Flash Harry (1980) The last album completed in Harry Nilsson’s life. He’d had a fascinating – often fantastic, sometimes ramshackle, frequently both – 1970s and it ended with this: a record where he sorta couldn’t be fucked, but in and around that he knocked out a couple of flat-out gems, including his own version of a song he […]Archive
April 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 320
Nilsson, Early Years (1966) I feel like I have to give it an honest try to hear everything by Nilsson. I love Harry Nilsson. Strange story. Problematic guy. A mess. Beaut singer and songwriter and covers artist. The works. But a mess. And I’m hooked on hearing his covers and originals – his last drunken messy stuff and his […]Archive
April 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Harry Nilsson Was The Greatest: Who Is Harry Nilsson?
The first thing I knew about Harry Nilsson was the power-ballad Without You. Then I found out that he sung that song Coconut – the end-credits music to Reservoir Dogs. I found both those songs were on the record Nilsson Schmilsson – a record that I thought was worth buying for the title and album […]Archive
August 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 661
V/A, Midnight Cowboy [OST] (1969) Known for that great Harry Nilsson theme song, the Midnight Cowboy score is a wee gem. One I’ve long held onto, via an imported CD copy. The film stands up too. Great film. Two really wonderful performances. Lots of lovely music on the score too – you get that when […]Archive
June 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 676
Paul Williams, Classics (1977) For a long time, I’m sure, it wasn’t cool to say you liked Paul Williams – but I remember the songs from childhood. And then I found out he not only wrote Rainbow Connection but that first Muppet Movie film soundtrack which is one of the totems of my lifetime. And […]Archive
May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman