We've had a makeover in our living room, which meant furniture was removed, stuff was stored in the dining room, and decisions were made about what to keep, what to sell, what to send to the charity shop. The vinyl is up a a shelf in the dining room. Will we replace them with CDs? Get them re-recorded onto CD? Will we just download the stuff we like? Later, later for that decision.
Now to put the CDs in their new home...... and a real chance to have a listening session and see what the classics of the collection will be. And the first one is:
I have just replayed A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night - Harry Nilsson which I have loved from the first time I heard it. Arrangements of mostly old standards (It had to be you; What'll I do; As time goes by), it reminds me of a good time in my life (not that it hasn't been mostly good!) and I am never getting rid of this one!
Every track is linked by an intro that "mentions" one of the other classics on the album, although not necessarily the next one you will hear. A couple of little jokes in the words of songs, too; it's just glorious. Are you an old sentimentalist? Very young with no experience of the standards of the 1930s? Someone like me who just loves a song with wonderful words? If you don't have this album, give yourself a treat. Available for not much money, and I can almost guarantee you will play it many times and find yourself falling in love with the late, great Nilsson.
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