Harry Nilsson & The Monkees - Mr. Richland's Favorite Song (demo, stereo remix)
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- Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025
- Very rare ! Around the time of the sessions of The Monkees third album, Headqaurters, producer Chip Douglas brought in a young unknown songwriter at the time, Harry Nilsson. Nilsson demoed various songs for the Monkees however only two were actually completed and released by The Monkees (Cuddly Toy & Daddy's Song). This rare demo of Nilsson's Mr. Richland's Favorite Song (sourced from a Monkees bootleg compilation series, Unsurpassed Masters) was recorded by Harry Nilsson in a Mike Nesmith-produced session. Nilsson would go onto record his own version for his 1971 album, Aerial Ballet.
From the bootleg, Unsurpassed Masters Vol.5.
Lyrics - Harry Nilsson
Produced by - Mike Nesmith
personnel -
Harry Nilsson - vocals, piano
Mike Nesmith - guitar
Rick Dey - bass
Eddie Hoh - drums
unknown percussion
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I was introduced to Nilsson's music through my love of The Monkees. Such a tremendous talent underappreciated by mainstream pop / oldies radio. I think Davy would have sung this too like the other two Nilsson / Monkees colaborations.
I love listening to this version of "Mr Richland's favorite Song" sung by Harry because it's different than his other recordings of this same song. Harry recorded it for his Aerial Ballet album in 1968
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By '68 they were well into recording on their own. This is from '67. Their producer Chip Douglas brought in Harry Nilsson as a songwriter. Its always been reported that the Monkees are on all the instruments for this except piano. Plus, the drumming sounds nothing like Hal Blaine. Blaine has a real smooth, crisp, and deep sound. Just listen to their Headquarters album and compare the drumming. Its Dolenz.
It is not Blaine anyways, it's Eddie Hoh. The session they recorded this was a day after they started Good Times and Daddy's Song. The session you're talking about is an acoustic session that featured songs like Cuddly Toy on it that was released. This was recorded in 1968 and the only Monkee featured is Mike on guitar.
This is a session produced by Michael Nesmith, it was around the time when Daddy's Song was also pitched, but it wasn't the day when Mike sang Daddy's Song, it was only I think the day of the demo, but I know Mike played guitar, but the other Monkees didn't play anything.
Oh. Thanks. I had wasn't really sure who produced it. Yeah the other Monkees played the instruments. In an interview with the Monkees tape archivist/researcher he talked about this demo explicitly and said The Monkees are all on it. And if you listen closely he's right. The drumming, bass, and guitar all line up with what you hear on Headquarters.
No, in the book The Day By Day Monkees Book by Andrew Sandoval, it states it was recorded around January 1968.
DarrkshadowGaming Okay. Yeah Sandoval said in an interview with a mastering/sound quality magazine that all four were on this backing Harry.
DarrkshadowGaming Also this demo isn't even mentioned in the Monkees book.
@@smjblessing95 yes it was, it was done on the same session Good Times was recorded with a guide vocal by Harry Nilsson. That session was early 1968 in a session produced by Mike. Mike is probably playing, but none of the others are present at the session
The drummer is Eddie Ho.
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Harlem shuffle feel
Mike added His vocal on the Original Version.
Aerial Ballet was 1968
John and Paul's favorite singer/song writer.
Hal Blaine
Eddie Ho is the drummer
That's not Micky...the drumming is to good for 1968.
I wish the singer hadn't screwed up the lyrics---twice.
The s singer is Harry Nilsson the guy who wrote the song. He obviously changed the lyrics from this demo to his eventual solo album version.
I guess I will comment after reading this. Since this recording is a demo and not a finished product, I forgive him. Harry did miss a word or two, and as he said the take is close, he probably planned to record another take. I love his songs and his voice!
It was Nilsson that sang. If he wanted to screw up the lyrics to his own composition he had every right to do so. Its his song he was entitled to sing it any way he wanted.