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Sold Date:
December 26, 2017
Start Date:
December 3, 2017
Final Price:
$49.99
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FOR SALE IS A LOT OF 4 HARRY NILSSON LP RECORD ALBUMS
1. NILSSON SCHMILSSON LSP -4515 W/ ORIGINAL SHRINK AND HYPE STICKERS. COMES W/ ORIGINAL SLEEVE VINYL IN EX. CONDITION (PLAY TESTED) COVER IN EX CONDITION THERE IS NO POSTER WITH THIS LP.
2. AERIAL BALLET LSP-3956 W/ ORIGINAL SHRINK AND PRICE STICKER W/ ORIGINAL WHITE SLEEVE VINYL IN EX. CONDITION (PLAY TESTED) COVER IN EX. CONDITION
3. A LITTLE TOUCH OF SCHMILSSON IN THE NIGHT APL1-0097 W/ ORIGINAL SLEEVE IN EX. CONDITION VINYL IN EX. CONDITION ( PLAY TESTED) GATEFOLD COVER IN EX. CONDITION.
4.SON OF SCHMILSSON LSP 4717 W ORIGINAL SLEEVE AND POSTER. SLEEVE IN EX CONDITION VINYL IN VG CONDITION (PLAY TESTED) GATEFOLD COVER IN VG CONDITION.
I use Goldmine® visual grading and always try to grade conservatively.
M (mint) Record~ is new, shiny, never played. Sealed M (Mint) Jacket~ is new no marks, almost always sealed.
NM (near mint) Record~ is like new, probably played a few times, may have one or two light marks but it doesn't effects on the quality of a sound. NM (near mint Jacket~ is like new, may have a light corner bump, maybe one or two small creases. One or two light flaws.
EX (excellent) Record~ in great shape, may have light marks, played more than a few times but low in surface noise or no surface noise. EX (excellent) Jacket~ in great shape, has very little edge, spine and corner wear, a light corner bump, maybe some light creasing or ring wear. Maybe a sticker or two.
VG+ (very good plus) Record~ has been played more times, it has light marks and surface noise but doesn't overwhelm the music. It is well taken care of and it doesn't skip. VG+ (very good plus) Jacket~ may have more spine and edge wear, More ring wear, one or more stickers, light writing, a punch hole saw or corner cut. Light corner bends could have more creasing as well. No splits.
VG (very good) Record~ has been played many times, may have more surface noise, but it shouldn't skip while playing. VG (very good) Jacket~ has noticeably more spine and edge wear, some splits, more ring wear, tape, corner bends and creases, writing, punch holes and saw cuts could be in this category.
G (good) Record~ is in bad condition, this is worth only for archive items - just to have that until you find better. G (good) Jacket~ Very bad shape, only using until a better one is found.
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering experiments, returns to the , and fusions of . A with a three-and-a-half octave range, Nilsson was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists of his era to achieve significant commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking regular tours.
Born in , Nilsson fled to as a teenager and landed a job as a computer programmer at a bank. It was there that he cultivated an interest in musical composition and singing, and was successful in having some of his songs recorded by various artists such as , and later, , who had a No. 5 hit with his song "". In 1967, he debuted on with the LP , followed with a variety of releases that include a collaboration with (, 1970) and the original children's story (1971). After a brief period of widely publicized, alcohol-fueled antics with —the two collaborating in 1974 for the album —Nilsson left RCA, and his record output subsequently diminished. In response to , he took a hiatus from the music industry to campaign for . For the rest of his life, he recorded only on sporadic occasions. In 1994, Nilsson died of a while in the midst of recording new material for a since-unreleased comeback album.
In 2015, Nilsson was voted No. 62 in 's list of the , where he was described as "a pioneer of the Los Angeles studio sound, a crucial bridge between the of the late Sixties and the more personal era of the Seventies". The have certified Nilsson's albums (1971) and (1972) as , indicating over 500,000 units sold each. His singles to reach the US top 10 were "" (1969), "" (1971), and "" (1972). Nilsson's honors include for two of his recordings; in 1970 for "Everybody's Talkin'", a prominent song in the 1969 film , and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male in 1973 for "Without You".