What is hubris? It is Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, a folly Harry Nilsson crafted after winning a Grammy for "Everybody's Talkin'." Riding upon the goodwill generated by the award, he decided to compress and edit his first two (quite brilliant) albums into one record.
He remixed tracks, erased old vocals, over-sang some new ones, edited sections out of certain songs, and slowed others down.
Apart from the intros and outros, there are no brand-new items, just old tunes presented in slightly new, slightly off-putting ways.
If you're not familiar with the debut, this will be pretty enchanting since the two records weren't that far apart stylistically and, let's face it, he was working with pretty terrific source material.
Still, it's no substitute for the originals, and if you have a chance (and you do, with Britain's RCA Camden reissue), pick up the originals.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IntroductionHarry Nilsson | Harry Nilsson | Play | 00:10 | 0 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Daddy's SongHarry Nilsson | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 3 | BathHarry Nilsson | Harry Nilsson | Play | 01:39 | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| 4 | ClosingHarry Nilsson | Harry Nilsson | Play | 00:29 | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| 5 | 1941 (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 6 | Mr. Richland's Fav. Song (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:07 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 7 | Good Old Desk (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:31 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 8 | Everybody's Talkin' (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 9 | River Deep - Mountain High (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | Sleep Late, My Lady Friend (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 11 | Don't Leave Me (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:14 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 12 | Without Her (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 13 | Together (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 01:38 | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| 14 | One (Remixed) | Harry Nilsson | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 29 mins | 67 MB | |||||
| 29 mins | 180 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Anderson | Percussion |
| 2 | Hubert Anderson | Percussion |
| 3 | Leonard Atkins | Strings |
| 4 | Arlessa Barnes | Project Coordinator |
| 5 | Jeff Barry | Composer |
| 6 | Dallas Bartley | Composer |
| 7 | Arnold Belnick | Strings |
| 8 | Dick Bogert | Engineer |
| 9 | Roy Caton | Horn |
| 10 | Sonny Curtis | Composer |
| 11 | Mike Deasy Sr. | Guitar |
| 12 | David Duke | Horn |
| 13 | Jesse Ehrlich | Cello, Strings |
| 14 | Elliott Federman | Mastering |
| 15 | Karyn Friedland | Project Coordinator |
| 16 | Donald Frost | Drums |
| 17 | Jeff Gold | Design |
| 18 | Ellie Greenwich | Composer |
| 19 | Dick Hendler | Design |
| 20 | Leo Hickman | Composer |
| 21 | Jeremy Holiday | Product Manager |
| 22 | Milt Holland | Percussion, Tabla |
| 23 | Jim Horn | Flute |
| 24 | Dick Hyde | Horn |
| 25 | Pat Ieraci | Engineer |
| 26 | Louis Jordan | Composer |
| 27 | Stephanie Kika | Project Coordinator |
| 28 | Larry Knechtel | Bass |
| 29 | Bobby Knight | Horn |
| 30 | David Alan Kogut | Redesign |
| 31 | Glenn Korman | Reissue Producer |
| 32 | John Lennon | Composer |
| 33 | Neil Levang | Guitar |
| 34 | Cappy Lewis | Horn |
| 35 | Alfred Lustgarten | String Arrangements |
| 36 | Jacqueline Lustgarten | Strings |
| 37 | Leonard Malarsky | Strings |
| 38 | Robin Manning | Project Coordinator |
| 39 | Paul McCartney | Composer |
| 40 | Michael Melvoin | Harpsichord, Piano |
| 41 | Alex Miller | Photography |
| 42 | Ollie Mitchell | Horn |
| 43 | Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash | Horn |
| 44 | Fred Neil | Composer |
| 45 | Harry Nilsson | Composer, Organ, Performer, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 46 | Brooke Nochomson | Project Coordinator |
| 47 | Wilbert Nuttycombe | Strings |
| 48 | Larry Parra | Project Coordinator |
| 49 | Don Ralke | Piano |
| 50 | Mac Rebennack | Guitar, Piano |
| 51 | Jerome Reisler | Strings |
| 52 | Dana Renert | Project Coordinator |
| 53 | Lyle Ritz | Bass |
| 54 | George Roberts | Horn |
| 55 | Rob Santos | Reissue Producer |
| 56 | Paul Shure | Strings |
| 57 | Phil Spector | Composer |
| 58 | Bill Stafford | Project Coordinator |
| 59 | Steve Strauss | Production Assistant |
| 60 | Robert Sushel | Strings |
| 61 | Tony Terran | Horn |
| 62 | Darrel Terwilliger | Strings |
| 63 | George Tipton | Arranger |
| 64 | Dean Torrence | Design, Photography |
| 65 | Russ Wapensky | Production Assistant |
| 66 | Traci Werbel | Production Assistant |
| 67 | Tibor Zelig | Strings |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |