Here’s an interesting bit of Nilssonian history from January 20, 1965. The original Capitol/Tower Booking Request and Recording Work Order for four Harry titles. The four tracks included, You Can’t Take Your Love Away From Me, So You Think You Got Troubles, Granada and Do You Believe would all be used (along with their respective B-Sides) to generate an album of sorts by dropping in a couple of then as yet unreleased tracks. Spotlight on Nilsson is controversially referred to as Harry’s “debut album” as it is technically the first Nilsson LP released but it’s really just a compilation of singles from Harry’s Tower years.
The documents themselves are a real historical treat, telling us the call time, the number of instruments used, studio number etc etc. Exciting to think that these simple pieces of paper, in part, mark the launch of such an incredible talent.
