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Aerial Pandemonium Ballet
Aerial Pandemonium Ballet
Remix album by Harry Nilsson
Released	June 1971
Recorded	Late 1966–1968 (new vocals and remix, 1971)
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	29:58
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Harry Nilsson; Rick Jarrard
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Aerial Pandemonium Ballet is a 1971 album by Harry Nilsson which reimagined recordings from his early albums Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967) and Aerial Ballet (1968). It is one of the first-ever remix albums.

Background

With the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and The Point! creating demand for Nilsson recordings, a reissue of his first two RCA Victor albums (Pandemonium Shadow Show and Aerial Ballet), then out of print, was considered. Nilsson thought that his early albums already sounded somewhat dated by 1971, so he returned to the studio with the master tapes, remixed, tweaked, and re-recorded vocals, and came up with a new consolidation that he titled Aerial Pandemonium Ballet.

Aerial Pandemonium Ballet includes four songs from Pandemonium Shadow Show ("1941", "Without Her", "River Deep - Mountain High", and "Sleep Late, My Lady Friend") and eight songs from Aerial Ballet ("Daddy's Song", "Good Old Desk", "Don't Leave Me", "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song", "Together", "Everybody's Talkin'", "One", and "Bath").

The songs from Pandemonium Shadow Show not included in Aerial Pandemonium Ballet are "Ten Little Indians", "Cuddly Toy", "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune", "You Can't Do That", "She's Leaving Home", "There Will Never Be", "Freckles", and "It's Been So Long". The songs from Aerial Ballet not included in Aerial Pandemonium Ballet are "Little Cowboy", "I Said Goodbye to Me", "Little Cowboy (Reprise)", "Mr. Tinker", and "The Wailing of the Willow".

Reception

Robert Adels of the Philadelphia Daily News stated that the album was "the most sensitive stuff he's ever recorded."^[2] The Richmond Review called the album "lively".^[3]

A less positive contemporary notice came from John Laycock of the Windsor Star, who stated that while "Everybody's Talkin'" and "1941" didn't "need any help", "nothing could save some of the others" and "If nothing else, this patchwork shows how wise he's been to stick to wit and whimsy in his more recent stuff.”^[4] More recently, Stephen Thomas Erlewine on allmusic.com describes the result as "just old tunes presented in slightly new, slightly off-putting ways."

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Harry Nilsson except where noted

Introduction – 0:09
"1941" – 2:37 (Slowed down track & remixed)
"Daddy's Song" – 2:07 (New vocals, guitar/piano/out of sync)
"Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" – 2:07 (New background vocals & remixed)
"Good Old Desk" – 2:30 (Slowed down track & remixed)
"Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) – 2:42 (Dumped second voice & remixed)
"Bath" – 1:50 (New Vocals & Re-EQ'd original track)
"River Deep – Mountain High" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 3:57 (New vocals & remixed)
"Sleep Late, My Lady Friend" – 2:37 (Remixed)
"Don't Leave Me" – 2:12 (Remixed)
"Without Her" – 2:08 (New vocals & remixed)
"Together" – 1:37 (New vocals, edited out bridge & remixed)
"One" – 2:18 (Remixed and significantly edited - the original was 2:50)
Closing – 0:20

References

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r63377
^ Adels, Robert (24 June 1971). "Record Review". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved 21 January 2012 – via newspapers.com.
^ "The Music Box". Richmond Review. 1971-08-07. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ Laycock, John (1971-07-17). "Off the Cuff". The Windsor Star. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

[1] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r63377

[2] Adels, Robert (24 June 1971). "Record Review". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved 21 January 2012 – via newspapers.com.

[3] "The Music Box". Richmond Review. 1971-08-07. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

[4] Laycock, John (1971-07-17). "Off the Cuff". The Windsor Star. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

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-  Type        = [[Remix album]] |
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-'''''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet''''' is a 1971 album by [[Harry Nilsson]], and one of the first-ever [[remix album]]s, years before they became commonplace in the late 1970s and 1980s onwards.
+'''''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet''''' is a 1971 album by [[Harry Nilsson]] which reimagined recordings from his early albums ''[[Pandemonium Shadow Show]]'' (1967) and ''[[Aerial Ballet]]'' (1968). It is one of the first-ever [[remix album]]s.
+==Background==
-With the successes of ''[[Everybody's Talkin']]'' and ''[[The Point!]]'' creating demand for Nilsson recordings, a reissue of his first two [[RCA Victor]] albums (''[[Pandemonium Shadow Show]]'' and ''[[Aerial Ballet]]''), then out of print, was considered.  Nilsson thought that his early albums already sounded a bit dated by 1971. So he went back into the studio with the master tapes, remixed, tweaked, and re-recorded vocals, and came up with a new consolidation which he titled ''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet''.
+With the successes of "[[Everybody's Talkin']]" and ''[[The Point!]]'' creating demand for Nilsson recordings, a reissue of his first two [[RCA Victor]] albums (''[[Pandemonium Shadow Show]]'' and ''[[Aerial Ballet]]''), then out of print, was considered.  Nilsson thought that his early albums already sounded somewhat dated by 1971, so he returned to the studio with the master tapes, remixed, tweaked, and re-recorded vocals, and came up with a new consolidation that he titled ''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet''.
+''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'' includes four songs from ''Pandemonium Shadow Show'' ("1941", "[[Without Her (Harry Nilsson song)|Without Her]]", "[[River Deep - Mountain High]]", and "Sleep Late, My Lady Friend") and eight songs from ''Aerial Ballet'' ("Daddy's Song", "Good Old Desk", "Don't Leave Me", "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song", "Together", "[[Everybody's Talkin']]", "[[One (Harry Nilsson song)|One]]", and "Bath").
-It is a matter of intense debate among Nilsson fans whether this was a good idea.  Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, on allmusic.com, describes the result as "just old tunes presented in slightly new, slightly off-putting ways."
+The songs from ''Pandemonium Shadow Show'' not included in ''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'' are "[[Ten Little Indians (Harry Nilsson song)|Ten Little Indians]]", "Cuddly Toy", "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune", "You Can't Do That", "She's Leaving Home", "There Will Never Be", "Freckles", and "It's Been So Long". The songs from ''Aerial Ballet'' not included in ''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'' are "Little Cowboy", "I Said Goodbye to Me", "Little Cowboy (Reprise)", "Mr. Tinker", and "The Wailing of the Willow".
+==Reception==
+Robert Adels of the ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' stated that the album was "the most sensitive stuff he's ever recorded."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News |date= 24 June 1971|title= Record Review |first= Robert|last=Adels|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68159682/|location= Philadelphia, PA|access-date= 21 January 2012|via= newspapers.com|quote=}}</ref> The ''Richmond Review'' called the album "lively".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=The Music Box |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68160293/ |work=Richmond Review |date=1971-08-07 |access-date=2021-01-21}}</ref>
+A less positive contemporary notice came from John Laycock of the ''[[Windsor Star]]'', who stated that while "Everybody's Talkin'" and "1941" didn't "need any help", "nothing could save some of the others" and "If nothing else, this patchwork shows how wise he's been to stick to wit and whimsy in his more recent stuff.”<ref>{{cite news |last=Laycock |first=John |date=1971-07-17 |title=Off the Cuff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68160597/ |work=The Windsor Star |access-date=2021-01-21}}</ref> More recently, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] on allmusic.com describes the result as "just old tunes presented in slightly new, slightly off-putting ways."
 ==Track listing==
 All music and lyrics by [[Harry Nilsson]] except where noted
-#Introduction&nbsp;– :09
+#Introduction&nbsp;– 0:09
-#"1941"&nbsp;– 2:37 ''(slowed down track & remixed)''
+#"1941"&nbsp;– 2:37 ''(Slowed down track & remixed)''
-#"[[Daddy's Song]]"&nbsp;– 2:07 ''(new vocals, guitar/piano/out of sync)''
+#"[[Daddy's Song]]"&nbsp;– 2:07 ''(New vocals, guitar/piano/out of sync)''
-#"Mr. Richland's Favorite Song"&nbsp;– 2:07 ''(new bg vocals & remixed)''
+#"Mr. Richland's Favorite Song"&nbsp;– 2:07 ''(New background vocals & remixed)''
-#"Good Old Desk"&nbsp;– 2:30 ''(slowed down track & remixed)''
+#"Good Old Desk"&nbsp;– 2:30 ''(Slowed down track & remixed)''
-#"Everybody's Talkin'" ([[Fred Neil]])&nbsp;– 2:42 ''(dumped second voice & remixed)''
+#"[[Everybody's Talkin']]" ([[Fred Neil]])&nbsp;– 2:42 ''(Dumped second voice & remixed)''
-#"Bath"&nbsp;– 1:50 ''(re-EQ'd original tracks)''
+#"Bath"&nbsp;– 1:50 ''(New Vocals & Re-EQ'd original track)''
-#"[[River Deep&nbsp;– Mountain High]]" ([[Phil Spector]], [[Jeff Barry]], [[Ellie Greenwich]]&nbsp;– 3:57 ''(new vocals & remixed)''
+#"[[River Deep&nbsp;– Mountain High]]" ([[Phil Spector]], [[Jeff Barry]], [[Ellie Greenwich]])&nbsp;– 3:57 ''(New vocals & remixed)''
-#"Sleep Late, My Lady Friend"&nbsp;– 2:37 ''(remixed)''
+#"Sleep Late, My Lady Friend"&nbsp;– 2:37 ''(Remixed)''
-#"Don't Leave Me"&nbsp;– 2:12 ''(remixed)''
+#"Don't Leave Me"&nbsp;– 2:12 ''(Remixed)''
-#"Without Her"&nbsp;– 2:08 ''(new vocals & remixed)''
+#"Without Her"&nbsp;– 2:08 ''(New vocals & remixed)''
-#"Together"&nbsp;– 1:37 ''(new vocals, edited out bridge & remixed)''
+#"Together"&nbsp;– 1:37 ''(New vocals, edited out bridge & remixed)''
-#"One"&nbsp;– 2:18 ''(remixed and significantly edited - the original was 2:50)''
+#"[[One (Harry Nilsson song)|One]]"&nbsp;– 2:18 ''(Remixed and significantly edited - the original was 2:50)''
-#Closing&nbsp;– :20
+#Closing&nbsp;– 0:20
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Harry Nilsson albums]]
 [[Category:1971 remix albums]]
 [[Category:RCA Victor remix albums]]
-[[Category:English-language remix albums]]
 [[Category:Albums produced by Rick Jarrard]]
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v t e Harry Nilsson
Studio albums	Spotlight on Nilsson Pandemonium Shadow Show Aerial Ballet Harry Nilsson Sings Newman The Point! Nilsson Schmilsson Son of Schmilsson A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night Pussy Cats Duit on Mon Dei Sandman ...That's the Way It Is Knnillssonn Flash Harry Losst and Founnd
Soundtracks	Skidoo The Point! Son of Dracula Popeye
Remixes	Aerial Pandemonium Ballet
Compilations	Early Tymes Nilsson The RCA Albums Collection
Singles	"All for the Beatles" "Sixteen Tons" "Without Her" "You Can't Do That" "River Deep – Mountain High" "One" "Everybody's Talkin'" "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" "Me and My Arrow" "Without You" "Jump into the Fire" "Coconut" "Spaceman" "As Time Goes By" "Subterranean Homesick Blues" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Many Rivers to Cross" "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Sail Away" "Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours (medley)"
Other songs	"Gotta Get Up" "Old Dirt Road" "The Puppy Song" "Ten Little Indians" "This Could Be the Night" "You're Breakin' My Heart"
Collaborations	Pussy Cats Every Man Has a Woman Ringo Son of Dracula Walls and Bridges Goodnight Vienna Ringo's Rotogravure Stop and Smell the Roses Two Sides of the Moon Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films
Related articles	Discography The Monkees Richard Perry The Hollywood Vampires The Telephone "Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?