What do these albums have in common? The lucky Four Or Five Guy© who, in the opinion of the judges, gets the most complete and correct answer will win ONE MILLION DOLLARS* - tax free! PLUS a swell boiled ham dinner with all the trimmings! Oboy! Some fun, huh?
*Offer void where prohibited by local law or just plain good sense on my part
OK, so the link it can't be as simple as Nilsson's Miss Butters Lament. *Retreats into dusty corners of record collection to check credits on rear sleeves*
ReplyDeleteYes! You're right! It can't be.
DeleteAnd apparently, although I find this hard to believe, Nilsson married the president of the Family Tree fan club. They had a fan club? I mean their record is OK, but...
ReplyDeleteAs faxisnatin' as this is, you can kiss goodbye to th' free ham dinner!
DeleteDamn. I was really looking forward to it.
DeleteBig fan of your blog, cgm! Although your #427 was recorded in '65.
DeleteOK OK. I'll get round to correcting that, eventually.
DeleteIt might seem like nit-picking, but if you want a reputation for blogging authenticity and authority, which as is enjoyed by such as I, you need to pay atention to the details.
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ReplyDeleteThey have the same artwork?
DeleteIma second that and hope Woody will spot me a piece o'ham
ReplyDeleteWhy, you cheap chiseler ... for two cents I'd, I'd ...
DeleteI'd gladly pay you Tuesday for some ham today
DeleteSequential RCA Numbers LSP-3955 (The Family Tree) and LSP-3956 (Nilsson)
ReplyDeleteYes! They don't have a catalog number in common.
DeleteThey both have that one dude.
ReplyDeleteYou ... outside.
DeleteElton John liked both records?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! You are in the position to experience the truth behind the off-quoted phrase "no such thing as a free lunch".
DeleteThe Nillson album contains the song Miss Butter's Lament and the Family Tree album contains the song Butter's Lament, as well as another song entitled; Miss Butters! And yes, I had to pull out both records to confirm this fact.
ReplyDeleteThis is only a very small part of their communality, and while correct, leaves you a million dollars and a boiled ham dinner short.
DeleteBob Segarini was a founding member of Family Tree and co wrote Miss Butter's Lament with Nilsson (in Segarini's flat). He also introduced Nilsson to his second wife who when they met was the Family Tree Fan Club secretary. Despite Nilsson recording a version of the song during the Aerial Ballet sessions the song was not released by him until 1995. Other than making an assumption that it was down to Nilsson's friendship with Segarini or something to do with his relationship with his wife I'm not clear on why Nilsson did not release the song in 1968 when the Family Tree version was released.
ReplyDeleteBob is the hidden thread of much 'sixties music. I'd considered doing a Family Tree/Roxy/Wackers piece but did this instead, because two albums by different acts sharing so much is uncommon, perhaps unique, in pop.
DeleteGeorge Tipton musical arranger on both albums?
DeleteIf correct I will happily split the million dollars, with cgm, woody, eric, greg and phantom who helped point me in the right direction, send the ham to anonymous, who is probably on a witness protection scheme I would imagine.
Oooh oooh!! The cover art for both albums represents modern man's alienation and isolation as a consequence of Capitalism and Western Dualism. What kind of "trimmings" am I looking forward to here?
ReplyDeleteYou'll get a trimming, bud. Just step into this alley.
DeleteI like how you're thinking
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ReplyDeleteWe've had a couple of partly-correct answers: the Nilsson song is a connection (though not a commonality) the covers are by the same artist (Dick Hendler), and George Tipton did the arrangements for both. They were recorded in the same studio during the same period using the same producer (Rick Jarrard) and the same technician (Pat Ieraci - later the Airplane's "Maurice") and the same studio musicians.
it's saddening that I'm still sitting on this million bucks, and I already ate the boiled ham dinner. So that, in every sense, is off the table.
here's hoping the cool million buys you a lot of หมูกระเทียม (moo gratiem?)
ReplyDeleteI can't touch it. I'm a trustee of the fund for Distressed Four Or Five Guys©. If only one of youse idle bums had done, like, three minutes research and come up with an answer that met the requirements of the quiz, why, that bum would be a millionaire.
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requiremints ??? for a ham dinner ??? we were supposed to READ for FEED ....damn damn damn
DeleteWithout rules, where would we be? On a cursed curve to chaos, my friend! The straight and narrow is the way to a full stomach!
DeleteMight as well ask why a raven is like a writing desk...
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