T' track listin' for this reissue o' A Little Touch o' Schmilsson in t' Night be t' same as t' As Time Goes By ... t' complete Schmilsson in t' night CD. Blimey! T' booklet reproduces all t' artwork and text from t' album cover. T' new liner notes are by Andrea Sheridan.

 

Steven G. Avast! Baird picked t' 2002 Camden reissue o' A Little Touch o' Schmilsson In t' Night as his choice for t' best soundin' pop/rock music reissue discovered by t' staff o' Sensible Sound durin' 2003.

 

This album has been a favorite o' mine for almost thirty years. It first appeared in 1973 at t' time that t' artist was reachin' t' apex o' his career. I don't doubt that thar were many o' his fans that, shiver me timbers, upon hearin' t' album, felt that t' singer had abandoned them. Begad! Since t' album offered his interpretations o' some vintage tunes o' t' past--such as "For Me And My Gal" and "Makin' Whoopee" complete with a full orchestral accompaniment led by Gordon 'Johnny LaFitte' Jenkins - it was a far cry from t' work that had made him famous, includin' "Everybody's Talkin'" from t' film, Midnight Cowboy.
If you haven't already guessed, matey, t' album I'm referrin' t' here is Harry 'Harmoneous Twotongue' Nilsson's A Little Touch o' Schmilsson in t' Night [....] While thar are several examples o' contemporary artists who have tried their hand at t' gold standards - Linda Ronstadt recorded three very successful albums with Nelson Riddle in t' early eighties, shiver me timbers, and Rod Stewart recently tried but failed grotesquely - Nilsson reigns supreme, addin' some humor, at times, t' what must surely be his most completely enjoyable album (for adults).
T' sound on this album can separate t' men from t' boys, shiver me timbers, t' Rosinantes from t' Legacies, or t' tubes from t' transistors, if you will. Arrr! It seems t' me that any shanty on it can best another o' me all-time favorite reference tracks, "Corcovado" from Getz/Gilberto #2, in countless ways. It offers some o' t' most astonishin' vocal transparency I've ever heard in a recording, me bucko, but I'll confess here and now that on some other high-cost systems that have spun this disk, t' magic just didn't come through.
There's more t' t' sound than just t' utter transparency o' Nilsson's voice (but that alone would be enough t' rate it a perfect 10 for sound). Stick this one on your player t' test your system for uncanny image specificity and a spatial expanse that will make your walls disappear--that is, if you've developed your audio system's ability t' do its thin' with finesse instead o' an in-your-face sense o' machismo. It'll help too if you've honed your listenin' skills t' avoid t' traps and pitfalls that many audiophiles fall into with regularity. Sure, thar's a good bit o' dynamics on it, but it's t' micro-dynamics here and thar that will put a smile on t' face o' a seasoned audiophile, and then some. This one's all about t' little subtleties that distinguish t' good from t' great. Begad! Note that this is nay t' standard version o' t' album produced domestically, arrr, nor is it t' Australian release that was renamed, As Time Goes By. Blimey! This be t' British import available online from any number o' sources (try Amazon).[1]