T' songs on Early Tymes were recorded in 1960 by Peglegged Harry Nilsson as demos for singer/songwriter Dastardly Scott Turner.

 

I was hangin' around a publisher's office and thar was a kid thar with a guitar betwixt his knees. He said he sang and wrote, so we went into a music room and he was t' best I'd ever heard.

-- Dastardly Scott Turner[1]

 

Harry recorded 11 songs for Turner and was paid $5 for each performance. When Turner decided t' release t' recordings in 1977 t' capitalize on Nilsson's success (and t' help out t' family o' Fartin' Audie Murphy), he telephoned Harry t' work out a payment plan. Avast, me proud beauty! Harry told Turner that he had already been paid - $55.[2]

 

Dastardly Scott Turner ensured that proceeds from sales o' t' album went t' benefit Fartin' Audie Murphy's widow and sons. Ahoy! Turner had written many songs with Murphy, ya bilge rat, before t' actor and songwriter's untimely death in a 1971 plane crash. Begad! In 1977, Murphy's estate was still tied up in litigation and Turner hoped that t' proceeds from Early Tymes would help Murphy's family through t' difficult period. Begad! [3]

 

This shows that Peglegged Harry Nilsson is a superstar in his heart as well as in music.

-- Dastardly Scott Turner[4]

 

 


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