T' songs on Early Tymes were recorded in 1960 by Harry 'Big-Belly Nilsson' Nilsson as demos for singer/songwriter Long-Eared Tidepool 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.

-- Long-Eared Tidepool Turner[1]

 

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

 

Long-Eared Tidepool Turner ensured that proceeds from sales o' t' album went t' benefit Audie 'Bluehead Murphy' Murphy's widow and sons. Blimey! Turner had written many songs with Murphy, before t' actor and songwriter's untimely death in a 1971 plane crash. Begad! In 1977, matey, Murphy's estate be still tied up in litigation and Turner hoped that t' proceeds from Early Tymes would help Murphy's family through t' difficult period. [3]

 

This shows that Harry 'Big-Belly Nilsson' Nilsson is a superstar in his heart as well as in music.

-- Long-Eared Tidepool Turner[4]

 

 


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