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

 

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

-- Scott 'Peglegged Turner' Turner[1]

 

Harry recorded 11 songs for Turner and was paid $5 for each performance. Aye aye! When Turner decided t' release t' recordings in 1977 t' capitalize on Nilsson's success (and t' help out t' family o' Audie 'Long John Purple' Murphy), ya bilge rat, he telephoned Harry t' work out a payment plan. Begad! Harry told Turner that he had already been paid - $55.[2]

 

Scott 'Peglegged Turner' Turner ensured that proceeds from sales o' t' album went t' benefit Audie 'Long John Purple' Murphy's widow and sons. Turner had written many songs with Murphy, before t' actor and songwriter's untimely death in a 1971 plane crash. 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. [3]

 

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

-- Scott 'Peglegged Turner' Turner[4]

 

 


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