Pandemonium Shadow Show
Studio album by Harry Nilsson
Released	1967
Recorded	???
Genre	Pop
Length	31:14
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Rick Jarrard
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Harry Nilsson chronology
Spotlight on Nilsson (1966) Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967) Aerial Ballet (1968)

Pandemonium Shadow Show is an album by Harry Nilsson. It was the first product of his three-year, $50,000 recording contract with RCA Records, and was recorded in their Hollywood studio. Unlike virtually all his earlier records, Show employed the full potential of Nilsson's three-octave singing voice in the recording studio, turning him into what was described as a "chorus of ninety-eight voices". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Rick Jarrard was a staff producer for RCA Records during the 1960s. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Spotlight on Nilsson is an album by Harry Nilsson. ... Aerial Ballet is an album by Harry Nilsson released in 1968. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ...

Among the songs were originals by Nilsson, and selected covers, two of which were tributes to Phil Spector and The Beatles. The former, "River Deep - Mountain High", employed Wall of Sound techniques developed by Spector, who had earlier co-written a song with Nilsson. The latter included a mellowed-out cover of "You Can't Do That" that cleverly referenced twenty other Beatles tunes in Nilsson's vocal arrangement, and many of the other songs on the album used Beatley tricks, such as pitch shift on the vocals. Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... River Deep - Mountain High is a 1966 single by Ike & Tina Turner. ... Wall of Sound is a phrase used to describe the effect created by the music production techniques of record producer Phil Spector. ... You Cant Do That is a song by The Beatles credited to Lennon & McCartney and released as the B-side of the single Cant Buy Me Love, and also included on the UK album A Hard Days Night and the US album The Beatles Second Album. ... Pitch shift is a sound recording technique, in which the normal pitch or tone of a sound is altered (shifted), for effect or for other purposes. ...

Nilsson had hoped to use the title Something Wicked This Way Comes, and had asked sci-fi author Ray Bradbury for permission. But approval hadn't come by the release date, so the lesser-known title was chosen (of a circus sideshow appearing in Bradbury's novel) instead. Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury. ... Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ... Authorship redirects here. ... Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ... The Big Top of Billy Smarts Circus Cambridge 2004. ... Elly del Sarto in c. ...

The album debuted to little public attention in the US and England, although it was an immediate hit in Canada, where "You Can't Do That" was a top 10 hit.

Outside of Canada the album needed a push, and fortunately for Nilsson the "right" people in show business happened to be listening — including former Beatles publicist Derek Taylor, who heard "1941" on his car radio waiting for his wife at the supermarket. Enjoying the track, he ordered a case of copies of the album, sending them out to various industry people he believed would be interested, including each of the Beatles, who were suitably impressed. The Beatles later invited Nilsson to London, ushering in a whole new, larger phase of his career. Show business is a vernacular term for the business of entertainment. ... A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, or for a work such as a book or movie. ... Derek Taylor (1932-1997) is best known as the press agent for the hugely popular rock band, The Beatles. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Fellow musician and earlier collaborator Chip Douglas also introduced Nilsson to another best-selling band of the era, whom he was producing — the Monkees. When Nilsson gave the band an improptu audition of his latest songs, they were similarly bowled over, becoming both performers of his music ("Cuddly Toy", and later "Daddy's Song") and personal friends. Douglas Farthing Hatlelid, better known as Chip Douglas, is a songwriter, musician (bass guitar and keyboards), and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s. ... The Monkees in 1968 (left to right): Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and Davy Jones The Monkees were a four-person band who appeared in an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. ...

After Nilsson had become better established, through hits like "Without You" and albums like Nilsson Schmilsson, his earlier material finally sold into the black. Nilsson revamped several tracks from his first two albums to produce one of the first remix albums, Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, in the early 1970s. For other uses, see Without You (disambiguation). ... Nilsson Schmilsson is an album by Harry Nilsson. ... A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists earlier released material. ... Aerial Pandemonium Ballet is an album by Harry Nilsson. ...

Track listing

1. "Ten Little Indians" (Nilsson) – 2:13
2. "1941" (Nilsson) – 2:36
3. "Cuddly Toy" (Nilsson) – 2:45
4. "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune" (Kincaid) – 2:19
5. "You Can't Do That" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:16
6. "Sleep Late, My Lady Friend" (Nilsson) – 2:41
7. "She's Leaving Home" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:16
8. "There Will Never Be" (Perry Botkin, Jr., Garfield) – 2:27
9. "Without Her" (Nilsson) – 2:18
10. "Freckles" (Hess, Johnson, Ager) – 2:21
11. "It's Been So Long" (Nilsson) – 2:09
12. "River Deep - Mountain High" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 3:53