"Gotta Get Up" (2:33)
(1968 Aerial Ballet-Full Version)
Unreleased Master Tape/Correct Speed
Written & Performed By Harry Nilsson
Another speed variation, this time from a rare unreleased master tape of the original 1968 sessions for "Gotta Get Up." You've likely heard the bonus track version, recorded for Aerial Ballet years before it would officially debut on Nilsson Schmilsson. It's an upbeat, horn-enhanced pop romp that sounds like Harry was writing for Davy Jones again (Davy would even cover the tune in 1977). For whatever reason, the 1968 version never made it to Aerial Ballet, sitting in the can until being resurrected decades later as a bonus track. A few years ago, however, this unheard master tape surfaced... at the correct speed and running until the very end of the take, when the band breaks down, a subtle little highlight. Like our earlier, speed-corrected fan curio of "Daddy's Song," Harry sounds more natural on this original Master Tape version (from Remasters Workshop's Secret Tracks bootleg, 2009). We've been meaning to spotlight it since it came out (but needed a cheap Monkees parody cover first). Hear both versions below. Get them HERE.
"Gotta Get Up" (1968 Aerial Ballet - Full Version) (2:33) - Unreleased Master Tape
"Gotta Get Up" (Previously Unreleased Version) (2:15) - Bonus Track Version
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4 comments:
Nice cover!
I've been listening to early Nilsson 45s at 33 for years.
HA! Probably works for plenty of other artists, too.
great ! i'm loving it!
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