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Is it a children's story, an acid trip, or a combination of both? Get On Down is proud to present for the first time in generations, Harry Nilsson's 1971 album The Point! The Point! is a essentially a fable, extolling the trials and tribulations of a round-headed person named Oblio growing up in a "Pointed Village" where by rule of order everyone and everything in the land was to have "a point." The album covers the challenges Oblio endures while he searches for a cure to his "pointless" condition. How did Nilsson craft such a remarkable and beloved fable? "I was on acid" he explained. "I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it." After the success of the album, The Point! was adapted into an animated short film and premiered on ABC during primetime in 1971. The film, which has seen it's narrating role covered by the likes of Ringo Starr, Dustin Hoffman, and Alan Thicke, was recently re-released in 2004. A live musical play was also adapted from this album and featured the late Davy Jones playing the lead role of Oblio.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Everything's Got Them
2 The Town
3 Me and My Arrow
4 The Game
5 Poli High
6 The Trial and Banishment
7 Think About Your Troubles
8 The Pointed Man
9 Life Line
10 The Birds
11 P.O.V. Waltz
12 The Clearing in the Woods
13 Are You Sleeping?
14 Oblio's Return
15 Think About Your Troubles
16 Life Line
17 Down to the Valley
The Point! Nilsson Includes:
- Gatefold LP Jacket
- Features the Film's Original Songs & Lyrics
- Story, Narration, Songs Vocals & Production by Harry Nilsson
- Original 11.5" X 11.5" 8-Page Full Color Comic Storyboard by Gary Lund
GET-51298
88691975271-S1
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