Aerial Ballet (GOLD VINYL)

Aerial Ballet solidified Nilsson's craft as a singer-songwriter par excellence. His pen is decidedly sharper in songs like ''Together,'' ''One'' and ''Don't Leave Me,'' which deal with the insecurities and fatalities of romance. Suicide is explored in ''I Said Goodbye to Me,'' and the subjects of fame (''Mr. Richland's Favorite Song'') and fatherhood (''Daddy's Song'') get their drubbing in scat-filled soft-shoe style. This Sundazed edition presents the 1968 mono mix of this treasured work - scarce then, and virtually impossible to locate in the decades since - from the original master reels, with restored artwork. Also included is ''Daddy's Song,'' a tune quickly deleted from the original pressings that features a noticeably different vocal arrangement in its monaural form, and the original first-issue single mix of ''Everybody's Talkin','' among other highlights. A unique version seen only briefly when issued and virtually untouchable in the intervening years, Aerial Ballet in mono, pressed at R.T.I., is now available on 180 gram vinyl. TRACK LISTING: Daddy's Song Good Old Desk Don't Leave Me Mr. Richland's Favorite Song Little Cowboy Together Everybody's Talkin I Said Goodbye to Me Little Cowboy Mr. Tinker One The Wailing of the Willow Bath