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The RCA Albums Collection (Harry Nilsson box set)

The RCA Albums Collection is a 17-disc compilation album dedicated to American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. It was released in July 2013 by Legacy Recordings. The album includes 14 of Nilsson's solo albums from the 1960s and 1970s and three CDs worth of unreleased session recordings.

Assembled by Andrew Sandoval and Rob Santos the set includes 11 of Nilsson's albums remastered by Vic Anesini. The three albums not remastered for this set were mastered by Anesini and include The Point, Nilsson Schmilsson and Son of Schmilsson. The set includes each album in mini-cardboard replicas of the original vinyl packaging. Nilsson's first two albums include both mono and stereo mixes of the respective tracks with the mono tracks receiving their first CD release.

Missing from this set is the album Son of Dracula as, with the exception of the song "Daybreak" and the snippets of dialogue, all its tracks had previously been released on other albums or singles. ("Daybreak" itself is included in its single version.) Also omitted is the instrumental portion of the soundtrack Skidoo, which Nilsson wrote but did not perform. As well, this set explicitly only covers Nilsson's RCA work, so all non-RCA material is excluded (including several 1980s/1990s rarities and soundtrack appearances, and the pre- and post-RCA albums Spotlight on Nilsson, Flash Harry, Losst and Founnd, and the soundtrack to the film Popeye.)

The boxed set includes a booklet with brief comments on each album, full credits and rare pictures.

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