The Point!

Description

Is it a childrens story, an acid trip, or a combination of both? Available again for the first time in generations, Harry Nilssons 1971 album 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 doesnt, then theres a point to it. After the success of the album, The Point! was adapted into an animated short film and premiered on American network television during prime time in 1971. The film, which has seen its 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. As always with any Get On Down release, this album is presented with fully remastered audio sourced from the original recordings, and also included is a fully restored large format eight-page comic storyboard, replicating the original vinyl release insert, enabling the listener to be more engaged in the story.