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Laura Nyro - The First Songs (aka ' More Than a New Discovery') [Audio Fidelity 180g LP] 24/96 & CD-format
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Laura Nyro - The First Songs (aka ' More Than a New Discovery')
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (presented in 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | DR Analysis | 725 / 210 mb incl. recovery | FSonic, FF & WU | Folk; Pop | 1973 (1966)
Mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray @ CoHearent Audio, Los Angeles
Audio Fidelity 180g LP ~ pressed @ RTI / Cat,#: AFZLP 090
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (presented in 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | DR Analysis | 725 / 210 mb incl. recovery | FSonic, FF & WU | Folk; Pop | 1973 (1966)
Mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray @ CoHearent Audio, Los Angeles
Audio Fidelity 180g LP ~ pressed @ RTI / Cat,#: AFZLP 090
| “ | Both casual listeners, as well as seasoned connoisseurs, can find much to discover and rediscover on these seminal sides from Laura Nyro. - Lindsay Planer/AMG (4/5 Stars) | ” |
More Than A New Discovery is the debut album by Bronx-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was recorded during 1966 and released at the beginning of the following year on the Folkways imprint of the Verve label (this imprint was changed to Verve Forecast Records after Verve was threatened with legal action by Moses Asch who owned the Folkways label). The album was reissued, with a revised track order and with the song "Hands Off the Man" retitled to "Flim Flam Man", in 1973 by Columbia Records as The First Songs. It gave Nyro a chart entry at #97 on the Billboard 200, then known as the Pop Albums chart.
The album included several songs that would become hits for other artists. Blood, Sweat & Tears scored with "And When I Die" (US #2), The 5th Dimension with "Wedding Bell Blues" (US #1) and "Blowin' Away" (US #21), and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End" (US #6).
In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
| “ | Review by Lindsay Planer (allmusic.com) These 12 sides represent singer/songwriter Laura Nyro's earliest professional recordings. More Than a New Discovery was originally issued on the Folkways label in conjunction with Verve Records in early 1967. The contents were subsequently reissued as The First Songs in 1969 after she began to garner national exposure with her first two LPs for Columbia -- Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), respectively. Many of these titles became international hits for some of the early '70s most prominent pop music vocalists and bands. Among them, "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Blowing Away" were covered by the Fifth Dimension. "And When I Die" became one of Blood, Sweat & Tears signature pieces. Likewise, "Stoney End," as well as "I Never Meant to Hurt You," are both arguably best known via Barbra Streisand's renditions. Accompanied by a small pop combo, Nyro's prowess as both composer and performer are evidence that she was a disciple of both Tin Pan Alley as well as the Brill Building writers. Additionally, Nyro was able to blend the introspection of a classic torch ballad with an undeniable intimacy inherent in her lyrics. "Buy and Sell," as well as "Billy's Blues," exemplify her marriage of jazz motifs within a uniquely pop music structure. Also immediately discernible is that these were far from simplistic, dealing with the organic elements that tether all of humanity, such as love, death, loss, and even redemption. While artists such as Tim Buckley and Joni Mitchell were attempting to do the same, much of their early catalog is considerably less focused in comparison. For example, "Lazy Susan" incorporates the same acoustic noir that would become the centerpiece of her future epics "Gibsom Street" and the title track to New York Tendaberry. There are a few differences worth noting when comparing More Than a New Discovery and First Songs. After Columbia Records bought Nyro out of her contract with Verve/Forecast, they also issued this collection in 1973 as First Songs, boasting a revised running order, as well as a title change from "Hands Off the Man" -- as listed here -- to "Flim Flam Man." Beginning in 2002, Sony/Legacy began an exhaustive overhaul of Nyro's classic '70s albums. In addition to remastered sound and newly incorporated artwork and liner notes, the series also boasts "bonus tracks" where applicable. Both casual listeners, as well as seasoned connoisseurs, can find much to discover and rediscover on these seminal sides from Laura Nyro. | ” |
Track listing
All songs written by Laura Nyro.
- Side A
"Wedding Bell Blues" – 2:44
"Billy's Blues" – 3:20
"California Shoeshine Boys" – 2:45
"Blowin' Away" – 2:23
"Lazy Susan" – 3:53
"Goodbye Joe" – 2:38
Side B
"Flim Flam Man" – 2:29
"Stoney End" – 2:46
"I Never Meant to Hurt You" – 2:52
"He's a Runner" – 3:40
"Buy and Sell" – 3:38
"And When I Die" – 2:40
Personnel
- Herb Bernstein - arranger, conductor, flugelhorn
Milton Okun - producer
Laura Nyro - guitar, keyboards, vocals, songwriter
Jay Berliner - guitar
Stan Free - piano
Bill Lavorgna - drums
Buddy Lucas - harmonica
Lou Mauro - bass
James Sedlar - horn
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High resoulution files are marked as "hr", CD-compatible files as "rb".
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