LAURA NYRO Season Of Lights...In Concert LP COLUMBIA 1977 US orig+foc+inner
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LAURA NYRO
with JOHN TROPEA, MICHAEL MAINIERI, ANDY NEWMARK, RICHARD DAVIS,
NYDIA MATA, ELLEN SEELING, JEFF KING, JEANIE FINEBERG, CARTER C.C. COLLINS
Laura Nyro was one of pop music's true originals: A brilliant and innovative composer,
her songs found greater commercial success in the hands of other performers,
but her own records -- intricate, haunting works highlighting her singularly
powerful vocal phrasing, evocative lyrics, and alchemical fusion of gospel,
soul, folk, and jazz structures -- remain her definitive artistic legacy
"SEASON OF LIGHTS...LAURA NYRO IN CONCERT"
RECORDED LIVE at CARNEGIE HALL, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO at BOULDER, MASSACHUSETTS OUTDOORS, and OAKLAND
1977 LP COLUMBIA RECORDS PC 34786
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
This version: Issued on a red/yellow Columbia label
in a gatefold cover + inner sleeve.
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
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LABEL: COLUMBIA - RED LABEL w/YELLOW 'COLUMBIA' - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) PC 34786 (rear & inner) 34786
Catalog on labels: PC 34786 (AL 34786) / PC 34786 (BL 34786)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): AL 34786-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): BL 34786-1B
On labels: rim text reads '® "Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.'
? 1977 CBS Inc.On inside cover: All songs published by Tuna Fish Music
On inner sleeve: Lyrics
On back cover: All songs written by Laura Nyro
© 1977 CBS Inc.................
tracklisting
Side A: THE CONFESSION - AND WHEN I DIE
UPSTAIRS BY A CHINESE LAMP - SWEET BLINDNESS - CAPTAIN ST. LUCIFER
Side B: MONEY - THE CAT SONG - WHEN I WAS A FREEPORT AND YOU WERE THE MAIN DRAG
TIMER - EMMIE
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From the opening moments of Season of Lights you know that this record was cut at the perfect moment in Nyro's career -- her performance
combines the understated sense of release of someone who is back from a long sabbatical (in this case, five years away from recording
or performing), and the cool, smooth professionalism of a natural performer who has found a perfect accompaniment, in this case mixing
elements of pop and light jazz. She gave listeners fresh reconsiderations of ten-year-old works like "And When I Die," which she does in a slow,
lyrical, yet slightly funky manner, as though neither she nor any of her audience had ever heard of Blood, Sweat & Tears
-- talk about reclaiming a song for herself, once one hears this rendition it's difficult to take David Clayton-Thomas' performance of it
seriously ever again -- and "The Confession." "Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp" becomes the vehicle for Nyro's introduction of the band,
before she begins stretching her upper range, accompanied by Jeanie Fineberg's flute,
John Tropea's guitar, and Michael Mainieri's vibraphone...(AllMusic)
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