SEALED folk rock LP LAURA NYRO “More Than a New Discovery” VERVE FOLKWAYS WOW
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Description
Artist: LAURA NYRO
Title: “More Than a New Discovery”
Label: VERVE FOLKWAYS ~ FTS 3020. STEREO pressing.
Year: 1967
Condition:
NOTE: This album came to us STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap as part of the estate of a shop owner who maintained a personal collection of fine vintage LPs, many of them sealed.
This LP is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap. Shrink wrap is sparkling clean and fully intact, except for a small separation (approximately 2 inches) at the center of opening edge.
There is a circular hype sticker on the front cover under the shrink wrap “Contains the hit single “Wedding Bell Blues.” There is also a red discount price sticker on the outside of the shrink wrap.
VERY HARD TO FIND a still-sealed copy of this seminal debut LP from Laura Nyro, songwriter extraordinaire.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- Goodbye Joe
- Billy’s Blues
- And When I Die
- Stoney End
- Lazy Susan
- Hands Off the Man
Side Two:
- Wedding Bell Blues
- Buy and Sell
- He’s a Runner
- Blowin’ Away
- I Never Meant to Hurt You
- California Shoe-Shine Boys
Review:
“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.”
(courtesy Lindsay Planer, allmusic.com.)
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