LAURA NYRO - THE FIRST SONGS....... VERVE/FORECAST '69
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RELEASED U.K. IN '69 TO LITTLE RESPONSE THIS ALBUM CAME OUT IN '66 IN THE U.$. TITLED "MORE THAN A NEW DISCOVERY". THE ALBUM IS CHOKER WITH SONGS COVERED BY THE LIKES OF BARBRA STREISAND, FIFTH DIMENSION AND BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS WHO ACTUALLY RECORDED THREE SONGS OFF THE ALBUM. THE FORMER TWO ARTISTS HAD CHART HITS WITH "STONEY END" AND "WEDDING BELL BLUES". THE ALBUM'S SONGS AND DELIVERY ECHO THE STYLE OF AN EARLIER GENERATION OF SONGWRITERS FROM THE BRILL BUILDING AND NYRO LATER RECORDED A TRIBUTE ALBUM TO THE ARTISTS OF HER YOUTH, "GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE", WITH LABELLE, SALUTING MOTOWN, DOO WOP AND GIRL GROUPS. HER FEEL WAS ALWAYS IN AN R&B DIRECTION AND EACH SONG IS SUNG IMMACULATELY. THE ALBUM WAS ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY HERB BERNSTEIN AND PRODUCED BY MILT OKUN AND IT WAS ON VERVE, FORECAST WHICH, AT THE TIME, HAD A SORT OF PROG. IMAGE WITH THE LIKES OF JANIS IAN AND THE BLUES PROJECT. ALBUM AND SLEEVE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. Cat. No. SVLP 6022.
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