LAURA NYRO - The Essential ... (2 CD, Set 2011) **NEW**

During the singer/songwriter movement in the late '60s and early '70s, Laura Nyro was one of the most celebrated tunesmiths of her day, penning soulful, literate songs that took the folky introspection of her peers and infused it with elements of soul, R&B, jazz, and gospel, giving them an emotional heat that set her apart. Nyro was a well-respected recording artist, whose confident piano work and rich, expressive vocals made albums like 1968's Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and 1969's New York Tendaberry classics, and she demonstrated how powerfully classic R&B and girl group material had influenced her on the all-covers set Gonna Take a Miracle, recorded in tandem with Labelle. However, while she made great records, Nyro's passionate style was considered too idiosyncratic for the Top 40, and her songs were better known in versions recorded by other artists; the 5th Dimension, Three Dog Night, Barbra Streisand, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Peter, Paul & Mary all scored hit singles with her material. Nyro's frustrations with her lack of success as a performer, coupled with her desire to maintain her privacy, led to her periodically retiring from recording and performing, but latter-day efforts like 1984's Mother's Spiritual and 1993's Walk the Dog and Light the Light revealed she was still a compelling singer and pianist, while her social, political, and environmental concerns pushed her lyrics in new directions.

This out of print and hard to find compilation of her best material contains 34 tracks, including four previously unreleased live versions! 

Track List: 
1-1 Wedding Bell Blues 2:53 
1-2 Blowin' Away 2:19 
1-3 Billy's Blues 3:17 
1-4 Stoney End 2:45 
1-5 And When I Die 2:38 
1-6 Lu 2:45 
1-7 Eli's Comin' 3:57 
1-8 Stoned Soul Picnic 3:47 
1-9 Timer 3:23 
1-10 Emmie 4:19 
1-11 The Confession 2:48 
1-12 Capt. St. Lucifer 3:13 
1-13 Gibsom Street 4:41 
1-14 New York Tendaberry 5:33 
1-15 Save The Country (Single Version) 2:25 
1-16 Blackpatch 3:34 
1-17 Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp 5:33 
1-18 Beads Of Sweat 4:47 
1-19 When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag 2:42 
2-1 I Met Him On A Sunday 1:50 
2-2 The Bells 2:58 
2-3 Smile 5:38 
2-4 Sweet Blindness (Live) 3:51 
2-5 Money (Live) 5:52 
2-6 Mr Blue 5:00 
2-7 A Wilderness 2:57 
2-8 Mother's Spiritual 3:17 
2-9 A Woman Of The World 4:10 
2-10 Louise's Church 3:32 
2-11 Broken Rainbow 3:51 
2-12 To A Child 3:31 
2-13 Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song) 3:17 
2-14 And When I Die (Live) 2:48 
2-15 Save The Country (Live) 2:42

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