Artist: Laura Nyro
Album: The First Songs
Label: Verve Forecast
Label: Verve Forecast
Catalog: FTS 3020
Year: 1969
Genre: pop
Grading: VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Quantity: 1
Year: 1969
Genre: pop
Grading: VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Quantity: 1
Art Designer: Murray Laden
Photography: Murray Laden
Photography: Murray Laden
Grade: **** star
Is Laura Nyro one of America's most famous unknowns ? She's been elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jackson Browne (whom she briefly dated), Alice Cooper, and Todd Rundgren are all massive fans. She still has a legion of fans committed to spreading the word of Laura Nyro. Sadly, only 49, she died of ovarian cancer in April 1997.
I bought this album in high school; gave it a couple of spins and then filed it away thinking it wasn't particularly commercial, or enjoyable. Shows you what a schmuck I was. A rerelease of her 1967 debut "Laura Nyro More Than a New Discovery", the album's a classic (even if Nyro largely disowned it). The cover is also stunning. One of the best photos ever taken of Nyro. She just beams happiness.
Is Laura Nyro one of America's most famous unknowns ? She's been elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jackson Browne (whom she briefly dated), Alice Cooper, and Todd Rundgren are all massive fans. She still has a legion of fans committed to spreading the word of Laura Nyro. Sadly, only 49, she died of ovarian cancer in April 1997.
I bought this album in high school; gave it a couple of spins and then filed it away thinking it wasn't particularly commercial, or enjoyable. Shows you what a schmuck I was. A rerelease of her 1967 debut "Laura Nyro More Than a New Discovery", the album's a classic (even if Nyro largely disowned it). The cover is also stunning. One of the best photos ever taken of Nyro. She just beams happiness.
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