Laura Nyro – Trees of the Ages: Laura Nyro Live in Japan (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:04:15 minutes | 698 MB | Genre: Folk, Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Omnivore Recordings
A member of both the Songwriters and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame, Laura Nyro not only wrote songs that became hits for acts including The 5th Dimension, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Three Dog Night, Barbra Streisand, and many more, but has been cited as a major influence by Kate Bush, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Todd Rundgren, Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked), and countless others. She recorded 10 studio albums (one released posthumously), but a live performance from Nyro was always an event.
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Laura Nyro – Mono Albums Collection (2017/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:31:24 minutes | 1,73 GB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
Can you surry? Can you picnic? Laura Nyro, to use her own fanciful word, surried onto the scene 50 years ago with the release of her debut album More Than a New Discovery. Its title was certainly apt. Throughout the course of her life, Nyro wrote and introduced some of the most beloved popular songs of all time with her singular fusion of pop, jazz, R&B, soul, Broadway, gospel, and folk sounds. Today, Second Disc Records is proud to join Real Gone Music to celebrate the golden anniversary of Laura Nyro’s debut as we announce a landmark 2-CD collection that was two years in the making!
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Laura Nyro – Go Find the Moon: The Audition Tape (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 18:30 minutes | 171 MB | Genre: Folk, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Omnivore Recordings
Previously unissued 1966 audition tape from Laura Nyro.
In the summer of 1966, an 18-year-old Laura Nyro had the chance to audition for Milt Okun, one of the most respected music producers of the day, and Artie Mogull, a noted A&R man. After the session, Mogull became her manager, and Okun signed on to produce her debut record, More Than Just A Discovery. One of the songs she performed, “And When I Die” became the opening track to Peter, Paul, And Mary’s hit The Peter, Paul, And Mary Album – reaching even bigger heights with a cover from Blood, Sweat, & Tears, reaching #2 on the Billboard Charts in 1969.
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Laura Nyro – Eli and The Thirteenth Confession (1968) [Audio Fidelity 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 4.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 46:19 minutes | Full Scans included | 2,1 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 46:48 mins | Scans | 909 MB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic surround sound | Mastered by Steve Hoffman | Audio Fidelity # AFZ5 237
Nyro peaked early, and Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, just her second album, remains her best. It’s not only because it contains the original versions of no less than three songs that were big hits for other artists: “Sweet Blindness” (covered by the 5th Dimension), “Stoned Soul Picnic” (also covered by the 5th Dimension), and “Eli’s Comin'” (done by Three Dog Night). It’s not even just because those three songs are so outstanding. It’s because the album as a whole is so outstanding, with its invigorating blend of blue-eyed soul, New York pop, and early confessional singer/songwriting. Nyro sang of love, inscrutably enigmatic romantic daredevils, getting drunk, lonely women, and sensual desire with an infectious joie de vivre. The arrangements superbly complemented the material with lively brass, wailing counterpoint backup vocals, and Nyro’s own ebullient piano.
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Laura Nyro – Angel In The Dark (2001) [Reissue 2002]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 65:47 minutes | Artwork included | 2,67 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Artwork included | 1,21 GB
An influential New York City-based singer-songwriter, with a powerful, soulful voice who bridged the gaps bewteen folk, pop, and soul.
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