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, and folk
sounds.
Real Gone Music and Second Disc
Records are proud to celebrate the golden anniversary of Laura Nyro’s debut
with a landmark 2-CD collection. A
Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection features,
for the very first time on CD, both of Nyro’s original mono albums newly-remastered
by Vic Anesini at Sony’s Battery Studios from the original master tapes.
More Than a New Discovery, originally
released on Verve Folkways in 1967, premiered the songs that Barbra Streisand,
Blood Sweat and Tears, and The 5th Dimension would all take up the charts,
including “Stoney End,” “And When I Die,” “Blowin’ Away,” and perhaps the most
famous song Nyro ever wrote, “Wedding Bell Blues.” This special edition restores the original
album sequence and mono mix from the very first version of the album. In 1968, Nyro moved to Columbia Records for
her most acclaimed album, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.
Its songs were once again adopted by other
artists such as Three Dog Night, Frankie Valli, and of course, The 5th
Dimension. Featuring “Eli’s Comin’,”
“Emmie,” “Sweet Blindness,” and the era-defining “Stoned Soul Picnic,” this
ultra-rare album – thought by many Nyro connoisseurs to be superior to the
familiar stereo version – also makes its maiden appearance on CD. A handful of bonus tracks round out this
special package, including the Bones Howe-produced “pop” version of “Save the
Country,” and the CD debuts of the Verve “censored” single version of “Stoney
End” and the single mix of “Eli’s Comin’.”
The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese provides new liner notes; the
crystal-clear remastering is by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in New
York. A Little Magic, A Little Kindness:
The Complete Mono Albums Collection pays tribute to one of pop’s most enduring
iconoclasts. It’s a soul picnic you
won’t want to miss.
Available July 7 from Real Gone Music.
Disc : 1
1. Goodbye Joe
2. Billy's Blues
3. And When I Die
4. Stoney End
5. Lazy Susan
6. Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)
7. Wedding Bell Blues
8. Buy and Sell
9. He's a Runner
10. Blowin' Away
11. I Never Meant to Hurt You
12. California Shoeshine Boys
13. Stoney End
Disc : 2
1. Luckie
2. Lu
3. Sweet Blindness
4. Poverty Train
5. Lonely Woman
6. Eli's Coming
7. Timer
8. Stoned Soul Picnic
9. Emmie
10. Woman's Blues
11. Once It Was Alright (Farmer Joe)
12. December's Boudoir
13. The Confession
14. Eli's Coming
15. Save the Country
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