Laura Nyro – Mono Albums Collection (2017/2018) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

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!

A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection is due on Friday, July 7. It 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, plus new-to-CD bonus tracks!

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, the pioneering singer-songwriter moved to Columbia Records to create her most acclaimed album, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession. Its haunting, passionate, and powerful 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 edition 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’.” John Sellards has beautifully designed our collection, incorporating the original artwork for both albums into a deluxe 24-page booklet. I’ve penned the liner notes, based upon my fresh interviews with two legendary music men: Charlie Calello, producer of Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, and Bones Howe, Laura’s longtime friend and champion. All tracks have been sourced from the original master tapes!

A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection pays tribute to one of pop’s most enduring iconoclasts. A true labor love for all of us at The Second Disc and Real Gone Music, we hope it’s a soul picnic you won’t want to miss. Pre-orders can be placed at the links below, and it’s due on July 7! Watch this space for news on the rest of Real Gone’s stellar July slate!

Tracklist:
Disc 1 (38:41)
1. Goodbye Joe (Mono Version) (02:39)
2. Billy’s Blues (Mono Version) (03:20)
3. And When I Die (Mono Version) (02:41)
4. Stoney End (Mono Version) (02:48)
5. Lazy Susan (Mono Version) (03:55)
6. Hands Off the Man (Flim Flam Man) [Mono Version] (02:31)
7. Wedding Bells Blues (Mono Version) (02:44)
8. Buy and Sell (Mono Version) (03:37)
9. He’s a Runner (Mono Version) (03:41)
10. Blowin’ Away (Mono Version) (02:23)
11. I Never Meant To Hurt You (Mono Version) (02:53)
12. California Shoeshine Boys (Mono Version) (02:47)
13. Stoney End ((Single Version) [Mono Version]) (02:42)

Disc 2 (52:30)
1. Luckie (Mono Version) (03:02)
2. Lu (Mono Version) (02:47)
3. Sweet Blindness (Mono Version) (02:40)
4. Poverty Train (Mono Version) (04:18)
5. Lonely Women (Mono Version) (03:35)
6. Eli’s Comin’ (Mono Version) (04:00)
7. Timer (Mono Version) (03:25)
8. Stoned Soul Picnic (Mono Version) (03:49)
9. Emmie (Mono Version) (04:23)
10. Woman’s Blues (Mono Version) (03:48)
11. Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) [Mono Version] (03:00)
12. December’s Boudoir (Mono Version) (05:08)
13. The Confession (Mono Version) (02:52)
14. Eli’s Comin’ ((Single Version) [Mono Version]) (03:16)
15. Save the Country (Mono Version) (02:27)

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