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Tracklist: 1. Goodbye Joe2. Billy’s Blues3. And When I Die4. Stoney End5. Lazy Susan6. Hands Off The Man7. Wedding Bell Blues8. Buy And Sell9. He’s A Runner10. Blowin’ Away11. Never Meant To Hurt You12. California Shoe-Shine Boys13. Luckie14. Lu15. Sweet Blindness16. Poverty Train17. Lonely Women18. Eli’s Comin’19. Timer20. Stoned Soul Picnic21. Emmie22. Woman’s Blues23. Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)24. December’s Boudoir25. The Confession26. You Don’t Love Me When I Cry27. Captain For Dark Mornings28. Tom Cat Goodbye29. Mercy On Broadway30. Save The Country31. Gibsom Street32. Time And Love33. The Man Who Sends Me Home34. Sweet Lovin’ Baby35. Captain Saint Lucifer36. New York Tendaberry37. Brown Earth38. When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag39. Blackpatch40. Been On A Train41. Up On The Roof42. Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp43. Map To The Treasure44. Beads Of Sweat45. Christmas In My Soul46. I Met Him On A Sunday47. The Bells48. Monkey Time / Dancing In The Street49. Desiree50. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me51. Spanish Harlem52. Jimmy Mack53. Wind54. Nowhere To Run55. It’s Gonna Take A Miracle56. Sexy Mama57. Children Of The Junks58. Money59. I Am The Blues60. Stormy Love61. The Cat-Song62. Midnite Blue63. Smile64. Mr. Blue (The Song Of Communications)65. Rhythm And Blues66. My Innocence67. Crazy Love68. American Dreamer69. Springblown70. The Sweet Sky71. Light (Pop’s Principle)72. Child In A Universe73. The Nest74. Stoney End (Single Version) (Mono Version)75. Lu (Demo)76. Stoned Soul Picnic (Demo)77. Emmie (Demo)78. Eli’s Comin’ (Single Version) (Mono Version)79. Save The Country (Single Version)80. In The Country Way (Album Version)81. Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing (Recorded Live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)82. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Recorded Live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)83. O-o-h Child (Recorded Live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)84. Up On the Roof (Recorded Live 30 May 1971, Fillmore East, USA)85. Someone Loves You (Demo)86. Get Off My Cap (Demo)87. Coffee Morning (Demo)88. Medley – Emily-Nested (Live)
• 7 ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS FROM 1967 – 1978 • ADDITIONAL LP OF RARITIES & LIVE RECORDINGS EXCLUSIVE TO THIS BOX • ALL ALBUMS REMASTERED ESPECIALLY FOR THESE VINYL EDITIONS • ALL HOUSED IN A STUNNING BOOK-SHELF SLIPCASE BOX SET • 36-PAGE 12” BOOK WITH EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES FROM RENOWNED AUTHOR PETER DOGGETT FEATURING RARE PHOTOGRAPHS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH TODD RUNDGREN, CHARLIE CALLELO, HERB BERNSTEIN AND MANY MORE.
Madfish are extremely proud to present: LAURA NYRO – AMERICAN DREAMER, an 8LP Deluxe Vinyl Box Set housing 7 of Laura’s breathtaking original albums – More Than A New Discovery, Eli And The Thirteenth Confession, New York Tendaberry, Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat, Gonna Take A Miracle, Smile & Nested, alongside an original LP of Rarities & Live Recordings.
During the singer/songwriter movement in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Laura Nyro was one of the most celebrated tunesmiths of her day. She penned 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 hugely respected recording artist, whose confident piano work and rich, expressive vocals made other sonic trailblazers such as Miles Davis and Alice Coltrane navigate towards her. She has influenced the greatest of songwriters – Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Elton John, Neil Young, Carole King, Kate Bush and Elvis Costello among them. That influence continues today being heard in the works of Alicia Keys, Tori Amos, Suzanne Vega, Jenny Lewis and more. Nyro’s wonderfully expressive and poetic songs – of which many became major hits by other artists, most notably The 5th Dimension, Three Dog Night and Barbra Streisand – remain hallmarks of outstanding quality. ‘Eli’s Comin’, ‘Gibsom Street’, ‘Wedding Bell Blues’, ‘And When I Die’, ‘Stoned Soul Picnic’, ‘Map To The Treasure’, ‘Sweet Blindness’ and ‘Stoney End’ are magnificent examples.
Nyro was 18 years old when she signed her first recording contract and wrote the songs for which she is likely to be best remembered. By the time she was 22, she had become one of the most successful composers in American popular music. But at the age of just 24, she drew back from her creativity and fame, battered and drained by the sheer energy and nerve required to sustain her career. Fortunately for those of us who loved her music, that was not the end of the story. She returned briefly to the fray for three turbulent years in the mid-to-late 1970s, and then enjoyed a final decade of artistic achievement and public acclaim, before illness took her from us at the tragically early age of 49 in 1997. Nyro found her early fame challenging yet despite living under an unrelenting spotlight, she was able to create this series of utterly beautiful and stunningly unique albums.
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