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| Artist: |
Laura Nyro |
| Record Label: |
Legacy Recordings |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Singer/Songwriter |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. American Dove
2. Medley
3. Spanish Harlem
4. I Am the Blues
5. Medley
6. Emmie
7. Map to the Treasure
8. Christmas in My Soul
9. Save the Country
10. Medley
11. Medley
12. Mother Earth |
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Personnel: Laura Nyro (vocals, piano). Liner Note Author: Amalie R. Rothschild. Recording information: Fillmore East, New York, New York (05/30/1971). Before Tori Amos and Rickie Lee Jones, there was Laura Nyro. Drawing upon inspiration from gospel, folk, jazz, pop, and Broadway, Nyro was an innovative, consummate singer/songwriter (long before the term became commonplace), whose songs became pop standards via hit versions by other performers (including the 5th Dimension, Barbra Streisand, and Blood, Sweat & Tears). SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY: LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST MAY 30, 1971 is a previously unreleased document of an "unplugged" performance of Nyro's unaccompanied voice and piano, shortly before the legendary New York City rock palace would shutter its doors. While some of Nyro's best-known songs ("Wedding Bell Blues," "And When I Die") aren't present, we do get marvelous, almost unbearably beautiful and soulful cover versions of pop and R&B/soul classics (including a medley of "Dancing in the Stree... |
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