More Than a New Discovery
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| Studio album by Laura Nyro | ||||
| Released | January 1967 | |||
| Recorded | Nos. 4, 7: July 13, 1966 Nos. 1-3, 5-6, 8-12: November 29, 1966, New York City |
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| Genre | R&B, Pop | |||
| Length | 46:15 | |||
| Label | Verve Folkways | |||
| Producer | Milton Okun | |||
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| The First Songs | ||||
retitled re-release
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| Singles from More Than a New Discovery | ||||
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More Than a New Discovery is the debut album by Bronx-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was recorded during 1966 and released at the beginning of the following year on the Folkways imprint of the Verve label (this imprint was changed to Verve Forecast Records after Verve was threatened with legal action by Moses Asch who owned the Folkways label). The album was reissued in 1969 as Laura Nyro, with a revised track order and slightly altered cover/back cover design—and again in 1973 as The First Songs, with an all-new cover design (featuring a rose illustration), and the song "Hands Off the Man" retitled to "Flim Flam Man". It gave Nyro a chart entry at #97 on the Billboard 200, then known as the Pop Albums chart.
In 2008, Rev-Ola released a remastered version of the original album in the original running order.
The album included several songs that would become hits for other artists. Blood, Sweat & Tears scored with "And When I Die" (US #2), The 5th Dimension with "Wedding Bell Blues" (US #1) and "Blowin' Away" (US #21), and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End" (US #6).
In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Nyro signed to Verve Folkways (later Verve Forecast Records) after supplying Peter Paul and Mary with her song "And When I Die".
The album was recorded in 1966 with Herb Bernstein and Milton Okun at the helm. Bernstein arranged the songs, and there was some uncertainty about Nyro's ability to lead the musicians by playing piano. As a result, pianist Stan Free was hired, and Nyro was encouraged to play the guitar instead, which she rejected.
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