Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Singer-Songwriter/Soul
Laura Nyro was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist whose sophisticated compositions influenced numerous artists and achieved success through cover versions. Her songs, including 'Wedding Bell Blues,' 'Eli's Coming,' 'Stoned Soul Picnic,' and 'And When I Die,' became hits for artists including The 5th Dimension, Three Dog Night, and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Nyro's own performances combined soul, jazz, and pop influences with an intensity that anticipated later female singer-songwriters. Her albums, including 'Eli and the Thirteenth Confession' and 'New York Tendaberry,' are considered classics. Nyro's influence on artists from Joni Mitchell to Tori Amos established her as one of American music's most important songwriters, though she remained less commercially successful than those who covered her songs.
Laura Nyro vinyl records (6)
LAURA NYRO Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat (1970 US Columbia label 9-track vinyl LP including a lovely version of Goffin & Kings Up On The Roof alongside the self-penned originals picture sleeve with lyrics on the reverse. The sleeve showssome minor discolouration and a little shelfwear the vinyl sisplays some faint cosmetic surface scuffs but appears barely played KC30259) Track Listing: 1
£28.00 used
LAURA NYRO Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat (1970 UK 9-track vinyl LP by the extraordinary & greatly missed singer/songwriter matt picture sleeve. The sleeve carries some light light discolouration and mild edgewear whilst the vinyl remains in excellent condition with minimal signs of play- Essential) Track Listing: 01 Brown Earth 4:11 02 When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag 2:46 03 Blackpatch 3:36 04 Been On A Train 5:52 05 Up On The Roof 3:15 06 Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp 5:34 07 Map To The Treasure 8:09 08 Beads Of Sweat 4:44 09 Christmas In My Soul 7:04
£45.00 used
LAURA NYRO Elis Comin (Scarce original 1968 UK 7 vinyl single with the intact four prong centre also including Sweet Blindness CBS company die-cut paper sleeve. The labels are clean and vinyl is Excellent with minimal sign of play)
£39.00 used
LAURA NYRO Mothers Spiritual (2025 UK/EU limited edition 14-track LP pressed on 180-gram Translucent Pink Vinyl originally released in 1984. Musically the album stands out as the most serene and easygoing of all Nyros works presenting a more maternal tone compared to the wilder and more experimental nature of her earlier albums
£34.99 new
LAURA NYRO New York Tendaberry (2008 UK limited edition Pure Pleasure issue of the 11-track LP pressed on Audiophile quality 180 Gram Vinyl originally released in 1969 this seminal recording was acclaimed by critics as a masterpiece aunique enigmatic and totally stunning musical statement. Factory sealed in mint condition) Track Listing: 1
£44.99 new
LAURA NYRO Eli & The Thirteenth Confession (Early 70s UK issue of the 1968 13-track stereo LP on the plain orange CBS label with A1/B1 matrices including the original versions of Sweet Blindness Stoned Soul Picnic & the superb Elis Comin which were later hits for 5th Dimension & Three Dog Night
£84.00 used