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Previously unissued 1966 audition tape from Laura Nyro In the summer of 1966, an 18-year-old Laura Nyro had the chance to audition for Milt Okun, one of the most respected music producers of the day, and Artie Mogull, a noted A&R man. After the session, Mogull became her manager, and Okun signed on to produce her debut record, More Than Just A Discovery. One of the songs she performed, “And When I Die” became the opening track to Peter, Paul, And Mary’s hit The Peter, Paul, And Mary Album – reaching even bigger heights with a cover from Blood, Sweat, & Tears, reaching #2 on the Billboard Charts in 1969. It’s not that she didn’t write other future smashes performed by Three Dog Night (“Eli’s Coming”), The 5th Dimension (“Stoned Soul Picnic,” “Save The Country,” and “Wedding Bell Blues”), Barbra Streisand (“Stoney End”), but it was Nyro’s heart and soul that drove others to cover her work. And, this is the fist look into the legend she would become. Go Find The Moon: The Audition Tape is the beginning of the future Rock and Roll and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee. It was natural. It was organic. It was Laura Nyro. Available now, for the first time, it includes “And When I Die,” as well as songs she never officially released, and versions of classics, delivered with Nyro’s deft and distinctive touch. Mastered by Grammy®-winning engineer Michael Graves, and Produced for release by Grammy®-winner Cheryl Pawelski and George Gilbert of the Laura Nyro Trust, Go Find The Moon is available on CD, Digital, and on LP, cut at 45 rpm, all with liner notes from renowned journalist Jim Farber. From Farber’s notes – “Here, Laura Nyro led the way, with a performance that captured an artist who, however young, was, at root, already fully formed.” Go Find The Moon: The Audition Tape - Laura Nyro

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Record LabelOmnivore Recordings, Omre

UPC0810075110500

eBay Product ID (ePID)7048606533

Product Key Features

Release Year2021

FormatRecord

GenreRock

ArtistNyro, Laura

Release TitleGo Find the Moon: the Audition Tape

Dimensions

Item Height0.20 in

Item Weight0.60 lb

Item Length12.37 in

Item Width12.00 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks8

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 And When I Die 1.2 Lazy Susan (False Start) 1.3 Enough of You 1.4 In and Out 1.5 Go Find the Moon 1.6 Luckie/Studio Talk 1.7 When Sunny Gets Blue (Fragment)/Kansas City (Fragment)/I Only Want to Be with You (Fragment) 1.8 Lazy Susan

Number of Discs1

NotesIn the summer of 1966, an 18-year-old Laura Nyro auditioned for Milt Okun, one of the most respected music producers of the day, and Artie Mogull, a noted A&R man. After the session, these eventual music business legends, were so blown away that Mogull became her manager, and Okun signed on to produce her debut record, More Than Just A Discovery. The first song she performed, "And When I Die" became the opening track to Peter, Paul, And Mary's hit album, The Peter, Paul, And Mary Album, and achieved even bigger success with the cover by Blood, Sweat, & Tears, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Charts in 1969. Quite a song with which to begin an audition! Nyro certainly wrote other future smashes delivered to the charts by artists like Three Dog Night ("Eli's Coming"), The 5th Dimension ("Stoned Soul Picnic," "Save The Country," and "Wedding Bell Blues"), Barbra Streisand ("Stoney End"), and more, but it was Nyro's heart, soul, songwriting brilliance and magnificent vocal talent that drove music fans to discover her own work. Restored and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves, and produced for release by Grammy-winner Cheryl Pawelski and George Gilbert, Go Find The Moon: The Audition Tape is available here on vinyl LP, cut at 45 rpm, with liner notes from journalist Jim Farber. From Farber's notes - "Here, Laura Nyro led the way, with a performance that captured an artist who, however young, was, at root, already fully formed."