NewsLaura Nyro / American Dreamer limited edition 8LP vinyl box set
Remastered albums • Bonus LP of rarities
Madfish are to release American Dreamer, a limited edition remastered vinyl box set of albums by the influential and celebrated singer-songwriter Laura Nyro.
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 element of soul, R&B, jazz, and gospel, giving them an emotional heat that set her apart.
American Dreamer features the seven studio albums Nyro recorded during
this period, including Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968), New York
Tendaberry (1969), Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (1970) and Gonna Take a Miracle (1971) the Gamble & Huff-produced covers set she recorded with Labelle.
Each studio album remastered specifically for vinyl and in addition to the remastered studio albums, the box set houses a bonus LP of archive
demos and live tracks entitled Rarities & Live Recordings.
The box set comes with a 36-page, large-format booklet that includes rare photographs, ephemera and notes by author Peter Doggett, along with warm words from the likes of Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Todd Rundgren, Rosanne Cash, Rickie Lee Jones, Graham Nash, Donald Fagen, Bette Midler, Patti Labelle and others.
American Dreamer is released on 27 August 2021 (was 30 July) via Madfish. The box set is limited and is available to pre-order via the SDE shop using this link, or the button below.
Tracklisting
American Dreamer Laura Nyro / Limited edition 8LP vinyl box set
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Side A
- Goodbye Joe
- Billy’s Blues
- And When I Die
- Stoney End
- Lazy Susan
- Hands Off The Man
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Side B
- Wedding Bell Blues
- Buy And Sell
- He’s A Runner
- Blowin’ Away
- Never Meant To Hurt You
- California Shoe-Shine Boys
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Side A
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So many negative comments about this box set, be grateful that Laura Nyro is rightfully getting some attention, some folk are never happy. It is a fantastic box set and the sound quality is top drawer. Analogue or digitally sourced I don’t know? But I don’t really care it sounds fantastic, AAA snobs need have a day off, digital sourced done well can be fantastic also. Anyways its about the music first and foremost. Arguably box set of the year.
This is an awkward release, for various reasons.
And the main is: the first 4 albums, which arguably contain her best work, have all been spectacularly reissued on vinyl just recently, with the excellent mono reissue from Real Gone of the first album, and the next three with audiophile, all analogue editions from Pure Pleasure / Analog Spark.
This box, I really don’t think it’s all analogue. And I doubt that quality-wise it’s going to match those audiophile reissues, which probably the Nyro fan who also happens to be a vinyl lover already owns.
Like I do.
And as much as I’d like to have the bonus disc, I’m not interested in buying all over again albums I recently purchased in audiophile quality…
sounds fantastic.
Like almost everybody else says – CD version, please!
The first five albums (before Laura’s “retirement”) are all more or less essential, including the “Gonna Take A Miracle” covers set, which has all the joy you’d expect from best friends (LN and Patti Labelle) singing their favourite songs together, and I have a real soft spot for it… yes, a CD version of this box would be nice, and as someone else has mentioned, not making it a complete collection feels like a missed opportunity somewhat, but anything that gets Laura’s name out there again is worthwhile, she’s such an almost-forgotten talent, which is especially strange bearing in mind how in-demand her songs were for a few years…
A CD box set for this collections shouldn’t cost more than £ 60-70, and Madfish doesn’t produce CD boxes for less than £ 250 :-)))
Well, there could be buyers interested in paying that +200 GBP if the content justifies that price tag which could mean a better book with more content, the addition of the final two studio albums, more live content and dvd / blu ray with available visual material. If there is not enough content then maybe there is a first time for them to produce a slightly cheaper set and explore if there is market for it…
Echoing other comments here, this would be an instant buy for me if it was on CD. Really hope that can be considered…
this has been a log time a comin. wish they would of used the original cover for new york tendaberry . last one sold for $2875.
On the one hand a wonderful idea to appreciate the works of Laura Nyro with a high class box set, on the other hand a spoilt chance. Why leave out Nyro’s final two studio albums ‘Mother’s Spiritual’ and the excellent Gary Katz-produced ‘Walk The Dog & Light The Light’, the latter never having been available on vinyl at all? And then .. why not add the 16-song version of ‘Season of Lights’ (previous vinyl versions only had 10 songs), to make it a complete Columbia-era set?
A box set that contains 7 out of 9 studio albums of an artist and omits the other two that were originally on the same label .. it just doesn’t make sense to me, especially since Laura Nyro box sets don’t come around every other week ..
And yes, like the Pylon box set, this deserves a CD edition, too!
I’m sure this will be lovely, but that’s a ludicrous price considering I got the first six LPs for a grand total of £8, or 5% of the retail price (and in great shape), all in the last five years.
The “Rarities” are all previously released — either bonus tracks from various CD reissues or out-of-context excerpts from the two live albums released by Columbia. Those two live albums would have been welcome in this box, with “Season of Light” as the 2 LPs it was intended to be, rather than the single LP it was edited to fit when first released.
Laura started with an absolute classic album but never quite kept that quality up. Some of her later material was rather mundane. But Pablo is spot on, this set needs a cd release
I agree Pablo. I discovered Laura Nyro about 2 years ago and what a revelation. I would love to see this set in a CD version.
Laura Nyro is definitely one of my favourite artists, a superb talent. I am not going to criticize that this is a only vinyl reissue (surely there are many happy with the announcement as it is) but wanted to express my opinion that I would welcome a CD edition of the same remastered material. If more buyers are feeling the same and express their opinion maybe we will have someone from Madfish listening…
I agree that a CD set would be welcome. I’ve known about Laura Nyro for years but never got round to buying any of her albums. If this came as a reasonably priced CD set then I would be tempted to dive in. I just bought the Bill Withers CD box set for less than £30 having thought about getting some of his stuff for a long time but not really knowing where to begin. Getting all of the albums in one go means I’m not missing out on anything.