Be ready for the deepest dive yet into the womblike creativity of the idiosyncratic, unmistakable musical force that is Laura Nyro. Acknowledged as a genuine original, expressing a whirlpool nexus of r’n’b, doowop, Broadway, opera, folk and her own individual sort of soul, she thought like a bandleader even when she was solo. “She wrote songs that had no kind of fixed compass point. They remain as unique and absolutely spellbinding to this day as when I first heard them in the ’60s.”
10 Original Studio Albums, 6 Live Albums including 2 Previously Unreleased Live Concerts, Laura’s original demo tape from 1966 and bonus disc of rarities including mono versions, alternative versions and live tracks.
All albums remastered especially for this collection, all housed in a deluxe, lift-off lid box.
Coffee-table book with in-depth liner notes by Vivien Goldman, foreword from Sir Elton John and testimonials from Charlie Calello, Will Lee, John Sebastian, Jackson Browne, Clive Davis, Lou Adler, Randy Brecker, Bernard Purdie, Scott Billington, John Sebastian and Gary Burden. Rare, previously unseen photographs including intimate family shots illuminate the book.
Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966 – 1995 is available in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 Goodbye Joe
2 Billy’s Blues
3 And When I Die
4 Stoney End
5 Lazy Susan
6 Hands Off the Man (Flim Flam Man)
7 Wedding Bell Blues
8 Buy and Sell
9 He’s a Runner
10 Blowin’ Away
11 I Never Meant to Hurt You
12 California Shoeshine Boys
13 Goodbye Joe
14 Billy’s Blues
15 And When I Die
16 Stoney End
17 Lazy Susan
18 Hands Off the Man (Flim Flam Man)
19 Wedding Bell Blues
20 Buy and Sell
21 He’s a Runner
22 Blowing Away
23 I Never Meant to Hurt You
24 California Shoeshine Boys
Disc: 2
1 Luckie
2 Lu
3 Sweet Blindness
4 Poverty Train
5 Lonely Women
6 Eli’s Comin’
7 Timer
8 Stoned Soul Picnic
9 Emmie
10 Woman’s Blues
11 Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)
12 December’s Boudoir
13 The Confession
Disc: 3
1 Luckie
2 Lu
3 Sweet Blindness
4 Poverty Train
5 Lonely Women
6 Eli’s Comin
7 Timer
8 Stoned Soul Picnic
9 Emmie
10 Woman’s Blues
11 Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)
12 December’s Boudoir
13 The Confession
Disc: 4
1 You Don’t Love Me When I Cry
2 Captain for Dark Mornings
3 Tom Cat Goodbye
4 Mercy on Broadway
5 Save the Country
6 Gibsom Street
7 Time and Love
8 The Man Who Sends Me Home
9 Sweet Lovin’ Baby
10 Captain Saint Lucifer
11 New York Tendaberry
Disc: 5
1 Brown Earth
2 When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag
3 Blackpatch
4 Been on a Train
5 Up on the Roof
6 Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp
7 Map to the Treasure
8 Beads of Sweat
9 Christmas in My Soul
Disc: 6
1 I Met Him on a Sunday
2 The Bells
3 Monkey Time/Dancing in the Street
4 Desiree
5 You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
6 Spanish Harlem
7 Jimmy Mack
8 The Wind
9 Nowhere to Run
10 It’s Gonna Take a Miracle
Disc: 7
1 Sexy Mama
2 Children of the Junks
3 Money
4 I Am the Blues
5 Stormy Love
6 The Cat-Song
7 Midnite Blue
8 Smile
Disc: 8
1 Mr. Blue (The Song of Communications)
2 Rhythm & Blues
3 My Innocence
4 Crazy Love
5 American Dreamer
6 Springblown
7 The Sweet Sky
8 Light-Pop’s Principle
9 Child in a Universe
10 The Nest
11 Emmie / the Nest
Disc: 9
1 To a Child
2 The Right to Vote
3 A Wilderness
4 Melody in the Sky
5 Late for Love
6 A Free Thinker
7 Man in the Moon
8 Talk to a Green Tree
9 Trees of the Ages
10 The Brighter Song
11 Roadnotes
12 Sophia
13 Mother’s Spiritual
14 Refrain
Disc: 10
1 Oh Yeah Maybe Baby (The Heebie Jeebies)
2 A Woman of the World
3 The Descent of Luna Rose
4 Art of Love
5 Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song)
6 Louise’s Church
7 Broken Rainbow
8 Walk the Dog & Light the Light (Song of the Road)
9 To a Child
10 Medley: I’m So Proud/Dedicated to the One I Love
Disc: 11
1 Angel in the Dark
2 Triple Goddess Twilight
3 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
4 He Was Too Good to Me
5 Sweet Dream Fade
6 Serious Playground
7 Be Aware
8 Let It Be Me
9 Gardenia Talk
10 Ooh Baby, Baby
11 Embraceable You
12 La la Means I Love You
13 Walk on By
14 Animal Grace
15 Don’t Hurt Child
16 Coda / Come and Get These Memories
Disc: 12
1 American Dove
2 Medley: Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing/(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman
3 Spanish Harlem
4 I Am the Blues
5 Medley: Walk on By/Dancing in the Street
6 Emmie
7 Map to the Treasure
8 Christmas in My Soul
9 Save the Country
10 Medley: Timer/O-O-H Child/Up on the Roof
11 Medley: Lu/Flim Flam Man
12 Mother Earth
Disc: 13
1 Money
2 Sweet Lovin’ Baby
3 And When I Die
4 The Morning News
5 Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp
6 I Am the Blues
7 When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag
8 Captain St. Lucifer
9 Smile
10 Mars
11 Sweet Blindness
12 The Cat-Song
13 Emmie
14 The Confession
15 Timer
16 Midnite Blue
17 Timer (Alternate Live Version) (From Seaon of Lights Reissue)
18 Emmie (From Seaon of Lights Reissue)
Disc: 14
1 Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby (The Heebie Jeebies)
2 Dedicated to the One I Love
3 The Wind
4 Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song)
5 Walk the Dog and Light the Light (Song of the Road)
6 To a Child
7 And When I Die
8 Japanese Restaurant Song
9 My Innocence / Sophia
10 Wedding Bell Blues
11 Art of Love
12 Emmie
13 Let It Be Me
Disc: 15
1 Dedicated to the One I Love
2 A Woman of the World
3 Gardenia Talk
4 Save the Country
5 Oh Yeah Maybe Baby (The Heebie Jeebies)
6 Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song)
7 Walk the Dog & Light the Light (Song of the Road)
8 Japanese Restaurant
9 To a Child
10 The Descent of Luna Rosie
11 Broken Rainbow
12 And When I Die
13 The Wild World
14 Louise’s Church
15 The Wind
16 Blowin’ Away
17 Trees of the Ages
18 Emmie
19 It’s Gonna Take a Miracle
20 Let It Be Me
Disc: 16
1 Dedicated to the One I Love
2 A Woman of the World
3 Gardenia Talk
4 Save the Country
5 Oh Yeah Maybe Baby (The Heebie Jeebies)
6 Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song)
7 Walk the Dog & Light the Light (Song of the Road)
8 Japanese Restaurant
9 To a Child
10 The Descent of Luna Rose
11 Broken Rainbow
12 The Wild World
13 Louise’s Church
14 The Wind
15 Blowin’ Away – Wedding Bell Blues
16 Trees of Age / Emmie
17 It’s Gonna Take a Miracle / Ooo Baby Baby
18 Let It Be Me
Disc: 17
1 Angel in the Dark
2 Gardenia Talk
3 Save the Country
4 Louise’s Church
5 Wild World
6 A Woman of the World
7 The Descent of Luna Rose
8 Broken Rainbow
9 Blowin’ Away – Wedding Bell Blues
10 Trees of the Ages – Emmie
11 Ooh Baby, Baby
Disc: 18
1 And When I Die
2 Lazy Susan (False Start)
3 Enough of You
4 In and Out
5 Go Find the Moon
6 Luckie / Studio Talk
7 When Sunny Gets Blue (Fragment) / Kansas City (Fragment) / I Only Want to Be with You (Fragment)
8 Lazy Susan
Disc: 19
1 Angel in the Dark
2 Ooh Baby, Baby
3 Don’t Hurt Child
4 Stoney End (Single Version) [Mono Version] (From More Than a New Discovery Reissue)
5 Eli’s Comin ((Single Version) [Mono Version])
6 Save the Country (Mono Version) (From Eli Reissue)
7 Lu (Demo)
8 Stoned Soul Picnic (Demo)
9 Emmie (Demo)
10 Save the Country (Single Version)
11 In the Country Way (Album Version)
12 Someone Loves You (Demo)
13 Get Me My Cap (Demo)
14 Coffee Morning (Demo)
15 Man in the Moon (Live) (From Mother’s Spiritual Reissue)
16 Let It Be Me/The Christmas Song (From Walk the Dog Reissue)
17 He Was Too Good to Me (From Walk the Dog Reissue)
18 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (From Walk the Dog Reissue)
