LAURA NYRO Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat 1970 UK CBS MINT-
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Apr 25, 2013
Sold Date
Apr 15, 2013
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£ 24
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LAURA NYRO Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat 1970 UK CBS MINT-
STUNNING - LIKE-NEW THROUGHOUT - BEST I HAVE SEEN
LAURA NYROChristmas And The Beads Of Sweat
1970 UK CBS (64157) FIRST PRESSING OF LAURA NYRO'S "Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat "
STUNNING COPY - ONCE PLAYED (or part played) AND HOUSED IN AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE WHICH, LIKE THE REST OF THE SET LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE YESTERDAY
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST SOILD ORANGE CBS LABELS
MATRICES: S 64157 A1 / S 64157 B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England Patents pending”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE
Laura Nyro's third record is easily the equal of her previous two. The overwhelming strength of her song writing and distinctive arrangements fuel Christmas and the Beads of Sweat.
Her unmistakable style of delivery maintains the continual examination of herself as a performer. The results are uniformly interesting and provocative as she continues to draw upon her love of jazz, folk, and R&B. Conceptually, this album is as potent as her previous effort, New York Tendaberry, but in a much different way.
Rather than hanging together thematically, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat features two inclusive and distinctive sides of music -- with different musicians and producers for each.
As with all of Nyro's recordings, at the heart of this effort are her ageless compositions and arrangements.
A motif connecting such disparate tunes as the upbeat "When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag" to the hauntingly beautiful "Christmas in My Soul" and "Beads of Sweat" is the aching hollowness that came with the disillusionment that Vietnam, Kent State, and racial relations brought upon America in 1970.
As she had done with "Save the Country" some four years earlier, Nyro's cathartic expressionism is captured at its most fervent on this album.
Side 1:
Brown Earth (4:11)
When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag (2:46)
Blackpatch (3:36)
Been On A Train (5:52)
Up On The Roof (3:15)
Side 2:
Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp (5:34)
Map To The Treasure (8:09)
Beads Of Sweat (4:44)
Christmas In My Soul (7:04)
LABELS: MINT-
Clean, fresh and unmarked labels - just one light spindle trace on one side, none on the other
VINYL Visual: MINT-
Both surfaces shine like-new
VINYL Audio: MINT-
Stunning copy - once played (or more correctly part played) this is always a difficult record to find in decent condition as the dynamics range from the most delicate quiet piano to the loudest soaring vocal lines which stretch the vinyl format to its limit, but my play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault - the finest original 1970 first pressing I have heard - plays like new
SLEEVE: MINT-
Again, immaculate, the cover has been carefully stored and untouched for the last 40-odd years and it remains as clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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