Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro

Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro

by Laura Nyro
Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro

Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro

by Laura Nyro

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Overview

A double-CD, career-spanning retrospective that offers little in the way of surprises: it's a tastefully selected overview of her career highlights, heaviest (and justifiably so) on her late '60s albums. There's the inevitable feeling of letdown as disc two progresses; her post-early '70s material is far less interesting than her earliest work, even if it's inoffensive. All of the first five albums (through 1971's Gonna Take a Miracle) are now on CD, so this is most suitable for the fan who isn't passionate enough to be a completist. Includes a couple of previously unreleased live tracks from the 1990s; the version of "Sweet Blindness," unfortunately, is not the original late-'60s recording, but from a late-'70s live album. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date: 02/10/1997
Label: Sony Music / Sony Music Distribution
UPC: 5099748510921
Rank: 7285

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Wedding Bell Blues
  2. Blowin' Away
  3. Billy's Blues
  4. Stoney End
  5. And When I Die
  6. Lu
  7. Eli's Comin
  8. Stoned Soul Picnic
  9. Timer
  10. Emmie
  11. Confession
  12. Capt St Lucifer
  13. Gibsom Street
  14. New York Tendaberry
  15. Save The Country
  16. Blackpatch
  17. Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp
  18. Beads Of Sweat
  19. When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag

Disc 2

  1. I Met Him On A Sunday
  2. Bells
  3. Smile
  4. Sweet Blindness
  5. Money
  6. Mr Blue
  7. Wilderness
  8. Mother's Spiritual
  9. Woman Of The World
  10. Louise's Church
  11. Broken Rainbow
  12. To A Child
  13. Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song)
  14. And When I Die (2)
  15. Save The Country (2)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Laura Nyro   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Vocal Harmony
Felix Cavaliere   Guest Artist
Joe Farrell   Guest Artist,Saxophone
Todd Rundgren   Guest Artist,Synthesizer
Alice Coltrane   Guest Artist
Mike Mainieri   Guest Artist
Dino Danelli   Guest Artist
Labelle   Guest Artist
Richard Davis   Guest Artist
David Hood   Bass
Roger Hawkins   Drums
Roger Rosenberg   Percussion
Lou Mauro   Bass
Roland Chambers   Guitar
Randy Brecker   Percussion
Ray Pohlman   Guitar
Jimmy Cleveland   Trombone
Jack Jennings   Percussion
Nona Hendryx   Vocals
Vince Montana   Percussion
Artie Schroeck   Drums,Vibraphone
Tommy Tedesco   Guitar
David Friedman   Guitar
Buddy Lucas   Harmonica
Lawrence Feldman   Horn
George Young   Saxophone
Hal Blaine   Drums,Tambourine
Bernie Glow   Trumpet
Joe Osborn   Bass
Barry Beckett   Vibraphone
Charles Loper   Trombone
Eddie Hinton   Guitar (Electric)
Pat Calello   Trumpet
John Bristo   Guitar (Electric)
James Sedlar   Horn,Flugelhorn
John Tropea   Guitar
Wayne Andre   Trombone
Lenny Pakula   Organ
Ron Baker   Bass
Hugh McCracken   Guitar (Electric)
Don Randi   Piano
Jay Berliner   Guitar
Lou Marini   Flute,Percussion
Sarah Dash   Vocals
Norman Harris   Guitar
Mike Melvoin   Piano
Gary Chester   Drums
Chet Amsterdam   Bass
Nisako Yoshida   Koto
Ashad Garabedian   Oud
Buddy Saltzman   Drums
Stuart Sharf   Guitar (Acoustic)
Nydia Mata   Percussion
Bob Bushwell   Bass
Dave Carey   Percussion
Ray DeSio   Trombone
Mike Deasy Sr.   Guitar
Ralph Casale   Guitar (Acoustic)
Jim Helmer   Drums
Carter Collins   Congas
Bill Lavorgna   Drums
Julie Lyonn-Lieberman   Violin
Patti LaBelle   Vocals
Stan Free   Piano
Chuck Rainey   Bass
Jimmy Zito   Trumpet
Cornell Dupree   Guitar (Electric)
Larry Washington   Congas
Bashiri Johnson   Percussion
"Ready" Freddie Washington   Bass

Technical Credits

Elgie Stover   Composer
Felix Cavaliere   Producer
Eric Kaz   Composer
Charlie Chaplin   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Milton Okun   Producer
Anna Gordy Gaye   Composer
Arif Mardin   Producer
Dan Loggins   Compilation Producer
Iris Gordy   Composer
Beverly Lee   Composer
Addie Harris   Composer
Shirley Owens   Composer
Charles Calello   Arranger,Producer
Herb Bernstein   Arranger
Gary Katz   Producer
Doris Coley   Composer
Gamble & Huff   Producer
Ron Johnson   Mixing
Bob Alcivar   Arranger
Ken Robertson   Mixing
Laura Nyro   Composer,Producer
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