| More Than a New Discovery | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1967 | |||
| Recorded | Nos. 4, 7: July 13, 1966 Nos. 1–3, 5–6, 8–12: November 29, 1966 | |||
| Studio | Bell Sound (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 36:15 | |||
| Label | Verve Folkways | |||
| Producer | Milton Okun | |||
| Laura Nyro chronology | ||||
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| The First Songs | ||||
 Retitled 1973 re-release | ||||
| Singles from More Than a New Discovery | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
More Than a New Discovery is the debut album by Bronx-born singer,songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro. It was recorded during 1966 and released early in the following year on the Verve Folkways imprint of the Verve Records label.
Contents
- Production
- Songs
- Track listing
- More Than a New Discovery
- The First Songs
- Personnel
- References
- External links
The name of the label was later changed to Verve Forecast and the album was re-issued on that label as The First Songs in 1969. This re-issue has a different track order and revised cover design. It peaked at #97 on the Billboard 200,then known as the Pop Albums chart. Starting with this release,the song "Hands Off the Man" was retitled "Flim Flam Man (Hands Off the Man)".
Columbia Records re-issued The First Songs with all-new cover art (featuring a rose illustration) in 1973.
In 1999 the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [2] In 2008 Rev-Ola Records released a remastered version of the original album on Compact Disc with the original song order and the original cover art.
