FIRST SONGS vinyl-color-turquoise particularly on the Neptunes-assisted single

particularly on the Neptunes-assisted single "Drop It Like It's Hot" and the incredible early-1980s disco-soul sound of "Let's Get Blown

though that Morrison Hotel number would fit the mood perfectly

Eric Dawkins

After launching the series in March of 2012 with The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil

Andrew Clark (synthesizer)

FIRST SONGS vinyl-color-turquoise particularly on the Neptunes-assisted singleOriginally released on Verve Forecast (FTS 3020). Although not released under this title until 1973, these 12 songs were recorded by Laura Nyro in 1966, when the singer songwriter was an unknown 20 year old from the suburbs of New York City. Verve Forecast released these songs at the time as MORE THAN A NEW DISCOVERY, but that album disappeared almost immediately on release. Although there's certainly a pop sensibility to songs like "Wedding Bell