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**StincPriene** · 07-15-2010, 08:43 PM

"Captain St Lucifer" is just exquisite. Melody, vocal, the piano, the energy, the instrumentation building around her, and the lyrics - "Buckles off shingles, off a cockleshell on Norway basin, coke and tuna, boots and roses from Russia". LOVE.

Laura = love.

I think I'm the only person in the world who prefers Nested and Mother's Spiritual over New York Tendaberry and Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat...but she never released a bad album. Even Walk The Dog & Light The Light has its moments.

The Spread Your Wings & Fly live album is stunning. The only complaint is that I can't listen to the studio versions of most of those songs anymore; the live versions are that much better.

I must listen to that one again soon. That was the way I first heard "Map to the Treasure." What a piano solo! As for Nested and Mother's Spiritual, I really enjoy them too, I think they're underrated. Quite different to the '60s and early '70s stuff of course, but mature and graceful.

I just heard Live from Mountain Stage which is a half-hour radio session from 1990 they released after Laura died. Everyone I read said it was boring and the electric piano sound was horrible, but I thought it was great! Different strokes, I guess. Her voice is great on it. (But it's very short so if you do buy it don't shell out loads.)

07-15-2010, 08:43 PM	#10
StincPriene Join Date Dec 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	"Captain St Lucifer" is just exquisite. Melody, vocal, the piano, the energy, the instrumentation building around her, and the lyrics - "Buckles off shingles, off a cockleshell on Norway basin, coke and tuna, boots and roses from Russia". LOVE. Laura = love. I think I'm the only person in the world who prefers Nested and Mother's Spiritual over New York Tendaberry and Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat...but she never released a bad album. Even Walk The Dog & Light The Light has its moments. The Spread Your Wings & Fly live album is stunning. The only complaint is that I can't listen to the studio versions of most of those songs anymore; the live versions are that much better. I must listen to that one again soon. That was the way I first heard "Map to the Treasure." What a piano solo! As for Nested and Mother's Spiritual, I really enjoy them too, I think they're underrated. Quite different to the '60s and early '70s stuff of course, but mature and graceful. I just heard Live from Mountain Stage which is a half-hour radio session from 1990 they released after Laura died. Everyone I read said it was boring and the electric piano sound was horrible, but I thought it was great! Different strokes, I guess. Her voice is great on it. (But it's very short so if you do buy it don't shell out loads.)
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