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I noticed she liked to use a lot of the same chords and same patterns and syncopated rhythms but it was a trademark; and still, all the songs are so different. I think her output in that early period was so impressive not just because of the quality but because there was so much great stuff and she was still so young.

Yeah I think Mountain Stage does share stuff with Loom's Desire; there's only three or four years difference between those. I still need to get Loom's Desire. I also emailed Iconoclassic about the possibility of re-releasing Live at the Bottom Line from the 1988 tour and they said they want to and know there's demand for it but it's all about finding out who owns it because Cypress Records, which was owned by Columbia, no longer exists.

Has anyone read the Michele Kort biography Soul Picnic? I'd highly recommend it, I found it engrossing and very informative.

Wolfgang's Vault has five Laura shows, four from July 1978 and one from June 1970 - I haven't listened in a while but I remember the 1970 one as being incredible. What a set list too - "Brown Earth," "Poverty Train," "Gibsom Street," "Captain for Dark Mornings," "Map to the Treasure" all there
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/laura-nyro/

Also today I saw a lovely photo of Laura I had never seen before