Laura Nyro

Go Find the Moon: The Audition Tape captures the summer 1966 performance of 18-year-old Laura Nyro auditioning for Milt Okun and Artie Mogull.  The audition went so well that Mogull signed the young artist and budding songwriter to a management contract and Okun promptly booked studio time with arranger Herb Bernstein to record her debut album, More Than a New Discovery.  At the audition session, Nyro performed a pair of the remarkable songs that would soon appear on that LP, "And When I Die" and "Lazy Susan."  She also previewed an embryonic "Luckie," the final version of which would be included on her even more acclaimed sophomore album, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.  "Enough of You," "Go Find the Moon," and "In and Out" were never released in studio form, making their appearances here all the more welcome.  The audition tape is rounded out with fragments of "When Sunny Gets Blue," "Kansas City," and "I Only Want to Be with You," hinting at the stylistic diversity that informed Nyro's passionate songwriting and performing.  Omnivore's first-time release is annotated by Jim Farber and mastered by Michael Graves.  Available on CD, LP, and digital formats.​