Title: As the dust settles
Product review: Take all of these reviews with a grain of salt. Yes,it's not complete. Yes,it focuses a bit too much on "First Songs"(which was originally a Verve/Forcast LP). Yes,"Emmie" should be here. Yes,the first three Columbia albums should be taken in their whole-eventually. But if you want to know how the female singer/songwriter movement started and who was decades ahead of everyone-(even Joni Mitchell notes her influence),plunk down your twelve bucks and start here. This comp includes the album version of "Save the Country",so you know it ain't just the words and the voice-while the double "Best of" has the single version. And how about that cover of "Up On The Roof"? The best! Great photos,nice liner notes and lyrics to boot! Laura's stuff means more today than ever and instead of getting two CDs the way Amazon likes to pair things,try her biog with this-now available in trade softbound. Imperfect?Yes-that's the point.
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