More Than a New Discovery

More Than a New Discovery
Studio album by Laura Nyro
Released	February 1967 (1967-02)
Recorded	Nos. 4, 7: July 13, 1966 (1966-07-13) Nos. 1–3, 5–6, 8–12: November 29, 1966 (1966-11-29)
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	R&B pop
Length	36:15
Label	Verve Folkways
Producer	Milton Okun
Laura Nyro chronology
More Than a New Discovery (1967) Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
The First Songs
Retitled 1973 re-release
Singles from More Than a New Discovery
"Wedding Bell Blues"/"Stoney End" Released: September 17, 1966 (1966-09-17) "Goodbye Joe"/"Billy's Blues" Released: February 25, 1967 (1967-02-25) ""Flim Flam Man (Hands Off the Man)"/"And When I Die" Released: April 29, 1967 (1967-04-29)

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More Than a New Discovery is the debut album by Bronx-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was recorded during 1966 and released early in the following year on the Verve Folkways imprint of the Verve Records label.

The name of the label was later changed to Verve Forecast, and the album was re-issued on that label as The First Songs in 1969. This re-issue has a different track order and revised cover design. It peaked at #97 on the Billboard 200, then known as the Pop Albums chart. Starting with this release, the song "Hands Off the Man" was retitled "Flim Flam Man (Hands Off the Man)".

Columbia Records re-issued The First Songs with all-new cover art (featuring a rose illustration) in 1973.

In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.^[2] In 2008, Rev-Ola Records released a remastered version of the original album on Compact Disc with the original song order and the original cover art.