Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat

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Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat


	Type	LP
	Artist	Laura Nyro
	Cover	Xmasjpg
	Background	Orange
	Released	November 25 1970
	Recorded	New York City , May 1970
	Genre	Pop
	Length	44:55
	Label	Columbia Records <small>( UK )</small><br> Columbia Records <small>( US )</small>
	Producer	Felix Cavaliere , Arif Mardin
	Last Album	'' New York Tendaberry ''<br />( 1969 )
	This Album	'''''Christmas and the Beads of Sweat'''''<br />( 1970 )

TRIVIA

''Christmas and the Beads of Sweat'' features the two longest songs Laura Nyro submitted to record - those being the mystical "Map to the Treasure" and the politically-charged "Christmas in My Soul."

It is regularly thought, considering the title, that the album is a holiday record. Columbia Records tried to get Nyro to change the title but she would not allow it, and some stores still stock it only at Christmas .

It is the only Laura Nyro album to produce a chart hit, and ironically that song - "Up on the Roof" - was not written by Nyro, who wrote many substantial hits for other artists.

Four of the album's songs were selected to appear on 1997 's retrospective collection ''Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro.''

The cover portrait was originally left as a present to Nyro by one of her fans, art student Beth O'Brien, and Nyro asked if she could use it for the album cover. O'Brien agreed, Nyro added a red earring with her lipstick, and O'Brien received $300 and two tickets to Nyro's New York concert.

REFERENCES

All Music Guide

Laura Nyro

Michele Kort's biography ''Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro''