This isn't the version on the original Runt. The short version is. This variation was on a misprint. Ampex Records had large numbers of a bad pressing (the wrong master tape had been sent to the pressing plant) and decided to recoup their losses by dumping them in the discount racks.
It's a song about the famous 1960's singer/songwriter Laura Nyro (Eli's Coming, Stoned Soul Picnic, Wedding Bell Blues, And When I Die). The tune and the arrangement are a wonderfully funny parody of her songwriting style. A lot of Todd's early music was stylistically influenced by both her and Carole King. I bought the misprint version with the long version and didn't find out that it was original intended to be edited into a three song medley until years later when Bearsville re-released the original..
This isn't the version on the original Runt. The short version is. This variation was on a misprint. Ampex Records had large numbers of a bad pressing (the wrong master tape had been sent to the pressing plant) and decided to recoup their losses by dumping them in the discount racks.
It's a song about the famous 1960's singer/songwriter Laura Nyro (Eli's Coming, Stoned Soul Picnic, Wedding Bell Blues, And When I Die). The tune and the arrangement are a wonderfully funny parody of her songwriting style. A lot of Todd's early music was stylistically influenced by both her and Carole King. I bought the misprint version with the long version and didn't find out that it was original intended to be edited into a three song medley until years later when Bearsville re-released the original..