Save The Country - Laura Nyro (remastered)

Remix of "Save The Country" -- Laura Nyro's one and only live TV performance on NBC's Kraft Music Hall in 1969. Features her acoustic version and the Bones Howe-produced single version (1969) with full orchestra. Also features the West Los Angeles Children's Choir, and segues by pianist Rafael Davidson and the Ron Frangipane Orchestra. Remixed and edited by Tom Barry. Nyro was inspired to write the song after the June 5, 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy. She died in 1997 of ovarian cancer at age 49.

"Save The Country" (1968) written by Laura Nyro; © Columbia Records, EMI-Blackwood Music Inc. and Sony ATV Publishing.

1969 Kraft Music Hall footage courtesy of © NBC Universal

Here's a link to the original live performance:
   • Save the country (with lyrics) - Laura Nyro  

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