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Anybody know where to score a copy of the 2016 Eli and the thirteenth Confession SACD?

I have just ordered the 2016 Eli and the thirteenth Confession SACD on Elusive Disc and have now found out that it is sold out. I called their number and asked where I could get a copy of it and was directed here to this website. I would really like to get it from another retailer if possible as the prices on Ebay and Amazon were higher than the one on Elusive Disc which was just $30. Would absolutely love any help if possible!
emarei
emarei OP
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Oh, well that makes two of us
edcyn
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emarei -- I'd be shocked if the night I saw Laura at the Troub wasn't her L.A. debut. I can't remember exactly who, but I saw my share of Hollywood movie and music heavyweights in the audience.  She hardly played a single tune straight.  She'd start a tune and then veer off into improvisations than often took her far, far from what was on the albums. Utterly superb. The Bowl performance wasn't very well attended.  I half-remember that they closed off most of the venue, with everybody guided to the first twenty rows or so.  BTW,I have a Laura Nyro song book, complete with transcriptions of her piano parts. In my now long-gone piano-playing heyday, I had more than a few of them under my fingers.  Of course, I never even tried to sing 'em.
emarei OP
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That's awesome, was she well known by then and how did you get wind of the performance. Also I have heard about that book and would also be at a loss on how to sing her songs. Happy Thanksgiving!
edcyn
1,876 posts
 
emarei -- I was in...or just out of...high school.  I'd previously enjoyed Wedding Bell Blues, which was a modest hit on L.A. AM radio.  I went to a party.  Eli and the Thirteenth Confession was on the record player.  I absolutely had to have it but none of my go-to record stores had a copy.  I finally found one at a hipster record store in West Hollywood, ironically just a few doors down from the Troubadour.  I kept my eyes peeled for any mention of the woman.  Was it the L.A. Times or the L.A. Free Press that mentioned her upcoming Troubadour appearance? Who knows?
emarei OP
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Oh wow, you're almost in the same situation that I'm in when I found out about her as well. How much did a record cost back then? Also I did read that at the time she was more popular on the radio in the West Coast than the East. I cannot imagine music on the AM Radio as nowadays I only hear morning programs and talk shows on it. Funny and pretty fortunate how you heard about her just right before her performance there. I could only imagine.
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