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Newborn Woman

by Vicki Lawrence

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gpf111 I've loved Vicki Lawrence since I was 8 years old. My very first 45 rpm vinyl record was "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" way back in the fall of 1972.
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    Vicki Lawrence
    Newborn Woman
    1979
    SILVER INKJET CD-R
    INSERTS & STANDARD CD CASE INCLUDED
    01. Don't Stop The Music
    02. It's Always Been You
    03. Midnight Robbery
    04. Never Gonna Let You Go
    05. Star Love
    06. Your Lies
    07. Baby When You're Near Me
    08. Just One Time
    09. Newborn Woman

    BONUS TRACKS:

    10. The Other Woman
    11. Hollywood Seven (LIVE) (The Carol Burnett Show)
    12. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

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    Vicki Lawrence
    Newborn Woman (EXPANDED EDITION)
    1979
    SILVER INKJET CD-R
    INSERTS & STANDARD CD CASE INCLUDED
    01. Don't Stop The Music
    02. It's Always Been You
    03. Midnight Robbery
    04. Never Gonna Let You Go
    05. Star Love
    06. Your Lies
    07. Baby When You're Near Me
    08. Just One Time
    09. Newborn Woman

    BONUS TRACKS:

    10. And I'll Go (1969 Single Only, A-Side)
    11. The Whole State Of Alabama (Feat. Bobby Russell) (1969 Single Only, B-Side)
    12. Used To Be (1970 "The Grasshopper" Soundtrack)
    13. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (1973 Single)
    14. He Did With Me (1973 Single)
    15. Old Home Movies (1974 Single Only)
    16. The Other Woman (1975 Single Only)
    17. There's A Gun Still Smokin' In Nashville (1976 Single Only)
    18. Love In The Hot Afternoon (1976 Promo Only)
    19. Hollywood Seven (1977 Single Only)
    20. I'm Glad I'm Not Her (1974 Previously Unreleased)

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    Tracklist

    A1 Don't Stop The Music
    Producer – Al Capps, Ted Glasser
    Written-By – Norman Sallitt 5:17

    A2 It's Always Been You
    Producer – Al Capps
    Written-By – Dick St. John, Mark Gibbons, Sandy St. John 3:50

    A3 Midnight Robbery
    Producer – Al Capps
    Written-By – Bill Green, Mark Burdick 3:40

    A4 Never Gonna Let You Go
    Producer – Al Capps, Ted Glasser
    Written-By – Norman Sallitt 3:16

    B1 Star Love

    Producer – Al Capps
    Written-By – Dick St. John, Gary Zekley, Mark Gibbons, Sandy St. John 3:54

    B2 Your Lies
    Producer – Al Capps
    Written-By – Timothy Blixseth 3:17

    B3 Baby When You're Near Me
    Producer – Al Capps, Ted Glasser
    Written-By – Norman Sallitt 3:12

    B4 Just One Time

    Producer – Al Capps, Ted Glasser
    Written-By – Norman Sallitt, Ted Glasser 4:11

    B5 Newborn Woman
    Producer – Al CappsWritten-By – Al Capps, Mary Dean 4:46

    Credits

    Arranged By – Al Capps
    Art Direction – Linda Kay Klouda-Lavezzo
    Backing Vocals – Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard, Mitch Gordon, Stan Farber, Stephanie Spruill
    Bass – James Hughart, Mike Porcaro
    Concertmaster – Gordon Marron
    Design – Linda Kay Klouda-Lavezzo
    Drums – Willie Ornelas
    Engineer – Mark Piscetelli
    Guitar – Larry Rolando, Norman Sallitt, Rick Littlefield
    Keyboards – Mark Gibbons, Steve Rucker
    Saxophone – Quitman Dennis
    Trombone – Lew McCreary
    Trumpet – Bill Peterson

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    t shirt for women for breast cancer awareness, also for breast cancer survivors

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    VICKI LAWRENCE - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 212188

    VICKI LAWRENCE
    8x10 bust view photo, signed with a red pen
    Photograph signed: "Vicki Lawrence". B/w, 8x10. After many years as a regular on The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978), Lawrence turned her comic character from that show into a series, Mama's Family (1983-1990). She became one of the few female hosts of a TV quiz show, Win, Lose or Draw (1987-1990), and had her own daytime talk show, Vicki (1992-1994). Lightly creased at upper, right and lower blank margins. Minor surface creases (not evident head-on) at background. Portion of label and ink note (unknown hand) on verso (no show-through). Overall, fine condition.

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    REVIEW:

    "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia: The Complete Bell Recordings" contains two albums by Vicki Lawrence. The first is the 1973 release named after its Number 1 smash hit single. While the single "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" was a 2 million-copy seller in the US, Lawrence's second single from the album, "He Did with Me," scored her a Number 1 hit in Australia.

    Because of the incredible clarity of "The Complete Bell Recordings" CD, it remains indisputable that Lawrence has a lovely voice and a heartfelt, uniquely stylized delivery. All of the songs on "Georgia" are beautifully arranged, especially the string arrangements and the use of horns.

    The "Georgia" LP was indeed a success, so work on the followup album "Ships in the Night" began in 1974. The first 45 released, "Ships in the Night," backed with "Sensual Man" (from "Georgia"), was released in the US. The single was followed by the US 45 "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better," backed with a song called "Cameo."

    An issue with Bell Records prevented the LP "Ships in the Night" from being released in the US. Stateside Records (a UK subsidiary of E.M.I.) released the "Ships" LP in Australia. Lawrence scored two hits from the LP: The title track and "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better." In 1975, she recorded a one-off single "The Other Woman," which was a hit in Oz, but also reached #81 in the US.

    In 1979, Lawrence recorded her third and final album. The dance oriented LP, titled "Newborn Woman," produced two singles. The first was "Don't Stop the Music," which enjoyed success on the US Disco charts. The second was "Your Lies." It would be terrific to see "Newborn Woman" on CD, given the same loving treatment the producers gave "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia: The Complete Bell Recordings."

    PART TWO

    Stateside was breathing down Snuff Garrett's back to get Vicki in the studio immediately and record more hits, now that she's hot. Snuff had his back up against the wall. There's an awful lot involved in recording an album. First, you need songs. Then you need musicians. Then you need an arranger to write the parts for each musician. Then, most of all, you need time to make it all perfect. To satisfy Stateside's demand for a recording, Snuff gave them the song he had rejected for "Georgia." That song was "Ships in the Night." Stateside gave it the greenlight. Bell Records in the US was still barely hanging on, but it did manage to distribute the "Ships" promo to American DJs (putting "Sensual Man" on the B-Side) and to some of the bigger record outlets. But by the time Bell had paid for distributing the single, it had no money to promote the song. It had no money to get radio stations to play the record (yes, that's called payola and it's supposed to be illegal; but it's still done to this day -- except today, the backdoor deals are in the millions of dollars because it's corporations that are doing it now -- and it's become so rampant over the years, it's now regarded as an "every day way of conducting business in the record industry).

    While "Ships" was enjoying success on the radios in the UK and AUS (but not so much in the States), Vicki was back in the studio with Snuff Garrett producing the rest of the songs for the planned "Ships in the Night" LP. Just as "Ships" was beginning to slip down the charts, Snuff Garrett gave Stateside the recording he considered finished and good enough to be Vicki's next single: "Funny Girl." Because Snuff had always insisted that "It Could Have Been Me" should have been released on the heels of "He Did With Me," he was somewhat placated that Stateside conceded and put the heavily chorused song on "Funny Girl's" B-Side. (Back in Snuff's day, disk jockeys had the power to make or break a song. If a disk jockey decided he liked the song on Side-B better than Side-A, he could play Side-B and no one could do anything about it. Snuff fought the execs hard at Stateside to sway them to put "It Could Have Been Me" on the B-Side of "Funny Girl." Perhaps Snuff thought DJs would take it upon themselves to flip the platter in favor for what he believed was the superior song among the two).

    Much to Snuff's chagrin -- and possibly everyone else's -- neither "Funny Girl" nor "It Could Have Been Me" charted. When a record company pays millions for distribution, it expects a substantial return on its investment. But when the distributed records fail to sell, the record company suffers a financial loss. It cannot afford to risk distributing another single from the batch that produced the dud. The company's supply of money dries up and all advertising, radio play, and promotion stop. There would be no multiple pressings of the LP "Ships in the Night" as store supplies ran low. Stateside began to wonder if the word out of the US was right: Vicki Lawrence is a one-hit wonder, and it's only because the song she happened to sing, "The Nights Went Out in Georgia," was such a unique, moody, and bone-chilling tale. Stateside decided then to terminate Vicki's contract.

    Whether Vicki used her charm to melt the hearts of Stateside's hard-nosed execs or her lawyer threatened to sue the record company for breach for not complying with Vicki's 3-album deal, she and Stateside came to an agreement. She could continue to record for their studios, but she could only record one single at a time. There would be no more albums in her future -- unless, by some miracle, one of her singles tears up the charts and makes it almost obligatory that she follow the hit with an album.

    Vicki was very determined to prove herself. She got hold of her old powerhouse of industry folk who had made her a success and explained her situation. Snuff Garrett immediately agreed to produce. The talented arranger and writer Al Capps not only promised to arrange the music for Vicki's next single, he would also co-write it with Mary Dean. (Al Capps would later produce and arrange "Newborn Woman"). As excited as she was, Vicki didn't just want to stop there. She wanted a song "in the can," so to speak, for a B-Side. She didn't want the suits at Stateside telling her she couldn't release the single on the market because she only had one song. And she didn't want her next single to be distributed as a "same-song" "both sides" promo for DJs only. She needed a really unique song; one that would make the listener wonder, "What is this song about?" She found the perfect song. Al Capps would arrange and conduct the orchestra for this one, too, with Snuff Garrett at the helm, of course.

    Vicki and her pals, in the end, had their finished product. A new 45 that they were all very proud of. Side-A was "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better." Side-B was "Cameo."

    Certain the song would flop and they would be done with Vicki Lawrence, the execs at Stateside agreed to make the expenditure to release and distribute the 45. The song became an instant hit. Even though Bell was barely hanging on by a thread, it, too, managed to release the single in the US.

    At the very least, Vicki felt vindicated and fully expected the executives at Stateside to give her the okay to do an album. They flatly refused. Thus, this ended Vicki's relationship with Stateside Records.

    When the bigwigs at E.M.I. Headquarters learned that its Stateside UK and AUS divisions had lost Vicki as a client, the parent company itself approached Vicki and apologized, admitting that sometimes even their smallest divisions begin to think they're bigger than they think they are. "We would like you to come and record for us, here at E.M.I. International. Too much time has passed to capitalize on the success of 'Mama's Gonna Make It All Better," so I think we should keep the same agreement in place that you had with our Stateside Division--that is, record singles and, if one strikes gold, we'll have you do an album."

    Late in 1974, Vicki recorded two songs for her debut E.M.I. International single: "Old Home Movies" (backed with "The Light on the Back Porch Door" from LP "Ships in the Night." The flagrant lack of company backing and publicity made it certain the public never heard the record "Old Home Movies," which, I think, is a very strong song. Needless to say, that fiasco spelled the end between Vicki and E.M.I.

    Just when Vicki was about to throw in the towel, she received a call from a man who claimed to be the R&D Director for a record label called Private Stock Records. He told her he had heard she was between record companies right now -- a fact, he claimed, that utterly shocked him. He said his recording outfit was small, but intimate; that they didn't have millions of dollars laying around, but that they do okay. Not well enough to produce an entire album, but definitely well enough to finance a single here and there. Having been stung already more than once, Vicki was hesitant at first. Before she would agree, she spoke with many people she trusted and sought their advice. She also had the record company checked out. When she heard nothing untoward about Private Stock Records, she was rather surprised. She didn't think it would be that simple. After all, all she wanted to sing, and that was the opportunity they were offering her. The manager had said it would be an honor to have her as part of the Private Stock Family. He said, "We all love you here." So Vicki said yes. She would remain with Private Stock for three wonderful, no hits to speak of, years. She left only because the studio was forced to close its doors.

    The doors would have closed much sooner if it hadn't been for Vicki's very first song that she recorded for Private Stock. The song was called "The Other Woman." Everyone smelled a hit in the making. Private Stock was in such a hurry to release the single as a Side-A, they didn't have time to record a Side-B. Instead, perhaps after having the manager listen to a track she had in mind, they agreed on "Cameo" -- the song that Vicki had specially recorded to be the B-Side for "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better." That was in 1975.

    The following year, 1976, Vicki recorded three songs for Private Stock. During the first half of the year, the crew had a blast working with Vicki on a song that was playful, yet as gruesome as "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia." It has the hilariously long title, "There's a Gun Still Smokin' in Nashville," and one would swear it's a send-up or a tongue-in-cheek spoof of "Georgia." A cheating wife in the middle of having relations in bed with her lover unexpectedly gets caught by her husband, who immediately proceeds to shoot his wife in the head while their small son is watching. The music, however, being nowhere nearly as haunting as in "Georgia," counters the horror of the lyrics. It is jaunty, jamboree, toe-tapping, clap-along fun. The studio crew went all out to publicize the song by making posters with a drawing of a smoking gun over the outline of the state of Tennessee. It says, "Vicki Lawrence's New Song!" and the title is sprawled across the top. The 45 itself has two versions of the song. Side-A is in stereo, while Side-B is "mono," for AM-radio play.

    The second half of 1976, Vicki recorded two songs for a double-sided 45. "Love in the Hot Afternoon" is available as a same-song both-sides DJ promo, so I'm assuming it was the 45's Side-A. The song is a slow-paced Louisianian tale that sounds a lot like "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" or "Nobody Knows the Trouble I Seen." The story is told by a woman in a sweltering motel room. She's standing at the window, watching a man walking slowly in her direction. He eventually enters her room and the two have sex. We learn she is a prostitute and he is one of her regular customers. The difference, though, is that she is secretly in love with him and she's secretly heartbroken that he'll always see her as a prostitute. After they have sex, he just gets up and walks out. She goes to the window and stares after him, hoping he'll think of her enough as a woman to turn to look at her. He never does, of course.

    Side-B of "Love in the Hot Afternoon" is a song called "The Other Man I've Been Slippin' Around With." I haven't heard this song yet. I only own the same-song both-sides DJ promo featuring "Love in the Hot Afternoon."

    Finally, in 1977, Vicki released a 45 with the same song on both sides. This would be the last song Vicki recorded with Private Stock Records. The song is called "Hollywood Seven," which is a song that has been covered by a lot of singers. The Hollywood Seven is a kind of boarding house for women. The typical occupants are star-bound Hollywood hopefuls with dreams of seeing their names in lights. The singer tells the story of one such young lady who runs out of money before landing her first audition. To pay the rent and to keep from starving, the young girl allows men in her room to have sex with her for money. Then one night, she lets a man in, not realizing he's a sicko. In the morning, the singer (Vicki) is waiting for the girl to come over for their usual visit over coffee. When the young girl fails to show up, the singer goes to the girl's room to look for her. She finds the room's walls splattered with blood, and then she finds her friend's mutilated body on the floor. The song ends just as the singer starts telling of the new arrival of another Hollywood hopeful.

    Of all the songs that Vicki has recorded, from "Georgia" to this one, "Hollywood Seven" sounds most like "Georgia." The instruments and their musical arrangements are most similar. The wavering flute (like the one you hear in an old Clint Eastwood Western) is in both songs. The suspense-building, vibrating strings are in both songs. Even Vicki's voice has the same stern, contralto tone we hear in "Georgia."

    The following year, planning for a dance album began. While it took the experienced studio musicians only one day to record all the background orchestration for "Georgia," (Vicki laid down all her vocals on the second day, then returned on the third day to overdub her harmonies), "Newborn Woman" took a bit longer to put together. Even though recording studios were using synthesizers to mimic other instruments (strings, horns, etc.) by 1979, "Newborn Woman" was recorded with real strings, real horns, real drums, etc. Each musician needs his own set of music sheets to read as he plays his particular instrument. Someone has to write the music for each instrument so that when all the musicians play their part, it sounds like music. Al Capps wrote all those musical parts. The time and work involved is phenomenal.

    What's nice about "Newborn Woman" is that all the songs are different. The first song to be released, "Don't Stop the Music," sounds most like '70s disco because of its steady bass drum. The other upbeat songs are more pop than disco. Half the songs are ballads.

    To find my account on YouTube, just type "emmett glenn vicki lawrence" in the search box. You'll see a column of videos. You may also see a picture in the list. The picture is smaller than the rest of the pictures. Under the picture of me (I'm standing in a basket for a hot air balloon), you'll see the word CHANNEL. That's my home page, so you should click on that. On my home page, I have three play lists. The first is my stuff. The second and third are Vicki Lawrence play lists.

    Write back if you have any questions! Write back even if you don't have any questions!

    My regards,
    Emmett

    Hi Melinda,

    If you know how to download "just the music" from a video on YouTube, you're in luck (you can do it with just an "add-on" if you use the Firefox browser. I put up all nine songs from "Newborn Woman" (the lyrics appear in the videos), plus the radio edit of her first single off the album ("Don't Stop the Music"). BTW, her second single off "Newborn" is a song called "Your Lies." Two weeks after "The Carol Burnett Show" ended its 11th season, Burnett and the cast did a special. Vicki debuts "Your Lies" on that special. Go to YouTube and search "Your Lies Vicki Lawrence." It's on there.

    I'm also just finishing up the uploading of the 11 tracks from the "Georgia" LP, again with lyrics to follow along as you listen. The sound quality is beyond Hi-Def. If you're used to listening to the album or the CD that just came out, you're going to flip at how crystal clear the audio is. You'll hear instruments backing up Vicki's singing that you never realized were on the album.

    Next, I'll be uploading the 11 tracks from "Ships in the Night." Better sounding and with lyrics. As an aside, the lyrics that I thought Vicki sang in "Ships in the Night" never made much sense to me, so I thought I must have them wrong. So I set out to get an official copy of the words. Bobby Russell was an American and he published his songs himself under PIX-RUSS MUSIC, which was in Los Angeles, but later relocated to Tennessee. I don't know who Cynthia Russell is to Bobby Russell (widow or sister, perhaps?), but she is supposedly running PIX-RUSS. I thought, "How easy. All I have to do it write to Cynthia and ask her to please send me the lyrics" (It's worked successfully with other publishers before).

    But here's the thing: Even though "Ships in the Night" was written by an American and published in the U.S., Bobby Russell had the song copyrighted in Australia! He recorded the song first in Australia with the Aussie division of Columbia Records and released it as a single in Australia in 1973. Cynthia Russell never contacted me, so I had to write to the National Library of Australasia to see if they would scan a copy of the lyrics to "Ships" and send it to me. The NLA in Australia is the same thing as the Library of Congress in the US, where most Americans file to have their works copyrighted.

    As it turns out, I did all that footwork for nothing. The NLA sent me a copy of the sheet music for "Ships" in PDF format. The lyrics I had come up with are exactly what appear in the song sheet.

    After I finish adding the lyrics to the songs on "Ships" and upload them, I will start working on the one-off singles that Vicki has made -- you know, songs that were released on 45s with hopes they'd be big enough hits to spawn a new album, but ended up not making much of a dent on the charts. As a result, these singles have become quite difficult to hunt down. Some of them appear on the new Real Gone Records double-album, but not all of them.

    The second single released from "Ships" later in 1974 is a song called "Funny Girl." The B-Side was "It Could Have Been Me" from the "Georgia" LP.

    "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better" was a one-off single, backed with "Cameo" from "Ships." The song actually charted. Just nowhere near #1. (YouTube has Vicki singing "Mama's Gonna Make It" on the Burnett Show). The year was 1974 and it was the last single she released on US label Bell Records (which was already two years into being swallowed up by Arista Records -- the mess of which prevented Bell from releasing the "Ships" LP in the US.

    In Australia and the UK, it was a different story. Conglomerate E.M.I. Records, out of Britain, has separate divisions all over the world. Subsidiaries, really. Each subsidiary became its own unique record company with a new label. E.M.I. had a hand in the dissolution of Bell Records. Bell, having been a money-making label for several years, raking it in for E.M.I., started losing money. E.M.I.'s Arista division, in the meantime, was showing promise as a new label under its young and hip management. So although it appears that Bell went out of business, it was actually absorbed by another E.M.I. subsidiary.

    E.M.I.'s subsidiaries in Australia and the UK were still doing quite well in the early to mid-70s. Their subsidiary in the UK was called Stateside Records, while the sub in Australia was called Stateside Recordings. The Stateside label was geared toward distributing American-made records to the UK and Australia. Other E.M.I. distributors bearing different names issued these US-made recordings to different countries, like Portugal and Germany.

    The single "Night...Georgia" was released first in the UK and AUS in November of 1972 on Stateside. Naturally, the song that appeared on Side-B, "Dime a Dance," was also pressed and released in 1972. The promo 45s that went to American DJs also bear the publishing copyright date as 1972. The Stateside labels already had a fairly strong potential hit on their hands months before American radio started playing the song. The big kickstart that got the song soaring up Billboard's Top 200 list was Vicki's performance of "Georgia" late in 1972. By February, the song sold over 1 million copies, earning Vicki a Gold Record. (Carol Burnett presented the gold disk to Vicki on stage, completely catching Vicki off guard. The clip is also on YouTube).

    Vicki's 2nd single from the "Georgia" LP was "He Did With Me." It reached #55 on the Top 200 in the US. However, the song flew to Number One in Australia, so Stateside Recordings was very pleased. They shooed Vicki back in the studio and told her to repeat the feat. They wanted new material and they wanted it now.

    Not every song a performer intends for an album actually makes it to the album. The producer might think a particular song is great, but it doesn't quite fit in with the album as a whole. He has to make the tough decision to cut the song from the album. Such was the case during the recording sessions for "Georgia." One song, written by Vicki's then-husband Bobby Russell, was recorded and everyone loved it. However, it stood out like a sore thumb among the soulful, understated songs that were the majority. So Snuff Garrett, the producer, did not include the song on the "Georgia" LP.

    Hey, Emmett, if you ever hear of a release of this LP let me know as i would def purchase as i never even knew of the 2nd or 3rd LP at all so having another set of music from Vicki would b great! were there any ballads on the LP or just more less disco tunes? peace.

    Hi Daniel,

    Thanks so much for the clarification. Somehow, it makes me feel good to know the 2" masters exist for the LP "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia." Mr. Garrett must store them in an airtight, temperature- and humidity-controlled vault, don''t you think? The iron oxide coating on magnetic tape tends to flake off with age if the reels aren't stored properly.

    I finally got around to making a digital copy of "Newborn Woman" and have been listening to it, really, for the first time. The whole album is actually terrific. You sound like you're somebody in the industry. Perhaps you could use your influence to make "Newborn Woman" available on CD or as a digital download. Miss Vicki has many fans based solely on her music career and I'm sure it would sell like hotcakes.

    Emmett

    The original 2 inch 16 track masters do still exist. They are in Texas and owned by the original producer Snuff Garrett. This CD was issued using the original 1/4" mixed masters.

    VICKI LAWRENCE - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 212189

    VICKI LAWRENCE. Photograph signed: "Love/Vicki Lawrence". B/w, 7¾x9¾. After eleven years as a regular on The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978), Lawrence reprised one of her comic characters from that show on, Mama's Family (1983-1990). The actress/singer, who won an Emmy in 1976, was also nominated in 1974, 1975 and 1977 for The Carol Burnett Show and in 1982 for Eunice, and Lawrence also received Golden Globe nominations in 1973, 1975 and 1977. She became one of the few female hosts of a TV quiz show, Win, Lose or Draw (1987-1990), and had her own daytime talk show, Vicki (1992-1994). Lawrence had also taken the song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", written by her then-husband, Bobby Russell, to the #1 spot on the Top 100, where it remained for two weeks. Ink lightly beaded (completely legible). Ink note (unknown hand) on verso (no show through). Fine condition.

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Standing in a crowded room The lights way down low A voice said, "May I have this dance?" Somehow I couldn't say no The louder the music would play Each movement we made seemed to say "Tonight in his loving arms I wanted to stay" My heart kept saying don't stop Don't stop the music Don't stop the beautiful music Together our bodies swaying And with every beat My heart kept saying don't stop the guitars from strumming Don't stop the drummers from drumming I'm afraid that if this song should end I'll never see him again Never been touched by a man No, not like this And when he looked into my eyes Somehow I couldn't resist The harder I tried to ignore I found myself wanting him more There's something deep inside me Saying I never knew love before My heart kept saying don't stop Don't stop the music Don't stop the beautiful music Together our bodies swaying And with every beat my heart kept saying Don't stop the guitars from strumming Don't stop the drummers from drumming I'm afraid that if this song should end I'll never see him again Our shadows danced across the ceiling Together they touched with so much feeling My thoughts of loving you were so appealing to me My heart kept saying don't stop Don't stop the music Don't stop the beautiful music Together our bodies swaying And with every beat my heart kept saying Don't stop the guitars from strumming Don't stop the drummers from drumming I'm afraid that if this song should end I'll never see him again My heart kept saying don't stop
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Sitting in the dark by the radio Waiting for the sun Just you and me talking all night After the loving is done We must have known each other In another life or two 'Cause it feels so nice and comfortable Like it's always been you It's always been you Yeah, it's always been you Before you said "I love you" I already knew Baby, it may sound peculiar But it's all so familiar It's always been you It's always been you Living in a town nearly all our lives Strangers all the while But when we met it was déjà vu After your very first smile I know we've been together In another life or two 'Cause it feels so nice and comfortable Like it's always been you It's always been you It's always been you Before you said "I love you" I already knew Baby, it may sound peculiar But it's all so familiar It's always been you It's always been you Let's pretend That it's some yesterday somewhere Maybe a thousand years ago And in our fantasy I'll take you in my arms I just want to make love to you The way we used to do It's always been you It's always been you Before you said "I love you" I already knew Baby, it may sound peculiar But it's all so familiar It's always been you It's always been you It's always been you It's always been you
3.
I'll tell you how it happened It was late one night There was nothing anybody could do I was standing alone with my defenses down But I didn't know a killer was on the loose Then I saw him; he was dressed in black And I never knew I never ever should've turned my back I was helpless; it was plain to see I was the victim of the robbery He stole my heart in a midnight robbery Ooh, and when he held me close I surrendered helplessly Well, I gave him my loving And he promised he'd stay But when I turned my head around He made his getaway Somebody stop that man There's been a robbery Flaming eyes and a chilling smile And a devastating kind of charm There was no doubt about it There was no way out 'Cause this guy was very, very definitely undercover He was so discreet But it didn't take him long to knock me off my feet In the midnight it was plain to see I was the victim of the robbery He stole my heart in a midnight robbery Oo, and when he held me close I surrendered helplessly Well, I gave him my loving And he promised he'd stay But when I turned my head around He made his getaway Somebody stop that man There's been a robbery He stole my heart in a midnight robbery Ooo, and when he held me close I surrendered helplessly Well, I gave him my loving And he promised he'd stay But when I turned my head around, he made his getaway Somebody stop that man Won't somebody help me? This just can't be. There's been a robbery He stole my heart in a midnight robbery He stole my heart in a midnight robbery He stole my heart in a midnight robbery...
4.
Well, the miracle just happened When you came into my life From the moment that I saw you I could feel the sparks ignite And when your eyes looked into mine Your heart gave me a sign I could feel the strong vibration Giving me an invitation Never gonna let you go This time there's no mistaken Never gonna let you go This time there's no escaping love Well, I can hear sweet music playing Every time you come in view And I can feel my body shaking Just being next to you Well, you taught me how to smile You make it all worthwhile You gave my life a new direction Filled with your loving and affection Never gonna let you go, babe This time there's no mistaken Never gonna let you go This time there's no escaping love Oooooo, I'll never gonna let you go Well, it's such a normal feeling Just being where you are And your eyes look so appealing They outshine the brightest star I'm so glad I found someone Who is nice to be around I know this love will last forever 'Cause you and me belong together Never gonna let you go, babe This time there's no mistaken Never gonna let you go This time there's no escaping love Ohh, I'll never gonna let you go Oooo, I'll never gonna let you go Baby, baby, babe, I'll never gonna let you go I'm never gonna let you go
5.
Star Love 03:41
Last night I was called to the desert By a feeling that spoke through my heartbeat I knew the time was right to let it persuade me And I just had to follow The skies seemed to open before me And through the doorway came visions of silver I closed my eyes and felt him standing before me Like a million years ago I believe in star love And things that I can't see A million years have come and gone Since star love first found me Star love Star love We made love And then we traveled at light speed And I remembered every light That I passed through He was always there And he will always be Love goes on forever He'd make the ground get soft enough To lay upon like angel fluff The cactus gave us wine The rock he gathered at his will They sang for us to break the still There was no space or time I believe in star love And things that I can't see A million years have come and gone And star love still loves me Star love Star love Star love
6.
Your Lies 03:12
Every time I look into your big brown eyes I think about the love we had And then about your lies You made a big old fool out of me You set me up But then you set me free with your lies, with your lies Every time I hear a love song on the radio It makes me feel so bad that I have to turn it down low You made a big old fool out of me You set me up But then you set me free with your lies, with your lies Your lies are like the tale of a honey bee Loves you when it's captured But stings you when it's free Just when I begin to think you're finally sincere Someone comes and whispers in my ear with your lies With your lies Just when I begin to think you're okay You get me saying "Please" Then you up and throw it all away You made a big old fool out of me You set me up But then you set me free with your lies, with your lies Your lies are like the tale of a honey bee Loves you when it's captured But stings you when it's free Just when I begin to think you're finally sincere Someone comes And whispers in my ear with your lies, with your lies Ohh, with your lies
7.
Ever since I met you, you made my life complete I never tasted loving I never tasted love so sweet Darling, it's you and I We'll climb a stairway to the sky That moment we've been waiting for has finally arrived Every time you touch me I could feel the passion grow Thoughts so warm and tender Are about to overflow So, baby, let's hold on tight And soon we'll feel the sparks ignite Lie here next to me And love will take us through the night 'Cause, baby, when you're near me I simply can't resist You're the only reason, the only reason I exist But, baby, when we're together Love's so simple and so pure Oooo, you keep me coming You keep me coming back for more Every passing moment I can see our love light glow The seeds of love we planted Together we'll watch them grow Your love's taking me to the top Ain't no way I'm gonna stop I'm gonna give you all my love I'm gonna give you all I've got 'Cause, baby, when you're near me I simply can't resist You're the only reason, the only reason I exist And, baby, when we're together Love's so simple and so pure Oooh, you keep me coming You keep me coming back for more 'Cause, baby, when you're near me I simply can't resist...
8.
Saw you; I know that you saw me, too One thought being shared by two But what could I do but fantasize? All I do is fantasize of us making love When I close my eyes Chorus: Oo, baby, just one time I'd like to be making love to you Just one time, please Oh, baby, just one time I'd like if you were making love to me Just one time, please Stronger, my thoughts just get stronger My nights just get longer, spent thinking of you What to say? I wish I knew what to say Words simple and few would bring me next to you Repeat Chorus Words simple and few Would bring me next to you Repeat Chorus
9.
I was an independent lady Never needed anyone You got me feeling like a baby That's what loving you has done I see a brand new world around me Even though it's still the same But since your loving arms have found me My whole attitude has changed I'm a newborn woman You make me come alive A newborn woman Feeling so good inside I'm a newborn woman Never thought that I could be a newborn woman 'Cause loving you Has made a new woman out of me I can't believe the way I'm acting Doing things I've never done Just like that, you made it happen You got me loving everyone I was never into giving All I cared about was me Up till now I wasn't living Didn't know that I could be a newborn woman You make me come alive A newborn woman Feeling so good inside I'm a newborn woman loving everything I see A newborn woman 'Cause loving you has made a new woman out of me I'm a newborn woman I'm a newborn woman A newborn woman 'Cause loving you has made a new woman out of me I'm a newborn woman I'm a newborn woman A newborn woman 'Cause loving you has made a new woman out of me

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Not one to be discouraged, Vicki tried her hand at disco in 1979 with her third LP "Newborn Woman." The album was issued on Windmill Records and produced by Al Capps who had previously produced Vicki as well as write "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better" in 1974. Unfortunately for fans of Vicki, the LP did not get much promotion since it was issued about a year after The Carol Burnett Show ended. I feel the effort was a valid one. The sessions produced a very good album that should have been pushed harder to the radio stations and dance clubs. I had no idea Vicki had even released an LP back in 1979, or I would have gone out of my way to find it! The good news is that the LP appears on ebay from time to time for those looking for it. I did see Vicki perform the song "Your Lies" from the Newborn Woman album on a TV show back in 1979. It may have been from "Paul Lynde Goes Mad" which Vicki taped in Utah at Osmond Studios with Marie Osmond and Charo as the other two guests on Paul's TV special.

None of Vicki's 3 LP's have been legitimately issued on CD as of 2005. The song "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" has been reissued on various compilation LPs in the 1970s and on CDs of hit '70's music in the 80s and 90s. BELL Records is now owned by ARISTA Records. Windmill Records was a small indie label in Los Angeles that is no longer in business. Vicki's first and second LP's were produced by Snuff Garrett who also produced Cher's early to mid 1970s LPs and at least one LP by singers Carol Chase, Liza Minnelli and Greek singer Nana Mouskouri. Snuff Garrett produced most of his recordings at United Western Studios, Studio "B" in Hollywood, California.

As Groovy Tuesday: Vicki Lawrence’s “Newborn Woman” once said:

I found a vinyl copy of Vicki Lawrence’s Newborn Woman a few months back at my local Half-Price Books. I knew Vicki had recorded before (“The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” was a #1 single back in 1973), but I had no idea that this record even existed. All it took was the year of release (1979) and one quick glance at the cover and I knew one thing was certain about this record:

Mama does disco!

I was not disappointed– and you won’t be either. I know you might be a little skeptical, but I beg you: at the very least, check out the album-opening “Don’t Stop The Music.” I must have listened to this glorious slice of late-’70s excess at least fifty times in the week after my discovery of the album.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Newborn Woman has never been released on CD. The Analog Kid Blog may be the only place in the world where you can now listen to Thelma Harper moan lustfully, and that makes the $150 I just shelled out to renew my domain more than worth it.

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released November 1, 1979

Arranged By – Al Capps
Art Direction – Linda Kay Klouda-Lavezzo
Backing Vocals – Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Mitch Gordon, Stan Farber, Stephanie Spruill
Bass – James Hughart*, Mike Porcaro
Concertmaster – Gordon Marron
Design – Linda Kay Klouda-Lavezzo
Drums – Willie Ornelas
Engineer – Mark Piscetelli
Guitar – Larry Rolando, Norman Sallitt, Rick Littlefield
Keyboards – Mark Gibbons*, Steve Rucker
Horns – Quitman Dennis, Lew McCreary, Bill Peterson

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Vicki Lawrence is an American actress, comedian, and pop singer known for the many characters she originated on The Carol Burnett Show, where she appeared from 1967 to 1978, for the entire series run. One such character, "The Family" matriarch Mrs.Thelma Harper, later was the central character of the television situation comedy series Mama's Family on NBC and, later, in first-run syndication. ... more

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