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Margo Guryan – It’s Alright Now (1968)

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Margo Guryan is an American songwriter, singer, musician and lyricist. As a songwriter, her work was first recorded in 1958, although it was for her 1960s song "Sunday Mornin'", a hit for both Spanky and Our Gang and Oliver, that she is perhaps best known. Her songs have also been recorded by Cass Elliot, Glen Campbell and Astrud Gilberto, among others.




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Words and Music by Margo Guryan

It’s alright now
We talked the whole thing over
We understand each other
And we won’t be seen together anymore

It’s alright now
Be careful not to touch me
Don’t tell me what you’re thinkin’
And don’t ask me what I feel

Ev’rything will be okay tomorrow
When love is gone
No one seems to love forever
Why should ours go on
And on
And on

It’s alright now
It’s time that we were leaving
I’ve other things to think of
And you shouldn’t see me cryin’ anyhow
And anyhow it’s alright now

© 1971 (renewed) Dartmoor Music
Used by permision. All rights reserved.

Buy 25 Demos on Amazon here and on iTunes here.

Layng Martine, Jr. – Hired Killer (1969)

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A video of a song recorded by Margo Guryan and David A. Rosner in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1969 with writer/artist Layng Martine, Jr. Never previously released because the label was fearful of the ending due to recent terrorist explosions in NYC. Bonus info: In 1977, Layng’s “Way Down” became a gold single for Elvis Presley and was at #1 on the day that Elvis died.




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Margo Guryan – Something’s Wrong with the Morning (1968)

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Thrilled with the success of the Take a Picture reissue, Franklin Castle has compiled a supplemental batch of demos, spanning a few non-LP compositions (notably “Something’s Wrong With the Morning,” “Most of My Life” and “I Don’t Want to Spend Christmas Without You” ) plus some ’70s rarities. Buy the 25 Demos album here. [Source]




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Margo Guryan – 16 Words (2007)

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“16 Words” is a hauntingly effective anti war anthem that uses George Bush’s own words to condemn him. A listener of this song, so powerful in its stark simplicity, comes away understanding that the blood on Bush’s hands stems from the lies that came out of his mouth.” – Joe Wilson (former USA Ambassador to Iraq 1990) [Source]


B-Side “Yes I Am”:


Freda Payne – Lonely Woman (1964)

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Composed by Ornette Coleman with lyrics by Margo Guryan. After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! is the debut album of Freda Payne, released in 1964. This album was reissued on CD in Japan in January 2002 and then on September 13, 2005 in the United States. “Blue Piano” makes its first album appearance, while the majority of the songs on this album are cover songs. The six songs on the first side of the album were recorded on September 17 and 18 of 1963, while the second side was recorded on September 19 of that year (Payne’s twenty-first birthday). Listen to another version of the song here.


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Ed Wool – If They Left Us Alone Now (1969)

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Ed Wool is an American blues/rock guitarist from Watertown, New York. According to the Watertown Daily Times, he has had several bands that have been very popular in the Northeast of the U.S., and Europe. Hailed by producers Mike Joyce, David Rosner, and Margo Guryan as a world class guitarist, singer, song writer and arranger, he has recorded on seven major record labels. In the 1980s he moved to Albany, New York and has continued writing, recording, and leading Ed Wool and The Bebaaa Blues Band. [Source]

The group’s biggest asset was Wool’s smokey-voiced sister, Claudia. The band sags when she tries to belt it out on covers of The Band’s “To Kingdom Come”, and Big Brother’s “Combination Of The Two” (Joplin, she ain’t!), but she shines on softer numbers like Chip Taylor’s “Any Way That You Want Me”, and brother Ed’s atmospheric “If They Left Us Alone Now”. [Source]


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