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1 As I Am 10:20
2 Waterfall 7:32
3 Nicasio 2:14
4 Passagee 19:11
When you don't tire of this album by "Laura Allen and Paul Horn" even after hundreds of listenings, you can crown it a "classic." she plays zither and sings melodies of eternal inspiration and exquisite depth. A few refrains have lyrics, and they are pure poetry. "My heart is grateful--just to be, and nothing more. I am the joy, and the sorrow. The tear, the death, and blessed bird. As I am today, I am tomorrow: a child of God, flying out to love on this earth...." Though you'll probably remember only zither and angelic voice, other notables contribute to the magic: on swirls of flutes, on Lyricon wind synthesizer, on synthesizer, and on bells. Everything about this album seems to have been "Special Delivery" from Heaven; even the faint auto sounds in the background are totally forgiven, even embraced. Even if this album is available only on cassette tape, get it. It is available on tape only through Inner Peace Music. Here's is one of my favorite new age lp's. Laura is featured on celtic harp like customized zither, wordless vocals and lyrical song poems. One of those mellow records to sip tea to on a sunday morning and zone out to.


Laura Allan just passed away on May 19th, 2008 from a six month battle with cancer. You can find her memorial here virtual-memorials.com/

I played with Laura in the 1970′s in a group called the Fairfax Street Choir http://www.fairfaxstreetchoir.com the great show, looking for your long lost mind review and many other groups. I am fortunate to still have rehearsal taPES of us singing duets from that time. You can also go to http://www.mooreamusicpele.com to the audio files page and find Laura singing there also.

"Laura Allan was a true talent, could pick up any instrument and play it and had a voice that only an angel would dare to have. I will miss her now that I know I won't be able to see her again in this life anyway. Enjoy her music and reflections you can get sometimes on amazon. aloha" ~Tricia Moorea

" Laura Allan was in and out of my life for many years. The most memorable visit we had was when she and my brother came to my daughter's wedding. They unexpectedly joined the band, making for a lively reception. Then, Laura made a generous toast to the bride and groom. We were outdoors, on a sunny day and in total silence Laura held her triangle in front of her and sang "where is love..." She knew how to play to her audience. That beautiful, clear, sweet voice was the loveliest gift of all. I will cherish that moment always. The next day all of the family went to the beach and Laura showed a granddaughter how to play the Dulcimer. (I actually painted that poignant scene.) We were lucky to have two special moments in one weekend to last a lifetime. Laura was a generous, talented, loving woman." ~Nancy Goff

" I am so very sorry and my heart aches to hear Laura has passed on. She was indeed a special soul. We had lost touch over the years, back from the days when she and others lived in the 'Giggle House' up on the hill in Forestville. Her dear friend Robbie made me my first dulcimer and we all would have such a good time with one another singing and playing down at the The Good Earth in Fairfax. Laura, I will miss you, you were an angel on Earth...I am so thankful to have known you well...Please contact me if anyone remembers those by gone days" ~Loren Dubai...

"I think Laura's Reflections album is a masterpiece that deserves to be rediscovered and popularized like Linda Perhacs' Parallelograms or the music of Nick Drake. Does anyone know if the master tape still exists? For that matter, does anyone know how to obtain a good copy of the album. My copy is -- as others have mentioned -- distractingly noisy on side 1 due to low quality pressing, but I've heard that a limited number of audiophile quality pressings were also made " ~Bob Olson



" I agree with you about Laura's Reflections album...it is a masterpiece and most definitely should be remastered and put out on either CD or MP3′s for purchasing. The album is available as MP3 downloads from various sites but probably lacks good sound quality.
It seems the powers to be whoever they may be, either have no interest or other reasons for not releasing this album into the current music stream. Laura's first album 'Laura Allan' also suffers the same fate...it is only available from the import from 2002 re-released CD from Japan for $51 dollars. ~ Edmund Venella