Recorded her very first album in 1972 called Child of the Seventies for
Atlantic Records subsidiary label, Atco. It was recorded at Muscle
Sholes Studios in Alabama, in November 1972, taking a total of nine
days to complete; planning to be released in 1973. However, due to the
failure of single 'Your Turn to Cry,' Atlantic revoked the album, and
asked LaVette to turn in the piles of airline tickets they allotted her
for planned promotional tours. In 1999, Bettye found duplicate copies
of the master tapes in her basement, and soon found the original tapes
still existed, and had not been destroyed in the famous 1970s fire.
They were sitting dormant in Atlantic's New York vault. Giles Petaard
had the album issued under the alternative title Souvenirs, and has
since made LaVette transform from an unknown to a in-demand performer.
