Description
Numbered limited edition 180-gram LP pressed at RTI
Sublime 1970 album among loosest, jovial of Dylan's career
Includes hit single "If Not for You" and "The Man In Me," featured in the film "The Big Lebowski"
The album might have saved Bob Dylan's career. At the least, it proved the icon still relevant, and his wits still intact. And it immediately followed what remains the artist's biggest disaster, the yet-unexplained and forever puzzling Self Portrait, a nearly unlistenable attempt that caused many to wonder whether Dylan had lost his mind. If intended as a joke, it bombed, making the sublime New Morning all the more important to restore faith in the singer's creativity and songwriting prowess. It did all this and more, and stands as his finest studio effort during a five-year span.
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI, this restored 45 RPM analog version spotlights the open, woozy sound that welcomes wholeheartedly Dylan's piano, several eager guitars, female background singers, Al Kooper's organ, and snappy drumming into a world of their own. New Morning remains one of Dylan's loosest and jovial affairs, the instruments retaining an off-the-cuff sensibility relating to a nightclub atmosphere or live stage feel. On this reissue, notes naturally dangle and fade, allowing the playful vibes and humor to come through like never before. Consequently, the album can be experienced with a new perspective. Wider grooves mean more information reaches your ears.
Tracklisting:
| Side 1 |
| If Not for You |
| Day of the Locusts |
| Time Passes Slowly |
| Went to See the Gypsy |
| Winterlude |
| If Dogs Run Free |
| Side 2 |
| New Morning |
| Sign on the Window |
| One More Weekend |
| The Man In Me |
| Three Angels |
| Father of Night |
