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New Morning (1970)
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Tracks (Click song title for lyrics)
Album Info
Remastered version released March 31, 2009
Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano*
David Bromberg -- Electric Guitar, Dobro
Harvey Brooks -- Electric Bass
Ron Cornelius -- Electric Guitar
Charlie Daniels -- Electric Bass
Buzzy Feiten -- Electric Guitar
Al Kooper -- Organ, Piano, Electric Guitar, French Horn
Russ Kunkel -- Drums
Billy Mundi -- Drums
Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinsin, Maeretha Stewart** -- Background Vocals
Producer -- Bob Johnston
Special Thanks to Al Kooper
Photographer -- Lou Siegler
If Not For You
Day Of The Locusts*
Time Passes Slowly*
Went To See The Gypsy*
Winterlude*
If Dogs Run Free**
New Morning
Sign On The Window*
One More Weekend
The Man In Me*
Three Angels
Father Of Night*
Comments
New Morning
What a great way to wake up with this record
a good "comeback"
I don't really like if dogs run free all that much but I really love the other songs which is why I give it a 5. Gypsy and sign on the window are really amazing songs along with the man in me, and the others are not to far behind. It would have been cool if Dylan had released the covers and songs he did with Harrison and Cash during this period becuase those are also amazing.
Oh, the 3 songs I was
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Oh, the 3 songs I was referring to are:
1. If Not For You
2. Father of Night
3. Winterlude
Hope that makes more sense now.
Agreed
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I agree, Those 3 songs are definitely the best of the bunch. I was not really a fan of Bob Dylan until I heard this remastered album. Very cool!
bbeeerrrr baby its cold outside
mmmmhmm winterlude makes me feel not scared to be freezing because i know my love for bob will keep me warm. new morning makes me feel like a brand like everything is brand new and i can do whatever i feel like doing and it will be fine. i love the scat on when dogs run free. the woman in me wants the man in bob. i love the sound of the locusts in the beginning of the night of the locusts, that song makes me love nature. there is not enough nature noises in songs.
New Morning Picks up the Threads
The spiritual tone of some of these songs (especially "Three Angels" and "Father of Night", not to mention the title New Morning sounding suspiciously like the words of Jeremiah in Lamentations 3:22-23) as well as those songs that reflect upon domestic bliss (all the rest of them, pretty much) make me see this album as Dylan picking up where John Wesley Harding left off. Not to say that Nashville Skyline and Self Portrait weren't natural progressions, but New Morning almost bookends this period. The last thing anybody can say about this album is that it's polished. In some cases it seems to be trying to find itself, just as Dylan's raspy voice is beginning to emerge from the cocoon of his sweet Nasvhville croon.
Probably one of the best moments of my own Dylan lore is the day I went to see him late in 1989 at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia. Oh Mercy had just come out and man, was it awesome! But all day I had been singing to myself "Man In Me." That song is just so right from beginning to end - and come on, Dylan singing "La la la"? Outrageous! Well, I presumed Dylan had long forgotten that song, but how wrong I was. That night he sang it, and just about made my life!
If I really had to compare it with all his other albums I'd give New Morning 4 of 5 stars. But on their own, each Dylan album gets 5 stars.
New Morning (1970)
This is very different from all his previous albums.
My favourite songs on the album are:
1. If Not For You
2. Father of Night
3. Winterlude
The January 2007 issue of 'Mojo' rated this album Dylan's 8th best album - I consider it to be his 17th best album.
Love it!
So a few weeks ago I got the remastered version of New Morning. I loved it! Most of the songs have Bob playing the piano which is interesting and great. My favorites are If Not For You, Day Of The Locust, New Morning, One More Weekend, The Man In Me, Three Angels, and Father Of Night.
Favorite Dylan Lp
I can remember when I first purchased this LP in 1970 as a brand spanking new release. I was blown away, it was that great that quickly for me. It didn't take long until I felt this was his best release, and actually I still think that today. Every song is a 5-star in my opinion. How some people knock 'If Dogs Run Free' boggles my mind.
This album is purely a classic or masterpiece, whichever word you prefer. When I go on long road trips, I bring a lot of Bob Dylan music among other music, but this is the one I start the trip with.
Average fare
Not a bad effort but certainly need to be in the mood for it. What a shame the awful bvs from IDRF weren't nixed for the re-release, it would've made a tasty slice of Dylan Jazz. All in all it's a fun, relaxing, versatile mix that is happy kicking back in the country lifestyle. Nice to hear Bob actually contented and mellow on occasion, even though I prefer the protest-folkie in him.
If Dogs Run Free
One of the best albums. It just hangs together and is a good listen from beginning to end. No accounting for taste but "If Dogs Run Free" is one of my favorites and not only on this album. The background vocal sets the tune off nicely. Multiple counterpoint: spoken lyric, scat, guitar, piano and bass movement, 50's coffeehouse. Fun and groovy. I can't think of another album having so many beautiful tunes. Bob's music takes on a different quality when he sits at the piano. I think that aspect of his artistry is somewhat overlooked. There are so many facets to his talent. Things go overlooked.
Have to be in the mood for this one.
SLUMDOG
I think if he'd omitted some songs for some others and re recorded 'If Dogs' without that awful skat singer. I love Jazz but the girl singer can't sing Jazz. It's not bad but not great.
Dude
I love this album, it is incredibly underrated. Dogs Run free is sweet he just should have recorded it without the background singer.
Its nice to compare this album to Blood on the tracks. Hes so happy and in love in this one and then it all goes bad by Blood on the tracks.
I love Day of the locust and I wished I had made it my graduation song.
Three Angels reminds me of a
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Three Angels reminds me of a Hank Williams song.. these men with broken hearts... a superb and moving song
I think this is a great
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I think this is a great album, 'if not for you' 'new morning' and 'the man in me' are my favorites.
But i must agree with previous comments and say 'if dogs run free' is probably the worst Dylan song ever, mainly because of the awful backing vocals, I have to skip the song when listening to the album (Its the only Dylan song I will skip)
Oh and 'sign on the window' is a beautiful song. New morning is well worth having.
Hmmm...
Winterlude & If Dogs Run Free are amazing & wonderful - superawasome.
Am I the only one who can't
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Am I the only one who can't stand ' if dogs run free'?
Whether you are a fan or a
Whether you are a fan or a new listener to Bob, this is still an album not to be missed.
On This New Morning With You
New Morning grows on you. Not a masterpiece, but truly a good album - not great. I compare it to Planet Waves, Street Legal, Empire Burlesque and Under The Red Sky. I would wait on them until you have in your possession the great albums, such as Freewheelin', Times/Changin', Another Side...., Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61, Blonde On Blonde, Blood On The Tracks, Desire, Slow Train, Shot Of Love, Infidels, Oh Mercy, Time Out Of Mind and Modern Times. I would also recommend Biograph, and Bootlegs 1-3 and 8 before purchasing this.
I think this is one of
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I think this is one of Dylan's best albums, right up there with "Blonde On Blonde" and "Blood On The Tracks". And, yeah, it may be too short. Certainly, "I Went To See The Gypsy" could have been lengthened. He was good, at this time, about giving a certain atmosphere to the recordings.
ConchoBill
Deep in the Heart of Texas
I think this is one of
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I think this is one of Dylan's best albums, right up there with "Blonde On Blonde" and "Blood On The Tracks". And, yeah, it may be too short. Certainly, "I Went To See The Gypsy" could have been lengthened. He was good, at this time, about giving a certain atmosphere to the recordings.
ConchoBill
Deep in the Heart of Texas
I think this is one of
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I think this is one of Dylan's best albums, right up there with "Blonde On Blonde" and "Blood On The Tracks". And, yeah, it may be too short. Certainly, "I Went To See The Gypsy" could have been lengthened. He was good, at this time, about giving a certain atmosphere to the recordings.
ConchoBill
Deep in the Heart of Texas
gentleman
It's a challenging album, his most experimental one, but at the same time it manages to get an immediate feeling. I think it's his most english album, like he took a little of The beatles' sophistication, but playing with the melodies his own way. I like the prominence he gives to the piano, which he plays also his own way, beautifully. Al Kooper also plays tastefully in If dogs run free, not bad for a guitar player... Sign on the window is wonderful and The man in me is one of these recordings where even the tiniest bit it's in its right place. Who said this man can't sing?
The Man in Me.
This song is amazing on it's own,but when paired with the "Big Lebowski" it's a fun combination!
~K
Very Underrated
I have always enjoyed this album and found it to be underrated. I believe I read somewhere that Bob was disappointed that Columbia did not promote this harder.
Dave
has some good material but its too short
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the playing time of the album is way to short. i have often thought that this and other albums should be re-issued with bonus tracks at the tail end of each cd. this one could have wallflower among others.
sign on the window is one of Bob's most overlooked great songs. title track and time passes slowly are nice too.
New morning, indeed
Many say that Bob realized the folly of Self Portrait and rushed New Morning out to silence the masses that he'd finally fallen on his face. If you agree with me about Self Portrait, then you will know this isn't true. I think this is another forward progression from the Harding/Skyline ilk. The songs here are solid and it's a quiet, majestic record.
Great jazzy album
For me it has few to do with Nashville skyline, except for the voice in some of the songs. It's a much more jazzy album and the songs here are great. If dgs run free, New morning, One more weekend, Father of night are great and If not for you and The man in me are masterpieces for me.
New Morning
To my ears, New Morning always sounds a bit like Nashville Skyline ... only without the country. No fiddles or pedal steels, but it’s still Bob trying once again to work in the songwriter-for-hire mode. Sure two of the songs are lyrically little more than veiled anecdotes from Bob’s life (meeting Elvis in “Went To See The Gypsy” and getting an honorary doctorate in “Day Of The Locusts”). But for the most part this is Bob writing outside of himself. He’s doing work for other writers and projects (“Three Angels” and “Father Of Night” from the nowhere near completed Devil and Daniel Webster musical). On my two favorite songs off this album, he’s showing off his range and versatility with a schmaltz-waltz that would be perfect for the Lawrence Welk show (“Winterlude”) and then switching directly into Jazz (“If Dogs Run Free”). Even the Blues (which Dylan had often played with and stretched into his own image) is given a fairly straight run-through with “One More Weekend”. He’s even trying to write straight-ahead pop songs like the title track, “The Man In Me”, and “If Not For You” (which sounds like it should be a hit for Olivia Newton-John... and it was). While New Morning is not nearly as brave or interesting as Self-Portrait or even Nashville Skyline, it’s a solid, fun, and occasionally weird album.