 Rare beauty |
| Review Date: June 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Dr. G. B. Dennill, Azania |
| Frequently finding myself at odds with other Dylan devotees, I have loved this album from the start. And today, especially with this gorgeously remastered version, I love it more than ever. Few people I know have this in their collections, and it is rare to find it except at Amazon or other internet stores. I refer, affectionately, to this as Dylan's jazzy album. It is bound to lift one's spirit, no matter in what mood you are in to begin with. I certainly recommend this for the arbiter elegantiae. |
Bob Dylan-New Morning CD
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| Review Date: May 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Louis R. Cappello, Portland, Or. |
| This is a very overlooked album by Bob, these songs all catch on to you as you listen more. One of my favorite's by Mr. Dylan. |
A Good Record and Perhaps a New Beginning
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| Review Date: March 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Ken Douglas, Landlocked in Reno |
This record came out only four months after what many considered to be the disaster that was Self Portrait and those fans who thought Dylan went south with that record were glad to have him back with this one. So much so, that they perhaps over praised the record. It is good, this record is, but it's no John Wesley Harding or Highway 61 Revisited. Still it's a five star recording of all original material that chronicles where Bob Dylan was in 1970.
"If Not for You", which was covered beautifully by George Harrison on "All Things Must Pass" and by Olivia Newton John, who had a huge hit with it, is a love song that I've played over and over again. It's just simply beautiful. " "The Day of the Locusts" is a four minute dirge about when Dylan had to put on a cap and gown (he didn't want to) and go to Princeton to accept an honorary diploma. "Time Passes Slowly" is a song about time passing. Duh. "Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream." "Time Passes slowly when you're searching for love." "Time passes slowly when you're lost in the daylight." "Time Passes slowly, then fades away." Only Dylan could string ideas like that together in a little over two minute song.
"Went to See the Gypsy," is a nice song about Dylan's meeting with Elvis Presley and "The Man in Me," seems to be a song about how a man sees himself through his lover's eyes. But the real gem on this record is "Sign on the Window." "Sign on the porch says three's a crowd." Was Dylan talking about his fans and how they wouldn't leave him alone. Seems that way to me, but what do I know? Maybe it's about what my good friend Sophie says it is, a New Beginning for Bob Dylan. "That must be what it's all about." So says Dylan, So says Sophie. Either way, it's a great song. Actually the whole record is pretty good. |
It's a New Morning to a new Day
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| Review Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: S. Meyer, ABQ |
| You don't have to be a huge Bob Dylan fan, like I am, to know great music. This album was released in 1970 when I was twenty years old and Dylan was almost thirty. Respect your elders and sing along. Tweaked with several wonderful love songs, New Morning, is bright and sunny. Forget about inner meanings or background singers, enjoy! |
Praise for the Remastering
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| Review Date: September 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Great Faulkner's Ghost, Washington, DC |
| I agree strongly with the positive comments on the sound of this remaster. Although New Morning was well-received at the time and has generally been considered a strong effort by the fans, the remaster was somehow skipped over when the SACD remasters came out in 03. That was a crime, because the old CD version was one of the worst in the catalogue, muddy, muddled, and almost unlistenable (the original vinyl was no great shakes either). Well guess what, this sounds as good as any of the SACDs, even though it is standard 16 bit redbook. The great music is like bird released from its cage, and now it really sings. |
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