Bob Dylan - New Morning - 180g 33RPM - LP

Sublime 1970 Album Among Loosest, Jovial of Dylan's Career 

1/4" / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe

The album might have saved Bob Dylan's career. At the least, it proved the icon still relevant, and his wits still in tact. 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 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.  

Side A:

If Not For You
Day Of The Locusts
Time Passes Slowly
Went To See The Gypsy
Winterlude
If Dogs Run Free
Side B:

New Morning
Sign On The Window
One More Weekend
The Man In Me
Three Angels
Father Of Night