BOB DYLAN New Morning (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab limited edition 12-track LP mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at MFSL on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, specially plated and pressed at RTI on 180-gram High Definition Vinyl cut at 33RPM. Originally released in 1970, New Morning marked a decisive and welcome return to form for Bob Dylan, arriving in the wake of Self Portrait and reaffirming his creativity, wit and musical relevance. Relaxed, warm and unusually buoyant, the album is among the loosest and most jovial of his career, built around an off-the-cuff, ensemble feel that blends piano-led arrangements, fluid guitars, organ textures and subtle backing vocals into a sound that feels closer to a late-night jam than a tightly scripted studio session. Featuring enduring highlights such as “If Not For You” and “The Man In Me” – later immortalised in The Big Lebowski – the record balances soulful rock, jazz-inflected grooves and playful experimentation, capturing Dylan at his most unguarded and confident. Frequently cited as his finest studio work of the early 1970s, New Morning endures as a quietly adventurous, deeply human album whose charm lies in its spontaneity, warmth and sense of renewed purpose. Gatefold picture sleeve with original cover artwork, individually gold-foil numbered and factory sealed inside its perforated loose bag. Recommended)

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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.

“Many of the songs seem to have been made up on the spot, with confidence in the ability of first-rate musicians to move in any direction at any time,” wrote Dylan expert and cultural critic Greil Marcus in his original review for the New York Times. “The riffs, inventions, and studio jams of New Morning have their own personality…the full joy of anticipating the right move and the exhilaration of hitting it square and bouncing off a chord into a new lyric.”

These observations hold true today, for the 1970 effort claims a daring flair Dylan rarely exhibited on albums before or since. Enthusiasm and excitement surround his singing, and his work on the 88s underlines the liberating arrangements. Offbeat and eclectic, the record frolics and swings, with the Bard and his crack band pursuing jazzy steps (“Sign on the Window”), shuffling spoken-word experiments (“If Dogs Run Free”), and soulful rock (“The Man In Me,” used to wonderful and prominent effect in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski).

Throughout, Dylan’s phrasing communicates joyousness and simplicity seemingly carried over from the stripped-down John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline. The record’s dominant sentiments trace to the lead track, “If Not For You,” one of the singer’s all-time greatest singles, stitched with country threads and warmth that pervades everything that follows. Yes, New Morning may lack the iconic status of some of Dylan’s better-known records. Yet the underdog stature makes repeat listens all the more rewarding.

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

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

Artist – Bob Dylan (click link for complete listing)
Title – New Morning (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release – 2025
Original Year of Release – 1970
Format – vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Catalogue No – MFSL1-425 (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United States (USA)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Additional info – Sealed, Picture Sleeve
Barcode – 886979470811
Condition – Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No – DYLLPNE881745
Alternative Names – Bob Dilan.
Related Artists – Blind Boy Grunt, Gilbert Hetherwick, Helena Springs, Jakob Dylan, The Los Angeles Gospel Choir, The New Basement Tapes, The Wallflowers.

GENRES
60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists, American Folk, Artist / Graphic Design, Folk, Poetry, Singer/Songwriter.

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