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New Morning is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 21, 1970 [2] [5] [6] by Columbia Records. Coming only four months after the controversial Self Portrait , the more concise New Morning received a much warmer reception from fans and critics.
New Morning: Released: October 21, 1970 ... The Very Best of Bob Dylan: Release: September 23, 2014; ... Non-album tracks / Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II
Comprised of New Morning and Self Portrait outtakes, Dylan is probably a more commercially savvy album than Dylan himself would have ever chosen to release, with several covers of contemporary hit ...
[10] News of the collaboration between Dylan and Harrison caused considerable excitement in the music press, [11] even though Columbia made a point of announcing that neither artist deemed the results worthy of release. [12] According to biographer Clinton Heylin, the May 1 session was "the true starting point" for Dylan's New Morning album.
The album contained 35 previously unreleased tracks, including alternative takes and demos from Dylan's 1969–1971 recording sessions during the making of the Self Portrait and New Morning albums. The box set also included a live recording of Dylan's performance with the Band at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969.
Rolling Stone placed the song 84th on a list of the "100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs of All Time". An article accompanying the list noted that it possesses a "raggedly euphoric power" and that "Dylan has rarely sounded as joyful as he does during the 'la la la' intro" while "gospel-tinged backup vocals add to the lyrics’ sense of unguarded intimacy and deliverance in hard times".
On July 25, 2011, Sirius XM issued a press release [8] announcing the launch of a 24/7 "Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour" internet-only channel. The press release noted that channel would launch on Monday, August 15 on channel 801 on Sirius XM Internet Radio and would feature "every one of Dylan's classic 'Theme Time Radio Hour' shows."
The album is made up from studio outtakes from the previous Dylan releases Self Portrait and New Morning.The nine songs featured on the album consist of six cover songs and three traditional songs, adapted and arranged by Dylan.