''New World in the Morning'' is a
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by
Roger Whittaker
Roger Henry Brough Whittaker (born 22 March 1936) is a British singer-songwriter and musician, who was born in Nairobi to English parents. His music is an eclectic mix of folk music and popular songs in addition to radio airplay hits. He is bes ...
released in 1971. It featured some of his most popular songs, including "
The Last Farewell
"The Last Farewell" is a song from 1971 by British folk singer Roger Whittaker. Whittaker hosted a radio programme in The United Kingdom in 1971, backed by an orchestra with arrangements by Zack Lawrence. Whittaker says "one of the ideas I had wa ...
", "A Special Kind of Man", the title track "New World in the Morning" (#12 US
Easy Listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, n ...
; UK #17) and "
Streets of London".
History
Whittaker released the album in 1971 at the peak of his popularity. It included the hit "The Last Farewell", which won Whittaker an
Ivor Novello Award
The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been a ...
for songwriting. "No Blade of Grass" was the title song for the film ''
No Blade of Grass''.
The album has never been released on CD, and current digital versions of the album's most popular songs have been re-recordings done by Whittaker in the 1980s and 1990s.
In the US and Canada, most of these songs appeared on Whittaker's 1971 album ''A Special Kind of Man'', which was released by
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...
. Included on the North American release were the songs "Why?", "What Love Is" and "Mexican Whistler", while "New World in the Morning", "
From Both Sides Now" and "Streets of London" were omitted.
The song "New World in the Morning" had earlier been released by
Hagood Hardy
Hugh Hagood Hardy, (February 26, 1937 – January 1, 1997) was a Canadian composer, pianist, and vibraphonist. He played mainly jazz and easy listening music. He is best known for the 1975 single, "The Homecoming" from his album of the same na ...
in June 1970.
Track listing
#"Candy Cloud"
#"A Special Kind of Man"
#"No Blade of Grass"
#"Moonshine"
#"Morning Please Don't Come"
#"New World in the Morning"
#"My Kind"
#"
The Last Farewell
"The Last Farewell" is a song from 1971 by British folk singer Roger Whittaker. Whittaker hosted a radio programme in The United Kingdom in 1971, backed by an orchestra with arrangements by Zack Lawrence. Whittaker says "one of the ideas I had wa ...
"
#"
From Both Sides Now"
#"Paradise"
#"Streets of London"
#"He Starts Below"
Charts
References
External links
The Ivor Novello AwardsWhittaker's website
1971 albums
EMI Columbia Records albums
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