| New World in the Morning | |
| Type: | Studio Album |
| Artist: | Roger Whittaker |
| Cover: | New World in the Morning.jpg |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Recorded: | 1970 |
| Genre: | Folk |
| Label: | EMI |
| Producer: | Denis Preston |
| Next Title: | For My Friends... |
New World in the Morning is a studio album by British singer-songwriter Roger Whittaker released by EMI in 1971. It featured some of his most popular folk songs, including the international hit "The Last Farewell", "A Special Kind of Man", and "Streets of London".[1] Whittaker first performed the title track, "New World in the Morning", at a 1969 music festival in Rio de Janeiro.[2] When released as a single, it reached number 17 in the UK and number 12 in the US Easy Listening charts.[1]
Whittaker recorded the album in 1970 and it was released in 1971 at the peak of his popularity. It included the international hit "The Last Farewell", which was released as a single, and won Whittaker an Ivor Novello Award for songwriting. "No Blade of Grass" was utilised as the title song for the film of the same name.[3]
The album was only issued on vinyl and never been released to CD, and current digital versions of the album's most popular songs have been re-recordings done by Whittaker in the 1980s and 1990s.
Included on the North American release were the songs "Why?", "What Love Is" and "Mexican Whistler", while "New World in the Morning", whilst "From Both Sides Now" and "Streets of London" were omitted. In the US and Canada most of these songs appeared on Whittakers 1971 album "A Special Kind of Man" release through RCA Records.
The song "New World in the Morning" had earlier been released by Hagood Hardy in June 1970.[4]