Description
There’s a New Dawn is an album by the American psychedelic rock/garage combo The New Dawn, independently released on Hoot Records in 1970, manufactured by IRO, Vancouver, Canada. The album was produced by Gary Nieland.
The New Dawn features Larry Davis on keyboards and guitar, Joe Smith on lead guitar, Bobby Justen on bass, Dan Bazzy on drums and lead vocals, and Bill Gartner on lead vocals and drums. As well featuring Bob Green on vocals. They hailed from a small town in Western Oregon, and were a big regional band.
Two of the album tracks, “I See A Day” and “Dark Thoughts”, were later included on the multi-artist sampler Lysergic Saviours: A Psychedelic Prophecy!, released on Particles in 2017.
[Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “(There’s A) New Dawn” – 4:19
A2. “I See A Day” – 3:37
A3. “It’s Time” – 2:43
A4. “It’s Raining” – 3:15
A5. “Hear Me Cryin'” – 3:30
A6. “Dark Thoughts” – 2:58
Side Two
B1. “Proud Man” – 3:19
B2. “Billy Come Lately” – 3:20
B3. “We’ll Fall In Love” – 3:36
B4. “You” – 3:13
B5. “Last Morning” – 3:40
B6. “Life Goes On” – 4:14
Note: Private pressing released in 1970. The back cover only has the original band members first names, the last names are not mentioned. Has been re-issued on CD and 12-inch vinyl LP. (The band also released a two-sided 7-inch vinyl single in 1969 on Garland Records featuring “Why Did You Go”, b/w “Tears”.) Available at Bandcamp: https://thenewdawn.bandcamp.com/
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