Jonathan Livingston

Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the 1973 soundtrack album done by Neil Diamond. This was released on compact disc sometime in the late 1980's by Columbia Records.

Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his sea-gull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in quest for wisdom.

This is a spoken word version of Jonathan Livingston Seagull that is narrated by actor Richard Harris, with musical accompaniment by Terry James. Today, this would be called an "audiobook" but it was released on vinyl by Dunhill/ABC Records.

„Neil Diamond puts himself into the shoes of a character, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, writing and singing music compelling and rich in texture and melody, to fit the portrait perfectly in a movie under the same name. Recorded in 1973 for CBS under the pop/rock style genre, Diamond had much help in order to make this into reality. Commend Tom Catalano for the musical direction and Lee Holdridge for the splendid and compelling orchestra and string arrangements. Though Diamond only sings on a few tracks, he does it so with the grace and smooth flair that brings enchantment only like he can.

Il gabbiano Jonathan Livingston non è come tutti gli altri. Là dove i suoi simili, schiavi di becco e pancia, si limitano a composti viaggetti per procurarsi il cibo inseguendo le barche da pesca, lui intuisce nel volo una bellezza e un valore assoluti. Tanto basta per meritargli il marchio dell'infamia e l'allontanamento dallo stormo Buonappetito. Solo, audace, sempre più libero, Jonathan il Reietto scopre l'ebbrezza del volo acrobatico e varca i confini di altri mondi, altre dimensioni abitate da gabbiani solitari simili a lui nella spasmodica fame e sete di perfezione…