Something Else Again

Something Else Again
Studio album by
Richie Havens
ReleasedJanuary 1968
RecordedSeptember 8 & 20, 1967
GenreFolk, jazz, singer-songwriter
Length43:34
LabelVerve
ProducerJohn Court
Richie Havens chronology
Mixed Bag
(1966) 		Something Else Again
(1968) 		Richard P. Havens, 1983
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(Favorable)[2]

Something Else Again is the second studio album by American folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, released in January 1968.[3] The track "Run, Shaker Life" was based on a Shaker dance song by elder Issachar Bates[4] and reworked from Havens' old band, The Last Men, who reunited for this recording.[5] "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" was later reworked by Yes on its second album, Time and a Word.

Track listing

  1. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 2:58
  2. "Inside of Him" (Havens) – 4:26
  3. "The Klan" ("Alan Grey, David Grey," pseudonyms for Alan Arkin and David I. Arkin) – 4:31
  4. "Sugarplums" – 2:54
  5. "Don't Listen to Me" (Havens) – 4:27
  6. "From the Prison" (Jerry Merrick) – 3:37
  7. "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan) – 4:38
  8. "Something Else Again" – 7:30
  9. "New City" (Havens, John Court) – 2:47
  10. "Run, Shaker Life" (Havens, Joe Price, Mark Roth) – 5:46

Personnel

  • Richie Havens – vocals, guitar, sitar, tamboura
  • Warren Bernhardt – organ, piano, clavinet
  • Denny Gerrard – bass on "Run, Shaker Life"
  • Don Payne – bass
  • Adrian Guillery – guitar
  • Paul "Dino" Williams – guitar, chant on "Run, Shaker Life"
  • Daniel Ben Zebulon – conga, drums, chant on "Run, Shaker Life"
  • Eddie Gómez – double bass
  • Donald MacDonald – drums
  • Skip Prokop – drums on "Run, Shaker Life"
  • Jeremy Steig – flute
  • John Blair – violin on "Inside of Him"
Technical
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision


Charts

year chart peak
1968 Billboard Pop Albums 184

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone. Vol 1. No. 4, January 20, 1968, p. 20
  3. ^ Allmusic entry for Something Else Again. Accessed April 26, 2013.
  4. ^ Song Comparison: "Come Life, Shaker Life" and "Run, Shaker Life". AmericanMusicPreservation.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "Havens' New Album". Rolling Stone. Vol. 1 No. 2, November 23, 1967.