''Fred Neil'' is the second

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Fred Neil Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material&n ...

, a pioneer

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musician, recorded and released in 1966. The album has a more laid-back sound than his debut, and contains his best-known songs; "

Everybody's Talkin' "Everybody's Talkin (Echoes)" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Fred Neil in 1966 and released two years later. A version of the song performed by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson became a hit in 1969, reachin ...

" and "The Dolphins". It was re-released in 1969 under the title ''Everybody's Talkin''' in response to the international success of the soundtrack of the movie ''

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'', which made a hit of the new title track for

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. Music journalist

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characterizes the album as Neil's "best", and it was listed in the first (2005) edition of the book ''

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'', edited by Robert Dimery.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fred Neil, except where noted #" The Dolphins" – 4:06 #"I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree)" – 4:40 (

Elizabeth Cotten Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten ( Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This po ...

) #"That's the Bag I'm In" – 3:37 #"Badi-Da" – 3:39 #"Faretheewell (Fred's Tune)" – 4:03 (

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) #"

" – 2:45 #"Everything Happens" – 2:20 #"Sweet Cocaine" – 2:03 (

) #"Green Rocky Road" – 3:40 #"Cynicrustpetefredjohn Raga" – 8:16

Personnel

– acoustic guitar, electric, mumbles, vocals, finger snapping *Pete Childs – electric guitar, acoustic guitar *John T. Forsha – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar *

Cyrus Faryar Cyrus Faryar ( fa, سیروس فریار; born February 26, 1936) is an Iranian-American folk musician, songwriter and record producer. He was active in musical, theatrical and performance events in high school. After graduating from high school ...

– acoustic guitar, bouzouki *Rusty Faryar – finger cymbals *

Jimmy Bond Jimmy Bond is a fictional character in the American Fox television shows ''The Lone Gunmen'' and ''The X-Files'', two science fiction shows about government conspiracies to hide or deny the truth from the people. Portrayed by American actor ...

– bass *

Billy Mundi Billy Mundi (born Antonio Salas, September 25, 1942 in San Francisco – March 29, 2014) was an American drummer best known as a member of The Mothers of Invention and Rhinoceros. He also worked as a session musician. He sometimes used the name To ...

– drums, cymbals, tambourine * Alan Wilson – harmonica *

Nick Venet Nick Venet (born Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis, 3 December 1936 – 2 January 1998) was an American record producer, who began his career at age 19 with World Pacific Jazz. He is best known for signing The Beach Boys to Capitol Records and p ...

– sound effects

Production

*Producer – Nick Venet *Production coordination – Norma Sharp *Recording engineer – Peter Abbott, John Kraus *Art direction – Nick Venet *Photography – Jim Marshall, Edward Simpson *Liner notes – Jerry Hopkins, Bob Mehr, Fred Neil

References

External links

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