''Something Else Again'' is the second studio album by American
folk
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singer and guitarist
Richie Havens
Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered), and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style ...
, released in January 1968. The track "Run, Shaker Life" was based on a
Shaker
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dance song by elder
Issachar Bates
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and reworked from Havens' old band, The Last Men, who reunited for this recording.
["Havens' New Album". ''Rolling Stone''. Vol. 1 No. 2, November 23, 1967.] "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" was later reworked by
Yes
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on its second album, ''
Time and a Word''.
Track listing
# "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 2:58
# "Inside of Him" (Havens) – 4:26
# "The Klan" ("Alan Grey, David Grey," pseudonyms for
Alan Arkin and
David I. Arkin) – 4:31
# "Sugarplums" – 2:54
# "Don't Listen to Me" (Havens) – 4:27
# "From the Prison" (
Jerry Merrick) – 3:37
# "
Maggie's Farm" (
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
) – 4:38
# "Something Else Again" – 7:30
# "New City" (Havens, John Court) – 2:47
# "Run, Shaker Life" (Havens, Joe Price, Mark Roth) – 5:46
Personnel
*
Richie Havens
Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered), and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style ...
– 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
Luis Pastor "Val" Valentin (January 6, 1920 – March 24, 1999) was an American recording engineer with six decades of work in the music industry. Much of his work was done for MGM Records and Verve Records. His large discography includes Jazz al ...
– director of engineering
*Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision
Charts
References
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1968 albums
Richie Havens albums
Verve Records albums