Something Else Again

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.

Something Else Again
Studio album by Richie Havens
Released	January 1968
Recorded	September 8 & 20, 1967
Genre	Folk, jazz, singer-songwriter
Length	43:34
Label	Verve
Producer	John Court
Richie Havens chronology
Mixed Bag (1966) Something Else Again (1968) Richard P. Havens, 1983 (1969)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(Favorable)[2]

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.