''Something Else Again'' is the second studio album by American

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singer and guitarist

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, released in January 1968. The track "Run, Shaker Life" was based on a

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dance song by elder

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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 recorded by Canadian jazz-rock band

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on its first album in 1969 and reworked by

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on its second album, ''

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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

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and David I. Arkin) – 4:31 # "Sugarplums" – 2:54 # "Don't Listen to Me" (Havens) – 4:27 # "From the Prison" (

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) – 3:37 # "

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" (

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) – 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

– vocals, guitar, sitar, tamboura *

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– 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" *

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– double bass *Donald MacDonald – drums *

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– drums on "Run, Shaker Life" *Jeremy Steig – flute *John Blair – violin on "Inside of Him" ;Technical *

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– director of engineering *Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision

Charts

References

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