''Mixed Bag'' is the debut studio album by Richie Havens and was released in 1966. Although it was Havens' first album release, Douglas Records later issued two unauthorized albums of material that had been recorded prior to the ''Mixed Bag'' recording sessions—''Electric Havens'' (1968) and ''Richie Havens' Record'' (1969). ''Mixed Bag'' was released after Havens signed on with manager Albert Grossman and was released on Verve Folkways, a new

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.Ellen Geisel, "Richie Havens: Seeker of Change", ''

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'', 65, August–September 1968, p. 44-47 ''Mixed Bag'' is frequently cited as the singer's best work, and was his first album to appear on '' Billboard's'' charts (appearing on both the jazz and pop charts). The recording was the first to introduce a wider audience to Havens's rich baritone vocals and the full-sound of Havens's distinct guitar style (thumb-chorded and played in open E tuning). '' Electric Havens'' and ''Mixed Bag'' were two of the records reported among the personal collection of Havens' one-time

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Track listing

# " High Flyin' Bird" ( Billy Edd Wheeler) – 3:35 # "I Can't Make It Anymore" (

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) – 2:48 # "Morning, Morning" ( Tuli Kupferberg) – 2:17 # "Adam" (Havens) – 3:34 # "Follow" ( Jerry Merrick) – 6:22 # "Three Day Eternity" (Havens) – 2:15 # "Sandy" (Jean Pierre Cousineau) – 3:12 # "Handsome Johnny" ( Louis Gossett Jr., Havens) – 3:53 # " San Francisco Bay Blues" ( Jesse Fuller) – 2:30 # " Just Like a Woman" (

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) – 4:46 # " Eleanor Rigby" (

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) – 2:42

Personnel

* Richie Havens – guitar,

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* Paul Harris – organ, piano, keyboards * Bill LaVorgna – drums * Howard Collins – guitar * Joe Price –

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on "Adam" * Paul "Dino" Williams – acoustic guitar on "Follow" ;Technical * Cover photo – Barry Feinstein * Director of engineering – Val Valentin * Produced by Groscourt Productions, Inc. * Production Supervisor – Jerry Schoenbaum * Arranged by

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for "Morning, Morning" * Mastered for Compact Disc by Dennis M. Drake at PolyGram Studios

Charts

Releases

The album was initially released on

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in 1966 on Verve Folkways, a newly formed folk section at the Verve division of

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. It was re-released as a CD in 1993 on

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. In 2004, ''Mixed Bag'' was combined with two other Havens albums on a double CD titled ''Flyin' Bird: The Verve Forecast Years'', a limited-edition release of 3,000 individually numbered copies.Brian Mathieson, Richie Havens Recording
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Notes and sources

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