Mixed Bag


Mixed Bag is the 1966 debut album by Richie Havens. 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 and Richie Havens' Record. Mixed Bag was released after Havens signed on with manager Albert Grossman and was released on Verve Folkways, a new folk music imprint of Verve Records.
Mixed Bag is frequently cited as the singer's best work, and was his first album to appear on Billboard's 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. Electric Havens and Mixed Bag were two of the records reported among the personal collection of Havens' one-time Greenwich Village buddy, Jimi Hendrix.

Track listing

  1. "High Flyin' Bird" – 3:35
  2. "I Can't Make It Anymore" – 2:48
  3. "Morning, Morning" – 2:17
  4. "Adam" – 3:34
  5. "Follow" – 6:22
  6. "Three Day Eternity" – 2:15
  7. "Sandy" – 3:12
  8. "Handsome Johnny" – 3:53
  9. "San Francisco Bay Blues" – 2:30
  10. "Just Like a Woman" – 4:46
  11. "Eleanor Rigby" – 2:42

    Personnel

yearchartpeak
1967Billboard Jazz Albums18
1968Billboard Pop Albums182

Releases

The album was initially released on vinyl in 1966 on Verve Folkways, a newly formed folk section at the Verve division of MGM Records. It was re-released as a CD in 1993 on Polygram. 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 3000 individually numbered copies.
yearformatlabelcatalog #
1966LPVerve/FolkwaysFTS-3006
1967LPVerve2317002
1967Polydor835 210
1970LPMGMSE 4698
CDVerve835210
1993CDPolygram
20042CDUniversal/Hip-O Select