Something Else Again is the second studio album by American folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, released in January 1968. The track "Run, Shaker Life" was based on a Shaker dance song by elder Issachar BatesSong Comparison: "Come Life, Shaker Life" and "Run, Shaker Life". AmericanMusicPreservation.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013. 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 Lighthouse on its first album in 1969 and reworked by Yes 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) – 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 – 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
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