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Reinventing Richard: The Songs Of Richard Farina

Plainsong

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Cat No: FLED3098

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Release Date:  11 September 2015

Label:  Fledg'ling

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5020393309820

Genres:  Folk  Singer Songwriter  

  • Description

    Plainsong have reconvened to commemorate Richard Fariña - one of the very finest mid-sixties songwriters.

    Richard Fariña (March 8, 1937 - April 30, 1966) - confidante of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Thomas Pynchon - was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident fifty years ago. He is largely remembered for two magical albums recorded with Mimi (younger sister of Joan Baez) which helped to create folk-rock, 'Celebrations for a Grey Day' (1965) chosen by Robert Shelton of the New York Times as one of the ten best folk albums of the year, and 'Reflections in a Crystal Wind' (1965).

    Fariña's debut novel 'Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me' was published in 1966.

    Plainsong - founded by Iain Matthews and Andy Roberts in 1972 - have championed Fariña's songwriting since the group's inception. With Reinventing Richard they have produced a classic album that imagines how his songs might have sounded, if written and first recorded in a 21st century electro/acoustic setting.

    Includes 'Sombre Winds' - a previously unrecorded Fariña composition.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood - Prelude
      • 2. Pack Up Your Sorrows
      • 3. Sell-Out Agitation Waltz
      • 4. One Way Ticket
      • 5. Another Country
      • 6. Lemonade Lady
      • 7. Mainline Prosperity Blues
      • 8. The Falcon
      • 9. Almond Joy
      • 10. Hard Lovin' Loser
      • 11. Michael, Andrew And James
      • 12. Children Of Darkness
      • 13. Reflections In A Crystal Wind
      • 14. Sombre Winds
      • 15. The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood - Conclusion