A Minor Goodwill Haul – Four Albums
So on our last trip to Goodwill last Tuesday (Senior’s Day) I made a minor haul, I picked up four albums. Three from favorite artists and one from an artist who has never made it to my music library. Let’s take a look at the albums I found. Richie Havens – Mixed Bag While I always enjoyed the music of Richie Havens, only album that’s is in my library is The Great Blind Degree. The Great Blind Degree was released in 1971 at the height of my record collecting years. And while he released twelve albums after that album only four made it on the Billboard top 200. Consquently, those albums didn’t garner a lot of radio air play, which in turn I didn’t hear them! Anyway, AllMusic says this about Mixed Bag.. Richie Havens’ finest recording, Mixed Bag captures the essence of his music and presents it in an attractive package that has held up well. More at AllMusic Two of my favorite Richie Havens songs appear on the album. First “Handsome Johnny”, which Havens made famous at Woodstock. And second his cover of Dylan’s “Just Like A Women”. I also like his cover of Billy Edd Wheeler’s “High Flyin’ Bird” Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning 3:00 AM Wednesday Morning 3:00 AM is Simon & Garfunkel’s debut album. It was released in 1964, which was a year I was probably still listening to the Beatles and other British Invasion Bands! I think the first Simon & Grafunkel album that…
