Mixed Bag is the 1967 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 sessionsElectric Havens (1968) and Richie Havens’ Record (1969). Mixed Bag was released after Havens signed on with manager Albert Grossman and was released on Verve Forecast, 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 (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).

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