Browse by Artist: FARINA, RICHARD & MIMI

Artist:	FARINA, RICHARD & MIMI
Title:	Celebrations For A Grey Day
Label:	VANGUARD
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	VMD 79174CD

1995 reissue, originally released in 1965. "It has been posited that pioneering folk-rock songwriter Richard Farina was an influence on Bob Dylan; they moved in the same circles, and Richard's wife/musical partner Mimi was the younger sister of Dylan's then-paramour Joan Baez. However much credence you place on that theory, it's undeniable that Farina was a songwriter of the first order, and his best songs are certainly on a par with those of early Dylan. On their debut album, Richard & Mimi Farina's keening harmonies emulate the folk/bluegrass Appalachian tradition, as do their stripped-down dulcimer and acoustic-guitar format, but Richard's lyrics marry sociopolitical concerns with a sophisticated use of poetic imagery way ahead of its time in the pop world."

Artist:	FARINA, RICHARD & MIMI
Title:	Reflections In A Crystal Wind
Label:	VANGUARD
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	VMD 79204CD

1995 reissue, originally released in 1965. "The second and, tragically, final album Richard & Mimi Farina made together (a posthumous collection of rarities notwithstanding) finds the husband-and-wife duo venturing further towards a slightly electrified folk-rock sound. This was right around the time of Dylan's infamous Newport electric debut, so the very presence of electric rock musicians on Reflections In A Crystal Wind is fairly radical for an ostensibly folk-oriented group."

Artist:	FARINA, RICHARD & MIMI
Title:	Memories
Label:	VANGUARD
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	VMD 79263CD

1994 reissue, originally released in 1968. "Further explorations of the Mimi and Richard sound. Beginnings of an album by sister-in-law Joan (Baez), directed by Richard in his way. The celebrations for a drenched Sunday afternoon which awoke a Newport Folk Festival. Mimi alone, looking back to one of his first songs, 'Quiet Joys' (prehistorically Utopian), and to his last, 'Morgan' (in which he waves farewell to Bob Dylan). None of the performances have appeared on any previous album. Two were released as singles."

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