Richard & Mimi Fariña ‎– Reflections In A Crystal Wind (1965)

The Farinas' mix of unusual instrumentations and Dick's gift for words made them a formidable duo in the mid-sixties, his writing alternating and mixing the political, satirical, and poetic . This album showcased both's songwriting and singing talents, and backed by most of Dylan's off-duty session players, the music sounds as fresh today as then.

Richard Farina was a great poet in the great tradition of the troubador. His life ended too early as the result of a motorcycle accident. Nonetheless, he and his partner/wife Mimi Baez (sister of Joan Baez) created one of the great albums of the "beat" and new folk movement, "Reflections In A Crystal Wind". Songs on it such as "Children of Darkness" and "Raven Girl" metaphorically describe the sense of personal torment and social destruction experiemced by a whole generation during the Vietnam Era


Tracklist:                                                     

A1	Reflections In A Crystal Wind	3:30
A2	Bold Marauder	4:24
A3	Dopico	3:58
A4	A Swallow Song	2:51
A5	Chrysanthemum (Instr.)	2:27
A6	Sell-Out Agitation Waltz	2:50
A7	Hard-Loving Loser	4:32
B1	Mainline Prosperity Blues	6:25
B2	Allen's Interlude	2:50
B3	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	3:10
B4	Raven Girl	5:07
B5	Miles (Instr.)	2:53
B6	Children Of Darkness	4:00

Richard & Mimi Fariña ‎– Reflections In A Crystal Wind (1965)
(256 kbps, cover art included)