1965 - Reflections in a Crystal Wind

They quickly began work on a second album, Reflections in a Crystal Wind. This album was even more ambitious, and featured much more of Richard lyrics. Memorable songs included Chrysanthemum, Sell-Out Agitation Waltz, Hard-Loving Loser, House Un-American Blues Dream, Miles, and Children of Darkness. It was, quite simply, a masterpiece.

Reflections in a Crystal Wind (1965, Vanguard). If only by a thin margin, this is their best album, with an added depth to the arrangements and some of Richard Farina’s finest compositions. The speed-rapped, jagged “Sell-Out Agitation Waltz” is their most effective use of a full rock band; “Bold Marauder” and “Raven Girl” have the sound of ancient odysseys; “Children of Darkness” is their most melodic, fragile love song; and instrumentals such as “Dopico” push their guitar-dulcimer duets into ground that’s both exotic and rhythmic.

""Reflections" is the last song we worked on together. I had a dream a few days after he died, that we met and I wanted to hug him and he said, "You can't". He sid, "Just embrace me with your thought." And I did, and he answered, and we smiled. And it happens sort of like that from time to time still."

Mimi Fariña - Long Time Coming and a Long Time Gone

""Reflections" is the last song we worked on together. I had a dream a few days after he died, that we met and I wanted to hug him and he said, "You can't". He sid, "Just embrace me with your thought." And I did, and he answered, and we smiled. And it happens sort of like that from time to time still."

Mimi Fariña - Long Time Coming and a Long Time Gone