Richard Twice

Richard Twice

Richard Twice isn’t the name of one man; it's the title of a 1970 album recorded by two men named Richard. (That'd be Richard Atkins and Richard Manning.) Fans of classic folk-rock duos with sunny harmonies, like Brewer & Shipley or Simon & Garfunkel, will find a comforting familiarity with Richard Twice. But what sets this album apart is that Atkins and Manning were backed by the legendary Los Angeles A-list session group The Wrecking Crew. Richard Twice proves to be one of the better 21st-century reissues. It opens with “Generation ‘70,” where Atkins and Manning sing congruously over the simmering buzz of psychedelic fuzz guitar and groovy Hammond organ. The band really locks in on the following “My Love Bathes in Silence” and especially with “What Makes Me Love You Like I Do,” where a buoyant horn section segues from a peripheral presence to an upfront one without upstaging the duo. The lilting “If I Knew You Were the One” is the album’s standout, sounding like a string-swept sibling to Linda Perhacs’ similarly dreamy recordings.

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