High Flyin' Bird - Richie Havens, Wheeler, Billy [1]
I Can't Make It Anymore - Richie Havens, Lightfoot, Gordon
Morning, Morning - Richie Havens, Kupferberg, Tuli
Adam - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
Follow - Richie Havens, Merrick, Gerald
Three Day Eternity - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
Sandy - Richie Havens, Cousineau, Jean Pie
Handsome Johnny - Richie Havens, Gossett, Lou Jr.
San Francisco Bay Blues - Richie Havens, Fuller, Jesse
Just Like a Woman - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob
Eleanor Rigby - Richie Havens, Lennon, John
I've Gotta Go - Richie Havens, Mason, Barry [2]
No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
Inside of Him - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
The Klan - Richie Havens, Gray, Allan
Sugar Plums - Richie Havens, Court, John
Don't Listen to Me - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
From the Prison - Richie Havens, Merrick, Gerald
Maggie's Farm - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob
Somethin' Else Again - Richie Havens, Court, John
New City - Richie Havens, Court, John
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
Run Shaker Life - Richie Havens, Traditional
Stop Pulling and Pushing Me - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
For Haven's Sake - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
Strawberry Fields Forever - Richie Havens, Lennon, John
What More Can I Say John? - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
I Pity the Poor Immigrant - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob
Lady Madonna - Richie Havens, Lennon, John
Priests - Richie Havens, Cohen, Leonard
Indian Rope Man - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
Cautiously - Richie Havens, Hayden, James
Just Above My Hobby Horse's Head - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
She's Leaving Home - Richie Havens, Lennon, John
Putting Out the Vibration, And Hoping It Comes Home - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
The Parable of Ramon [Live] - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
With a Little Help From My Friends (Live] - Richie Havens, Lennon, John
Wear Your Love Like Heaven [Live] - Richie Havens, Leitch, Donovan
Run Shaker Life [Live] - Richie Havens, Traditional
Do You Feel Good? [Live] - Richie Havens, Traditional
Born in Brooklyn in January of 1941, Richie Havens grew up in the rough-and-tumble Bedford-Stuyvesant community, and as the eldest of nine children, he was used to working a crowd from his earliest days. — It wasn't long be... more »fore he was given a record contract, but even though he made a couple of albums with the Douglas label, neither was released until later in his career, when his celebrity was already firmly established. At this juncture, Albert Grossman, the legendary manager and founder of Bearsville Records came into Richie's life and a second record deal ensued, this time with Verve's Forecast imprint. Forecast was primarily a folk label, as opposed to the jazz and comedy releases for which its parent was more widely known.
Havens' first record for the label, Mixed Bag, was released in 1967. A remarkable cover of Bob Dylan's "Just Like A Woman" earned Havens his reputation as a leading interpreter of Dylan's material, no mean feat at those times, when competition in the Dylan cover derby was robust. His next album, Something Else Again, became Havens` first charting album, and its success carried over to the previous record, which entered the charts at that time as well. At that point, Douglas decided to capitalize on Havens' burgeoning reputation and released the two albums they had shelved earlier. By 1969, the year that would cement his international reputation as a consequence of his performance at Woodstock, Havens stepped into the producer's chair, co-producing the double-disc Richard P. Havens, 1983, which gave fans their first exposure to his live sound.« less
Born in Brooklyn in January of 1941, Richie Havens grew up in the rough-and-tumble Bedford-Stuyvesant community, and as the eldest of nine children, he was used to working a crowd from his earliest days.
It wasn't long before he was given a record contract, but even though he made a couple of albums with the Douglas label, neither was released until later in his career, when his celebrity was already firmly established. At this juncture, Albert Grossman, the legendary manager and founder of Bearsville Records came into Richie's life and a second record deal ensued, this time with Verve's Forecast imprint. Forecast was primarily a folk label, as opposed to the jazz and comedy releases for which its parent was more widely known.
Havens' first record for the label, Mixed Bag, was released in 1967. A remarkable cover of Bob Dylan's "Just Like A Woman" earned Havens his reputation as a leading interpreter of Dylan's material, no mean feat at those times, when competition in the Dylan cover derby was robust. His next album, Something Else Again, became Havens` first charting album, and its success carried over to the previous record, which entered the charts at that time as well. At that point, Douglas decided to capitalize on Havens' burgeoning reputation and released the two albums they had shelved earlier. By 1969, the year that would cement his international reputation as a consequence of his performance at Woodstock, Havens stepped into the producer's chair, co-producing the double-disc Richard P. Havens, 1983, which gave fans their first exposure to his live sound.
CD Reviews
True Sixties Folk-Rock Gems
John Moore | Sterling, CO | 12/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What the Product Description above doesn't mention is that this is a compilation of Havens' three aforementioned albums for the Verve-Forecast label in toto: Mixed Bag, Something Else Again, and Richard P. Havens, 1983. All three are superb, and 1983 has justifiably achieved legendary status.
This release is a limited edition, so it's probably no longer widely available. Will some enterprising company (Verve, if you still have the rights) please release these recordings for general distribution?!?!"
"Let The River Rock You Like A Cradle..."
Mark Barry at Reckless Records, Lon | UK | 11/20/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Although more famed as a superb interpreter of other people's great songs (Dylan and The Beatles in particular), Richie Havens was possessed (and still is) of one the most beautiful and expressive voices of the late Sixties. He also had a sincerity about the words he sang that moved audiences in their millions. This superb 2004 Hip-O Select 2CD compilation offers us 3 full albums (one a double) and a single from his stay at the Verve/Forecast label between 1967 and 1969. 39 Tracks of class and cool.
Here's the breakdown:
Disc 1 (79:54 minutes):
Tracks 1 to 11 are the entire album "Mixed Bag" released in February 1967 on Verve Forecast 3006 in the USA and in March 1968 on Verve SVLP 6008 in the UK (stereo version used)
Track 12 is "I've Gotta Go", the non-album A-side of a 7" single-only release issued in June 1967 in the USA on Verve 5039
Tracks 13 to 20 are all but the last song on the album "Something Else Again" released in February 1968 in the USA on Verve Forecast 3034 and in March 1968 on Verve SVLP 6005 in the UK (stereo version used)
Disc 2 (77:47 minutes):
Track 1 "Run Shaker Life" is the last track on the album "Something Else Again"
Tracks 2 to 18 are the entire 2LP set "Richard P. Havens, 1983" released January 1969 on Verve Forecast 3034 [2] in the USA and released May 1969 on Verve SVLP 6014/5 in the UK (stereo version used)
(Tracks 14 to 18 are Side 4 of the double and were recorded live 12 July 1968 at the Santa Monica Civic Centre in Santa Monica, California)
The original master tapes have been 96k/24 bit remastered by SUHA GUR at Universal Mastering and the sound quality is EXCEPTIONAL - BEAUTIFULLY REALIZED - warm and clean - really great stuff. The gatefold digipak is numbered in gold on the rear - a limited edition of 3000 - it houses a 24-page booklet with an essay by SCOTT SCHNIDER, pictures live photos, album sleeves and ends in a footnote from Havens himself. The booklet is nice, the gatefold digipak is ok - hardly worth writing home about - but what matters for me is the sound quality - and it's an absolute dream. The sweetness of the bass and acoustic guitars of the Gerald Merrick cover "Follow" is just one of many examples (lyrics are the title of this review) - warm and lovely - and for me justifies the now costly price of acquiring this set.
Havens put out an album in 2002 called "Wishing Well" - the opening two tracks "Handouts In The Rain" and "The Well" are stupendous - and almost exactly the same style as he used on these Verve recordings - a sort of soulful strumming. This lovely set of songs - starting in 1967 - is where that most mellow and moving of sounds began.
Another genuine gem of a release from Hip-O Select - highly recommended."
Track Listings (21) - Disc #1