Originalmente lançado em 1969, este álbum apresenta algumas releituras e também material autoral. Richie Havens havia surgido na cena musical folck de Nova York,no início da década de 1960, se apresentando no Greenwich Village . Em 1967 assinou com a Verve Records , em 1969 se apresentou no lendário festival de Woodstock , que lhe deu grande projeção, tornando-se um dos ícones da musica de todos os tempos. Nesta postagem apresento a gravação original lançada em cd sem bonus track.
Line up:
- Warren Bernhardt – keyboards, clavinet
- Brad Campbell – bass
- Bob Chase – percussion
- Diane Comins – harmonica, harp
- Jim Fairs – bass
- Richie Havens – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar, vocals, tamboura, handclapping, ondioline
- Charles Howall – vocals
- Carol Hunter – bass
- Teddy Irwin – guitar
- Bruce Langhorne – guitar
- Ken Lauber – keyboards
- Donald McDonald – drums
- Arnie Moore – bass
- Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
- John Ord – organ, piano, celeste, keyboards
- Skip Prokop – drums
- Charlie Smalls – keyboard, piano
- Jeremy Steig – flute
- Stephen Stills – bass
- Collin Walcott – sitar, tabla
- Paul "Dino" Williams – guitar
- Daniel Ben Zebulon – drums
Richie Havens - Richard P. Havens, 1983 (1969)
Track Listing:
- "Stop Pulling and Pushing Me" – 1:48
- "For Haven's Sake" – 7:01
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:37
- "What More Can I Say John?" – 4:38
- "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" (Bob Dylan) – 3:09
- "Lady Madonna" (Lennon, McCartney) – 1:57
- "Priests" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:15
- "Indian Rope Man" (Havens, Joe Price, Mark Roth) – 3:02
- "Cautiously" (Maurey Hayden) – 4:00