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RICHIE HAVENS 

with JOHN ORD, BRAD CAMPBELL, SKIP PROKOP, KEN LAUBER, TERRY IRWIN, WELDON MIRICK, etc. 

Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Richie Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on 

the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger, appearing in such clubs as the Cafe Wha? His guitar 

set to an opening tuning, he would strum it while barring chords with his thumb, using it essentially as percussion while singing 

rhythmically in a gruff voice for a mesmerizing effect. Havens was signed to Douglas Records in 1965 and recorded two albums 

that gained him a local following. In 1967, the Verve division of MGM Records formed a folk section (Verve Forecast) and signed 

Havens and other folk-based performers. The result was Havens' third album, Mixed Bag. It wasn't until 1968 and the 

Something Else Again album, however, that Havens began to hit the charts -- actually, Havens' fourth, third, 

and second albums charted that year, in that order. In 1969 came the double album Richard P. Havens 1983.

"RICHARD P. HAVENS, 1983"

<1970 reissue, originally published in 1968>

2LP     MGM RECORDS      SE-4700-2 STEREO

PRINTED IN USA    1970 REPRESSING

GATEFOLD SLEEVE + INSERT

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: MGM -  BLUE/GOLD LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover & insert: SE-4700-2

Catalog on labels: 

Disc One: SE4700-2 (MGS 1730) / SE4700-2 (MGS 1731)

Disc Two: SE4700-2 (MGS 1732) / SE4700-2 (MGS 1733)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SE-4700-2   SIDE-1   MGS-1730   (Scratched out): FTS-3047-2

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SE-4700-2   SIDE-2   MGS-1731-RE-1   (Scratched out): FTS-3047-2

Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): SE-4700-2   SIDE-3   MGS-1732-RE-1   (Scratched out): FTS-3047-2

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): SE-4700-2   S-4   MGS-1733-RE-3   F.B.C.   (Scratched out): FTS-3047-2

Other / Runout (on all sides, Stamped): [Blocky "S"]

On labels: rim text reads "MGM Records.........Made in U.S.A."

Prod. By Richie Havens and Mark Roth for Stormy Forest Prod.

Musical Arrangements: Richie Havens

(on Side A, C, D): All Selections BMI

(on Side B): *Prod. By John Court

On front cover: ?©Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc./Printed in U.S.A.

On insert: Previously released on Verve/Forecast FTS-3047-2

Album production and cover design: Richie Havens and Mark Roth for Stormy Forest Productions

Notes by Richie Havens

On back cover: Previously released on Verve/Forecast FTS-3047-2

tracklisting

Side A: STOP PULLING AND PUSHING ME - FOR HAVEN'S SAKE

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER - WHAT MORE CAN I SAY JOHN?

Side B: I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT - LADY MADONNA - PRIESTS

INDIAN ROPE MAN - CAUTIOUSLY

Side C: JUST ABOVE MY HOBBY HORSE'S HEAD - SHE'S LEAVING HOME

PUTTING OUT THE VIBRATION, AND HOPING IT COMES HOME - THE PARABLE OF RAMON

Side D: A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FIRENDS - WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN

RUN SHAKER LIFE / DO YOU FEEL GOOD?

  grading

RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Havens' third Verve album was an ambitious double LP, using about a couple dozen backing musicians in various combinations on 

instruments ranging from conga and sitar to steel guitar and organ. Though recorded for the most part in the studio, it also included several 

live recordings from a July 1968 concert. As with many double albums, it perhaps could have used some pruning, although in general 

it was a worthy expansion of his sound as captured on record. Divided almost equally between originals and covers, the music has 

the moving and melancholy vibe, yet also somewhat rambling feel, typical of Havens' prime. Certainly his "What More Can I Say John?" 

is a subtle and admirable anti-Vietnam war song, while his interpretations of Leonard Cohen's "Priests" and Maurey Hayden's 

(aka Lotus Weinstock's) "Cautiously" are unusual cover choices that are imaginatively done. An Indian influence makes itself 

heard occasionally, as on "Just Above My Hobby Horse's Head" and "Putting Out the Vibration, and Hoping It Comes Home"; 

"Indian Rope Man," with Jeremy Steig on flute, is one of his better compositions...(AllMusic)