Richie Havens Recordings: Live Albums
 

I Don't Wanna Know

Traditional TL 1342

1995

 

  

Freedom

I Don't Wanna Know (Simple Things)

What About Me * (Great Blind Degree)

Nobody Left To Crown * (Mirage)

Dear John (Common Ground)

Things I Used to Do * (written by Eddie Jones) - Not previously available on any recording - traditional blues number with guitar style reminiscent of live songs on RPH 1983

Arrow Through Me (Simple Things)

Drivin' (Simple Things)

You Send Me * (Connections)

 I have absolutely no idea about the provenance of this CD. It was on sale on the Internet via recognised shops, but is now deleted. I assume that it was legally produced and that it was released with Richie's permission, since an interview with him is included in the liner notes. Recorded in the USA in 1990, the tracks are a mixture of live accompanied and unaccompanied (*) songs, most of which have appeared on studio recordings in the 80s & 90s as shown.

 

Richie Havens Guitar, vocals

Percussion Jack Scarangella

Bass Keith Lambeth

Guitar Thomas Morrangiello

Keyboards Murray Weinstock

 

 

Live at the Cellar Door

Five Star F.S #1001-CD

1990

 

  

  

Can't Make it Anymore (Larry Santos)

All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

Helplessly Hoping (Stephen Stills)

God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog Jr.)

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)

No More, No More (Richie Havens)

Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)

Fire and Rain (James Taylor)

Dolphins (Fred Neil)

Medley: Nobody Know the Trouble I've Seen/My Sweet Lord (Traditional/George Harrison)

 

(Also includes two named tracks of "narration", where Richie chats to the audience between songs.)

  

Tracks 1-7 recorded at the Cellar Door in Washington, produced by Bernard Fox, 1970. These were scheduled for an album that was never released until Five Star obtained the rights and released this CD in 1990. Track 7 was released on Alarm Clock (1971)

Tracks 8-10 recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, produced by Mark Roth, 1972. This was the same session that produced a few tracks for the On Stage album (see below).

Richie Havens Guitar, vocals

Percussion Joe Price

Bass Eric Oxendine

Guitar Paul Williams

 
 

Richie Havens on Stage

UK version

Polydor 2659 015

1972

This version may also be available on CD, obtainable through second hand websites, such as Gemm.

  

  

From the Prison (Jerry Merrick)

Younger Men (Richie Havens/Mark Roth)

Old Friends: Bookends (Paul Simon)

God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog Jr.)

High Flying Bird (Billie Edd Wheeler)

Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)

Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan)

Handsome Johnny (Lou Gossett/Havens)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Pete Seeger)

Rocky Racoon (Lennon/McCartney)

Teach the Children (Graham Nash)

Minstrel From Gault (Havens/ MarkRoth)

Freedom (Arr. Havens)

Run Shaker Life (Traditional) (not listed on album sleeve)

 

  

Producer Richie Havens

 

1-4 recorded at BBC television Centre, London,

6, 7, 11-13 at the Santa Monica Civic Centre, California

and 5, 8-10 at the Westbury Music Fair, New York.

 

Richie Havens Guitar, vocals

Congas Emile Latimer

Bass Eric Oxendine

Guitar Paul Williams

 

US & UK album covers disagree over recording sources.

 

Richie Havens on Stage

 

US version

Stormy Forest 2SFS 6012

1972

The track order and contents between the UK and US versions are significantly different.

  

  

From the Prison (Jerry Merrick)

Younger Men Get Older (Richie Havens/Mark Roth)

Old Friends (Paul Simon)

God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog Jr.)

The Dolphins (Fred Neil)

Nobody Knows (Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

My Sweet Lord (George Harrison)

No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Havens)

Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)

Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan)

Teach Your Children (Graham Nash)

Minstrel From Gault (Havens/Roth)

High Flying Bird (Billie Edd Wheeler)

San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Pete Seeger)

Rocky Racoon (Lennon/McCartney)

 

  

Producer Richie Havens

Recorded at BBC Television Centre,  London (October 1971), Santa Monica Civic Centre & Chica State College, California (March 1971) and the Westbury Music Fair, New York (March 1972).

Richie Havens Guitar, vocals

Congas Emile Latimer

Bass Eric Oxendine

Guitar Paul Williams

The version of San Francisco Bay Blues on Collection is taken from this album while the version on Resume is taken from Mixed Bag (see Compilations).

The US version, in addition to having several extra tracks, also had a "free" bonus single.

Some of the "extra" tracks on this US version were used to supplement the material recorded on the Live at the Cellar Door CD (above).

 

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