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Dreaming as One: The A&M Years
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by Richie Havens
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1. I'm Not in Love - Richie Havens, Stewart, Mike
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2. We Can't Hide It Anymore - Richie Havens, Murphy, Barry
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3. Dreaming as One - Richie Havens, Smith, William
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4. You Can Close Your Eyes - Richie Havens, Taylor, James
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5. I Was Educated by Myself - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
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6. Daughter of the Night - Richie Havens, Rickfors, Mikael
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7. If Not for You - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob
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8. Do It Again - Richie Havens, Becker, Walter
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9. Wild Night - Richie Havens, Morrison, Van
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10. Long Train Running - Richie Havens, Johnston, Tom
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11. Live It Up One Time - Richie Havens, Hammer, Jack
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12. Shadows of the Past - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
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13. I Don't Complain - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
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14. Touch the Sky - Richie Havens, Hammer, Jack
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15. Billy John - Richie Havens, Bond, Christopher
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16. We All Wanna Boogie - Richie Havens, Toussaint, Allen
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17. Avalon - Richie Havens, Alessi, Bobby
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18. Aviation Man - Richie Havens, Moore, Tim
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19. Nobody Left to Crown - Richie Havens, Havens, Richie
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20. The End - Richie Havens, Moon, Eva
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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. His father played piano with a number of bands throughout the city, which may account for Richie's innate talent. New York City was the nexus of the doo-wop movement, and Richie organized a number of street-corner singing groups in the Fifties. As the Fifties closed, though, the performer set his sights on the bohemian lure of Greenwich Village. Starting in the local clubs as a poetry performer, he also absorbed music from some of the greats who passed through that scene, including Nina Simone and Fred Neil. Emboldened by the opportunities for a distinctive voice in that environment, he began to accompany himself on guitar.
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 three albums for the Verve-Forecast label established him as a major artist, and his history-making appearance opening the 1969 Woodstock Festival helped to make him a household name. By 1970, Havens had achieved sufficient success to launch his own Stormy Forest label, distributed by Verve's parent company, MGM. Havens released seven albums on Stormy Forest, until MGM's sale to PolyGram led to a buyout of Havens' label deal. Havens then signed to A&M, whose co-founder Jerry Moss had long expressed interest in working with him.
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Dreaming as One: The A&M Years
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