Stonehenge [Import, Original recording remastered]

Richie Havens | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Evangeline
• ASIN: B00006BXEQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,681 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Open Our Eyes

2. Minstel From Gaul

3. It Could Be The First Day

4. Ring Around The Moon

5. Its All Over Now Baby Blue

6. Theres A Hole In The Future

7. I Started A Joke

8. Prayer

9. Tiny Little Blues

10. Shouldnt All The World Be Dancing

Editorial Reviews

Remastered reissue of the folk singer/songwriter's 1970 album that's unavailable domestically. 10 tracks including a cover of Bob Dylan's 'It's All Over Now Baby Blue'.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Havens' 1970 masterpiece, April 30, 2008

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This review is from: Stonehenge (Audio CD)

More production that usual for this American Folk music "treasure" - I surmise Richie Havens himself wouldn't be comfortable with that tried but true (pause) cliche, but this trove has it all: some of his most melodic and personal statements, all completely believable: "Open Our Eyes", "Ring Around The Moon", "There's A Hole In The Future", among others here have an inescapable pull, resonant now for four decades.
His world view is universal, if you will, and the final, the long (for its' time) at 7:58 "Shouldn't All The World Be Dancing?", is a sentiment which critics could make careers at, by mocking the song title as naive and tired, but Havens makes it a near-desperate plea for understanding and unity. Different voices weave in and out of the kaleidoscope, and it may be considered a modified rapp.
Havens, along with Mitchell, and Safa, represents the very best of that Monterey-to-Woodstock era. Although this '70 work follows that period, there is no sense of resignation in any track. In any note.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still Beautiful After All These Years, March 7, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Stonehenge (Audio CD)

The man and the music. A true legend and this is Richie Havens at his best. Amazing voice and songs, and a serene and peaceful quality to the production. Highly recommended!!