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Richie Havens - Sings Beatles & Dylan Audio CD

A fair review of the Richie Havens "Sings Beatles & Dylan" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Richie Havens reviews here, or go back to the Richie Havens tabs.

Richie Havens Band: Richie Havens
Title: Sings Beatles & Dylan
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Here Comes the Sun 2: If Not for You 3: Lay Lady Lay 4: In My Life 5: Strawberry Fields Forever 6: All Along the Watchtower 7: Imagine 8: My Sweet Lord 9: It's All over Now, Baby Blue 10: Eleanor Rigby 11: Just Like a Woman 12: Long and Winding Road 13: Let It Be 14: License to Kill 15: Times They Are A-Changin' 16: Working Class Hero 17: Rocky Raccoon 18: With a Little Help from My Friends

Not so bad on re-listening
I hated this when I first got it, disappointed by the production on what should have been this artist's best disc. Yep, the whole first half of this is plagued by booming keyboard synthesizers and 80s electronic drum tracks. But I re-listened today and it's not as bad as I once felt. The syn-drums finally drop out halfway through and you get to just guitar and congas on "Working Class Hero" and "License to Kill. " The others, though hurt by the electro-drums, are still kind of fun, just like electric piano, the plague of the 70s, sounds kind of groovy in a cheesy way today. Richie should remix this, remove the synths and drums, and replace with acoustic instruments, and he would then have a gem.


OMG! WTF!
Richie Haven's rich passionate growl and thundering guitar taking possession of classic Beatle and Dylan music was what I was expecting. Is my 21st Century opinion of what should be a great 1960s tribute. A shout out and howl to the 1960s, if you will. Little did I think that the most prominent musical era I would hear on this disc would be the artificially indulgent pop of the synthesized machine-drummed 1980s. I wonder if legal restrictions prevented Havens from playing his guitar while recording this music. Seriously, the cheesy synthesizers are a travesty. Hiring Bobby McFerrin to imitate synthesizers on these tracks would only be slightly less annoying. What a let down. What a bummer.


This is a great CD.
I first heard one of the cuts off of this CD on Pandora. Being a product of the '60's, I'm a big fan of the Beatles as well as Dylan. com, (which is the best radio station on the planet!). In any case, I liked what I heard and clicked on the album title and was lead to Amazon to buy it. The price was great and it arrived right on time. Now that I've been able to listen to the entire CD, I'm even happier that I made the purchase!.


What a waste
So I went on Rhapsody, and when I saw this album I figured that it would be great. Driving home today I heard an interview with Richie Havens and he played a couple of songs including Here Comes the Sun. It's awful. The only good songs are those that are simply Havens and his guitar. I had a strong desire to be sick when I heard If Not For You. Richie redo this one! I'm glad I had a chance to listen to it and was saved wasting money purchasing such a disaster.


Take the stairs
It's not worthy of these celebrated names. I wish I'd taken the trouble to scroll down and read the reviews before I got this album. I first heard Richie Havens live in the '60s and have been a fan ever since. How could he have produced this? What's with the cheap dinner-cruise synthesizer? It's an abomination. If this were playing in your elevator you'd take the stairs.


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