{"product_id":"dreaming-as-one-the-a-m-years","title":"Dreaming As One: The A\u0026M Years","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichie Havens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings) and soulful covers of pop and folk songs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival catapulted him into stardom and was a major turning point in his career; Many of the artists scheduled to perform after him were delayed in traffic and so he just carried on playing, holding the crowd for nearly three hours. He was called back for several encores and, having run out of tunes, he improvised a song based on the old spiritual \"Motherless Child\" that became one of his best known songs \"Freedom\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen MGM was sold to Polygram in 1976, Havens moved to A\u0026amp;M, where he recorded the two albums (The End Of The Beginning and Mirage) that comprise this compilation. He went on to release a steady stream of albums during the 80s and 90s, and in 2000 joined the electronic music duo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGroove Armada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for the retro 1970s-style song \"Hands of Time\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHavens \u003c\/strong\u003edied of a heart attack in April 2013 at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey at the age of 72. His remains were cremated and his ashes scattered from the air over the original site of the Woodstock Festival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. I'm Not In Love\u003cbr\u003e2. We Can't Hide It Anymore\u003cbr\u003e3. Dreaming As One\u003cbr\u003e4. You Can Close Your Eyes\u003cbr\u003e5. I Was Educated By Myself\u003cbr\u003e6. Daughter Of The Night\u003cbr\u003e7. If Not For You\u003cbr\u003e8. Do It Again\u003cbr\u003e9. Wild Night\u003cbr\u003e10. Long Train Running\u003cbr\u003e11. Live It Up (One Time)\u003cbr\u003e12. Shadows Of The Past\u003cbr\u003e13. I Don't Complain\u003cbr\u003e14. Touch The Sky\u003cbr\u003e15. Billy John\u003cbr\u003e16. We All Wanna Boogie\u003cbr\u003e17. Avalon\u003cbr\u003e18. Aviation Man\u003cbr\u003e19. Nobody Left To Clown\u003cbr\u003e20. The End\u003cbr\u003e21. I'm Not In Love (Single Version)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Floating World Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58071506911614,"sku":"FLOATM6495","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2174\/8331\/files\/richiehavensHIRES_8ed91e12-3614-4ccf-9216-0c4f63a5b4e6.jpg?v=1790020360","url":"https:\/\/floatingworldrecords.co.uk\/products\/dreaming-as-one-the-a-m-years","provider":"Floating World Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}