Richie Havens – The End Of The Beginning (VG+/VG) – LP, AU 1976

The End Of The Beginning is an LP by Richie Havens from 1976 released on the A&M Records label.

About this album

The End Of The Beginning is a strong showcase of Richie Havens’ genre-blending style, folding folk-rock, soul and rhythm-and-blues instincts into a set that feels both earthy and expansive. Issued in 1976, the album finds Havens reworking material by writers such as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bob Dylan alongside his own material, turning familiar songs into something recognisably his own through his urgent voice and percussive guitar style. That approach was central to Havens’ reputation: a singer capable of making interpretation feel like reinvention. The record sits neatly within his 1970s run, balancing protest-era intensity with a warmer, more reflective musical palette.

Genre: Pop & Rock