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Hair » Off-Off-Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Hair (66)
Music: Galt MacDermot (34)
Lyrics: James Rado (13), Gerome Ragni (13)
Book: James Rado (13), Gerome Ragni (13)

Recording Details

Date: 1967
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Conductor: John Morris (16)
Producer: Bertrand Castelli (3), Joseph Papp (3), Andy Wiswell (38)
Liner Notes: Didier C. Deutsch (91), Daniel Guss (7), Elenore Lester
Performer: Jonelle Allen (5), Susan Batson, Warren Burton, Thommie Bush (2), Linda Compton (2), Ed Crowley (2), Walker Daniels, Steve Dean, Sally Eaton (3), Suzannah Evans, William Herter, Paul Jabara (10), Bob Johnson (2), Jane Levin, Marijane Maricle (2), Edward, Jr. Murphy, Jill O'Hara (6), Shelley Plimpton (4), Gerome Ragni (13), Alma Robinson, Arnold Wilkerson (2)

Recording Releases

	Buy MP3 Album (or listen to Sound Clips) Format: 2-CD Label: RCA Victor Broadway 56085 Released: 2003-11-04 Barcode: 828765608527 Buy from: Also contains: Hair (1968 Original Broadway Cast) Added by: epenthesis Tracks: DISC 1 Aquarius -- Ronald Dyson And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Donna -- Gerome Ragni And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Hashish -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Sodomy -- Steve Curry And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Colored Spade -- Lamont Washington And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Manchester England -- James Rado And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] I'm Black -- Steve Curry [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] I Believe in Love -- Melba Moore And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] I Believe in Love -- Melba Moore And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Ain't Got No (Reprise) -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Air -- Melba Moore [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Initials -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] I Got Life -- James Rado And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Going Down -- Gerome Ragni And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Hair -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] My Conviction -- Jonathon Kramer [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Easy to Be Hard -- Lynn Kellogg [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Don't Put It Down -- Steve Curry [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Frank Mills -- Shelley Plimpton [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Be-In -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Where Do I Go? -- James Rado And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Electric Blues -- Paul Jabara And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Manchester England (Reprise) -- James Rado And Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Black Boys -- Diane Keaton [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] White Boys -- Melba Moore [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Walking in Space -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Abie Baby -- Ronald Dyson [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Three-Five-Zero-Zero -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] What a Piece of Work Is Man [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Walking In Space (Reprise) -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] Good Morning Starshine -- Melba Moore [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] The Bed -- Company [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) -- Melba Moore [Hair - 1968 Original Broadway Cast] DISC 2 Ain't Got No -- Company I Got Life -- Walker Daniels Air -- Jonelle Allen Going Down -- Gerome Ragni And Company Hair -- Company Dead End -- Jill O'Hara And Company Frank Mills -- Shelley Plimpton Hare Krishna -- Company Where Do I Go? -- Walker Daniels And Company Electric Blues -- Paul Jabara Easy to Be Hard -- Company Manchester -- Walker Daniels White Boys -- Jonelle Allen Black Boys -- Shelley Plimpton Walking in Space -- Company Aquarius -- Company Good Morning Starshine -- Jill O'Hara And Company Exanaplanetooch -- Walker Daniels The Climax -- Jill O'Hara Opening -- Orchestra Red Blue And White -- Arnold Soboloff Sentimental Ending -- Company Interview: How Did You Become Involved With 'Hair'? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: What Do You Remember About The Off-Broadway Cast Recording? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: And The Broadway Cast Recording? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: In The Recording Session Photos, You Were The Only Person Wearing A Jacket And Tie -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: How Did The Two Productions Differ? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: You Were Not A Traditional Theater Composer. Did You Have Any Models Or Influences? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: Did 'Hair' Influence Your Later Work, Like 'Two Gentelmen Of Verona'? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: 'Hair' Was Controversial With The Critics And The Public. Did This Affect You At All? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: On Writing Music For The Theater, And What Makes A Popular Song -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: Did You Ever Have To Rewrite Any Of The 'Hair' Songs? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: What Sort Of Music Do You Write Now? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: Do You Use Synthesizers? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: Have You Got Any Advice For People Who Want To Compose For Musical Theater? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS] Interview: Does Any One Song In 'Hair' Express Your Philosophy? -- Galt MacDermot [BONUS]
	Format: LP Label: RCA ANL1 0986 Released: 1975 Added by: frontrowcentre Tracks: see above or below
	Format: LP Label: RCA Victor LOC 1143 Released: 1967 Notes: Mono edition. Added by: frontrowcentre Tracks: see above or below
	Format: LP Label: RCA LSO 1143 Released: 1967 Tracks: see above or below
	Format: LP Label: RCA PRS-319 Added by: Geoconno lptodisc Tracks: see above or below

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Hair

1968

Original Broadway Cast

Links

Show:	Hair the Musical: Official website from creator James Rado
Show:	Hair... for the record: Hair Discography
Show:	Short Hair: A Guide To Hair 45's

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Posted 2008-01-13 11:48:26:
Amazon.com: "America's First Tribal Love-Rock Musical," went the advertising, and nobody could argue with that. Hair opened on Broadway in 1968 and immediately became a smash, although no one could quite discern what it was about. Something like, "War is bad, drugs are good, racism bites the big one, and nudity is nice." Although all these sentiments are expressed on this album which, like the show, has not dated well, the quality of the music makes it forgiveable. The songs weren't really rock, but they accomplished what all good pop songs set out to do; stick in the craw. In fact, several of its tracks later became hits for pop acts, including "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (The Fifth Dimension), "Hair" (The Cowsills), and "Good Morning Starshine" (Oliver). --Dawn Eden > 2 Comments

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