Hair (Deluxe Edition) (1968 Original Broadway Cast and 1967 Off-Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Galt MacDermotComposer: Gerome Ragni
Composer: James Rado
Performer: Melba Moore
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Collector's Edition, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Music Label: RCA Victor Broadway
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Aquarius - Ronald Dyson And Company
- Donna - Gerome Ragni And Company
- Hashish - Company
- Sodomy - Steve Curry And Company
- Colored Spade - Lamont Washington And Company
- Manchester England - James Rado And Company
- I'm Black - Steve Curry
- I Believe In Love - Melba Moore And Company
- I Believe In Love - Melba Moore And Company
- Ain't Got No (Reprise) - Company
- Air - Melba Moore
- Initials - Company
- I Got Life - James Rado And Company
- Going Down - Gerome Ragni And Company
- Hair - Company
- My Conviction - Jonathon Kramer
- Easy To Be Hard - Lynn Kellogg
- Don't Put It Down - Steve Curry
- Frank Mills - Shelley Plimpton
- Be-In - Company
- Where Do I Go? - James Rado And Company
- Electric Blues - Paul Jabara And Company
- Manchester England (Reprise) - James Rado And Company
- Black Boys - Diane Keaton
- White Boys - Melba Moore
- Walking In Space - Company
- Abie Baby - Ronald Dyson
- Three-Five-Zero-Zero - Company
- What A Piece Of Work Is Man; Walking In Space (Reprise) - Company
- Good Morning Starshine - Melba Moore
- The Bed - Company
- The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) - Melba Moore
- 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
- Interview: What Do You Remember About The Off-Broadway Cast Recording? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: And The Broadway Cast Recording? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: In The Recording Session Photos, You Were The Only Person Wearing A Jacket And Tie - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: How Did The Two Productions Differ? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: You Were Not A Traditional Theater Composer. Did You Have Any Models Or Influences? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: Did 'Hair' Influence Your Later Work, Like 'Two Gentelmen Of Verona'? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: 'Hair' Was Controversial With The Critics And The Public. Did This Affect You At All? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: On Writing Music For The Theater, And What Makes A Popular Song - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: Did You Ever Have To Rewrite Any Of The 'Hair' Songs? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: What Sort Of Music Do You Write Now? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: Do You Use Synthesizers? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: Have You Got Any Advice For People Who Want To Compose For Musical Theater? - Galt MacDermot
- Interview: Does Any One Song In 'Hair' Express Your Philosophy? - Galt MacDermot
Music reviews of Hair (Deluxe Edition) (1968 Original Broadway Cast and 1967 Off-Broadway Cast)
Music Review: Let This ***HAIR*** Grow On You!
Rating: 5 Stars
I have to admit that at first listen I didn't like the HAIR (DELUXE EDITION) 1968-OBC. Some of the songs were unfamiliar and the arrangements were different than the ones presented in Milos Forman's film Hair, which was my introduction to the American Tribal Love Rock Musical.
The movie soundtrack Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording - Special Anniversary Edition was so seared into my brain that I thought I could never like the original. Every time I'd take a listen, I would only hear Treat Williams or Nell Carter from the movie or Cheryl Barnes's version of "Easy To Be Hard" in my head (which is still the best, imo). So I put it away for a while.
Now that HAIR has been revived on Broadway--also with its own soundtrack Hair (The New Broadway Cast Recording), which is pretty good--I decided to revisit the original Hair.
I now find that I love the 60s original just as much as its later and current incarnation.
The music definitely has a psychedelic vibe and is much more rock oriented than the polished screen version or even the current soundtrack, and it has grown on me. Of course, I still prefer the arrangement of the male and female duets on "White Boys" and "Black Boys," and "Easy To Be Hard" from the movie but the songs are still good, either way.
The special two-CD set of HAIR 1968 OBC is the one to get as it's remastered, sounds great, and includes the "Off-Broadway Cast Recording" and interview with the Hair's musical composer Galt MacDermot (who really should have won a Pulitzer for putting Hair's lyrics to music).
If you're like me and grew up with the movie soundtrack give the 1968 OBC soundtrack a chance. It'll grow on you, too.
Each of the three incarnations of the HAIR SOUNDTRACKS have their own unique personality and style; but what they all have in common is incredible energy and heart, with lyrics and music that send a message directly to your soul getting it to buzz with youthful/hopeful energy.
The two-CDs come packaged in a tri-foldout cardboard/plastic holder and also has a small book that's glued to the middle panel, so you can read it with the tri-fold package open. The booklet contains cast information, song/track listing, liner notes from the original 1967 Off-Broadway Cast Album by Elenore Lester, history and synopsis of what was going on on-stage for each of the songs by Didier C. Deutsch and Lorrie Davis. There's photos of the cast taken during the recording sessions and additional liner notes by Daniel Guss on the bonus tracks.
Well worth it! I just wish the booklet wasn't glued to the inside of the package so I could read it easier.
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Description of Hair (Deluxe Edition) (1968 Original Broadway Cast and 1967 Off-Broadway Cast)
Studio recordings of the original Broadway cast starring Melba Moore and Diane Keaton. Includes the classics Aquarius; Good Morning Starshine; Let the Sunshine In . Plus other cult favorites: Black Boys; White Boys; I'm Black; Ain't Got No; Sodomy; Colored Spade; Manchester England; I Believe in Love; Ain't Got No (reprise); Air , and more."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
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