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Hair was both celebratory and anticlimactic at the same time. Heralded by many at the time as being a rejuvenation for musical theater, it was also supposed to "speak" for the youth. The problem with that is that any time you attempt to allow a piece of written work to speak for a generation, it invariably fails. It is undoubtedly impossible for one musical to classify every attitude held by a person under 30 at that time. Given this fact, Hair was destined to be considered a disappointment. However, if you take the score out of this context and listen to it simply as a snippet of some prevalent beliefs of the time, or simply as a fictional work, it is really quite wonderful. As Claude's best friend is expelled from high school and the love of Claude's life loves someone else, Claude must struggle with the decision to submit to government regulations in which he doesn't believe. A youthful exuberance covers the proceedings, with the first act ending with the infamous nude sequence. The music is heartening and invigorating, including the classics "Aquarius," "Good Morning Starshine," "Let the Sunshine In," "Frank Mills" (which was covered by the Lemonheads on their 1992 album It's a Shame About Ray), and "Easy to Be Hard." The joy that has been instilled in this original Broadway cast recording shines through, capturing in the performances of creators Gerome Ragni and James Rado exactly what they were aiming for -- not to speak for their generation, but to speak for themselves.
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Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ronald Dyson, Vocal - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Steve Curry, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Lamont Washington, Vocal - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Steve Curry, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Gerome Ragni, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - James Rado, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Lamont Washington, Vocal - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Melba Moore, Vocal - Company, Performer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Steve Curry, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Lamont Washington, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Melba Moore, Vocal - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Melba Moore, Vocal - Sally Eaton, Vocal - Company, Performer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Shelley Plimpton, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jonathan Kramer, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Lynn Kellogg, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Steve Curry, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Shelley Plimpton, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Paul Jabara, Vocal - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Diane Keaton, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Natalie Mosco, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Suzannah Norstrand, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Melba Moore, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Emmaretta Marks, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Lorrie Davis, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ronald Dyson, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Donnie Burks, Vocal - Lamont Washington, Vocal - Lorrie Davis, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Company, Performer - Ronald Dyson, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Walter Harris, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Lynn Kellogg, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Gerome Ragni, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - James Rado, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Melba Moore, Vocal - Company, Performer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Lynn Kellogg, Vocal - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music
DISC 2
Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Gerome Ragni, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Walker Daniels, Vocal - Arnold Wilkerson, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Steve Dean, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Walker Daniels, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Marijane Maricle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Sally Eaton, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Jonelle Allen, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Shelley Plimpton, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - George R. Marek, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Gerome Ragni, Vocal - Walker Daniels, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Jill O'Hara, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Shelley Plimpton, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - George R. Marek, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - George R. Marek, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Walker Daniels, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Paul Jabara, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Linda Compton, Vocal - Suzannah Evans, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Paul Jabara, Vocal - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Linda Compton, Vocal - Suzannah Evans, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Walker Daniels, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - George R. Marek, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Jonelle Allen, Vocal - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Susan Batson, Vocal - Alma Robinson, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Linda Compton, Vocal - Shelley Plimpton, Vocal - Suzannah Evans, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - George R. Marek, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - James Rado, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - George R. Marek, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - James Rado, Lyricist - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer - Company, Performer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - George R. Marek, Producer - Jill O'Hara, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Walker Daniels, Vocal - James Rado, Lyricist - Galt MacDermot, Composer - George R. Marek, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Issue Producer - Vincent Caro, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ernie Oelrich, Recording Engineer
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
Hair was both celebratory and anticlimactic at the same time. Heralded by many at the time as being a rejuvenation for musical theater, it was also supposed to "speak" for the youth. The problem with that is that any time you attempt to allow a piece of written work to speak for a generation, it invariably fails. It is undoubtedly impossible for one musical to classify every attitude held by a person under 30 at that time. Given this fact, Hair was destined to be considered a disappointment. However, if you take the score out of this context and listen to it simply as a snippet of some prevalent beliefs of the time, or simply as a fictional work, it is really quite wonderful. As Claude's best friend is expelled from high school and the love of Claude's life loves someone else, Claude must struggle with the decision to submit to government regulations in which he doesn't believe. A youthful exuberance covers the proceedings, with the first act ending with the infamous nude sequence. The music is heartening and invigorating, including the classics "Aquarius," "Good Morning Starshine," "Let the Sunshine In," "Frank Mills" (which was covered by the Lemonheads on their 1992 album It's a Shame About Ray), and "Easy to Be Hard." The joy that has been instilled in this original Broadway cast recording shines through, capturing in the performances of creators Gerome Ragni and James Rado exactly what they were aiming for -- not to speak for their generation, but to speak for themselves.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 68 track(s)
- Total length: 02:08:47
- Main artists: Original Broadway / Off-Broadway Casts of Hair
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Masterworks Broadway
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2003 BMG Music
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