Hair

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When the Broadway cast recording of Hair was re-released on compact disc back in 1988, the producers took advantage of the longer playing time and added as much bonus material as they had from the original recordings of 1968, presenting a better ... more When the Broadway cast recording of Hair was re-released on compact disc back in 1988, the producers took advantage of the longer playing time and added as much bonus material as they had from the original recordings of 1968, presenting a better picture of the entire show. The 1988 version needed a remastering 15 years later, but the producers wanted to add something more and came up with this "Broadway Deluxe Collector's Edition," adding both the original off-Broadway cast recording (which had been out of print since the '60s and never available on compact disc) and excerpts from a 2003 interview with Galt MacDermot, who composed the music. +Hair was a brilliant, groundbreaking work, but it was also an ever-evolving piece as actors came and left, lyrics were changed, and songs were resequenced and reassigned to different characters. The off-Broadway recording offers a look at where the musical started, and some of the changes that occurred. Some of the more noticeable differences are the order in which the songs themselves appear, and the disarming way the off-Broadway version of Claude sings "Manchester, England" with an English accent! The band also went from just a four-piece off-Broadway to a nine-piece for the Broadway cast (featuring the great Idris Muhammad on drums), and the arrangements change accordingly. The liner notes include a wonderful description of the Broadway staging from Lorrie Davis, one of the cast members. All in all, this is a fabulous presentation of one of the finest Broadway musicals ever, and the remastered sound is fantastic. Those who are still enjoying the original cast recording of Hair owe it to themselves to check out this truly deluxe edition. ~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track	Duration
1	Aquarius (From "Hair")	2:53
2	Donna (From "Hair")	2:15
3	Hashish (From "Hair")	0:58
4	Sodomy (From "Hair")	0:55
5	Colored Spade (From "Hair")	1:12
6	Manchester England (From "Hair")	1:20
7	I'm Black (From "Hair")	0:27
8	Ain't Got No (From "Hair")	0:45
9	I Believe in Love (From "Hair")	1:08
10	Ain't Got No (Reprise) (From "Hair")	1:17
11	Air (From "Hair")	1:30
12	Initials (From "Hair")	0:55
13	I Got Life (From "Hair")	3:08
14	Going Down (From "Hair")	2:30
15	Hair (From "Hair")	3:01
16	My Conviction (From "Hair")	1:41
17	Easy to Be Hard (From "Hair")	2:40
18	Don't Put It Down (From "Hair")	2:03
19	Frank Mills (From "Hair")	2:07
20	Be-In (From "Hair")	3:08
21	Where Do I Go? (From "Hair")	2:42
22	Electric Blues (From "Hair")	2:35
23	Manchester England (Reprise) (From "Hair")	0:30
24	Black Boys (From "Hair")	1:10
25	White Boys (From "Hair")	2:28
26	Walking in Space (From "Hair")	4:50
27	Abie Baby (From "Hair")	2:45
28	Three-Five-Zero-Zero (From "Hair")	3:09
29	What a Piece of Work Is Man/Walking in Space (Reprise) (From "Hair")	2:24
30	What a Piece of Work is Man (From "Hair")	0:00
31	Walking in Space (Reprise) (From "Hair")	0:00
32	Good Morning Starshine (From "Hair")	2:32
33	The Bed (From "Hair")	2:58
34	The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) (From "Hair")	3:39
1	Ain't Got No (From "Hair")	1:22
2	I Got Life (From "Hair")	2:49
3	Air (From "Hair")	1:31
4	Going Down (From "Hair")	2:39
5	Hair (From "Hair")	3:08
6	Dead End (From "Hair")	2:38
7	Frank Mills (From "Hair")	1:53
8	Hare Krishna (From "Hair")	3:21
9	Where Do I Go? (From "Hair")	3:00
10	Electric Blues (From "Hair")	2:32
11	Easy to Be Hard (From "Hair")	2:08
12	Manchester (From "Hair")	1:14
13	White Boys (From "Hair")	2:38
14	Black Boys (From "Hair")	1:05
15	Walking in Space (From "Hair")	4:22
16	Aquarius (From "Hair")	2:17
17	Good Morning Starshine (From "Hair")	3:52
18	Exanaplanetooch (From "Hair")	2:37
19	The Climax (From "Hair")	1:51
20	Opening (From "Hair")	2:27
21	Red Blue and White (From "Hair")	1:43
22	Sentimental Ending (From "Hair")	1:29
23	How did you become involved with "Hair"?	1:07
24	What do you remember about the Off-Broadway cast recording?	0:32
25	And the Broadway cast recording?	0:30
26	In the recording session photos, you were the only person wearing a jacket and tie.	0:13
27	How did the two productions differ?	1:13
28	You were not a traditional theater composer. Did you have any models or influences?	0:51
29	Did "Hair" influence your later work, like "Two Gentlemen of Verona?	0:42
30	Hair was controversial with critics and the public. Did this affect you at all?	0:39
31	On writing music for the theater, and what makes a popular song	0:56
32	Did you ever have to rewrite any of the "Hair" songs?	0:23
33	What sort of music do you write now?	0:23
34	Do you use synthesizers?	0:20
35	Have you got any advice for people who want to compose for musical theater?	0:30
36	Does any one song in "Hair" express your philosophy?	0:22