Hair is the cast recording of the original, Off-Broadway cast of the musical Hair

Hair (musical)

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...

. It was released in 1967 on the RCA

RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...

 label. Hair premiered Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

 at the Public Theatre on October 17, 1967, and the cast album was recorded two weeks later. The lead roles were played by Walker Daniels as Claude, Gerome Ragni

Gerome Ragni

Gerome Bernard Ragni was an American actor, singer and songwriter, best known as the co-author of the groundbreaking 1960s Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.-Early life:...

 as Berger, Jill O'Hara as Sheila, Steve Dean as Woof, Arnold Wilkerson

Arnold Wilkerson

Arnold Wilkerson is an American actor and the creator and owner of the Little Pie Company in Manhattan, New York City. As an actor he is particularly known for portraying roles in the original productions of the musicals Hair, Jimmy Shine, and Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.-Biography:Wilkerson was...

 as Hud, Sally Eaton

Sally Eaton

Sally Eaton is a Wiccan High Priestess, liturgist, singer and actress, whose credits include creating and playing the role of Jeanie in the stage production of the hit Broadway musical Hair, and, as a member of Doric Wilson's professional theater company TOSOS , acting in the Doric Wilson plays Now...

 as Jeanie and Shelley Plimpton

Shelley Plimpton

Shelley Plimpton Carradine is an American former actress and Broadway performer.Plimpton was born in Roseburg, Oregon, to a father who ran an auto parts store. She is a "very distant" cousin of writer George Plimpton. She moved to New York with her researcher mother when she was 14, after her...

 as Crissy.

In the Off-Broadway version of Hair, the lead role of Claude had been written as a space alien who aspires to be a cinematic director. This was changed for the Broadway production. This Off-Broadway recording includes the songs "Exanaplanetooch" and "Climax," which were cut from the Broadway production. The reviewer for Allmusic.com criticized Ragni's and Eaton's vocals but praised Plimpton. When it was released on cd as a bonus disc to the Broadway album, it also included an interview with composer Galt McDermot.

Track listing

Music by Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot is a Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song African Waltz in 1960. His most successful musicals have been Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona...

 and lyrics by Gerome Ragni

Gerome Ragni

Gerome Bernard Ragni was an American actor, singer and songwriter, best known as the co-author of the groundbreaking 1960s Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.-Early life:...

 and James Rado:

1. "Aint Got No" 3:04
2. "I Got Life" 3:27
3. "Air" 3:33
4. "Going Down" 2:34
5. "Hair
   Hair (song)
   "Hair" is the title song to the 1968 musical Hair, as well as the 1979 film version of the musical.The song was a major hit single for The Cowsills in 1969 and their most successful single. Their version spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Box Top 100 and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " 3:23
6. "Dead End" 2:59
7. "Frank Mills" 4:23
8. "Hare Krishna" 4:29
9. "Where Do I Go" 2:52
10. "Electric Blues" 2:41
11. "Easy To Be Hard" 2:41
12. "Manchester" 2:41
13. "White Boys" 2:41
14. "Black Boys" 2:41
15. "Walking In Space" 2:41
16. "Aquarius" 2:41
17. "Good Morning Starshine
    Good Morning Starshine
    "Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from the musical Hair. It was a #3 hit in the United States in June of 1969 for the singer Oliver.-History:...
    
    " 2:41
18. "Exanaplanetooch" 2:41
19. "The Climax" 2:41

See also

• Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  Hair is a 1968 cast recording of the musical Hair on the RCA label. Sarah Erlewine, for Allmusic, wrote: "The music is heartening and invigorating, including the classics "Aquarius," "Good Morning Starshine," "Let the Sunshine In," "Frank Mills" , and "Easy to Be Hard." The joy that has been...
  
  
• The Public Theatre
• Cheetah nightclub
  Cheetah (nightclub)
  Cheetah was a discotheque in Manhattan, New York City which opened May 28, 1966, and closed in the 1970s.The club was located at 53rd Street and Broadway.Jackie Cassen and Rudi Stern were associated with the club....
  
  
• Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording
  Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording
  Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack album from the 1979 musical film Hair. It was released on the RCA label. A few verses from "Manchester, England" and a small portion of "Walking in Space" have been removed...
  
  

External links

• Hair Off-Broadway production at BroadwayWorld.com