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- Date Released: January 1, 1968
- Genre: Soundtracks/Other
- Style: TV Soundtracks
- Label: RCA Victor
- Copyright: (P) 1988 BMG Music
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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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| 01. |  |
Aquarius (From "Hair")
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2:53 |
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| 02. | |
Donna (From "Hair")
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2:08 |
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| 03. | |
Hashish (From "Hair")
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1:03 |
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| 04. | |
Sodomy (From "Hair")
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0:50 |
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| 05. | |
Colored Spade (From "Hair")
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1:10 |
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| 06. | |
Manchester England (From "Hair")
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1:20 |
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| 07. |
I'm Black (From "Hair") |
0:36 |
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| 08. |
Ain't Got No (From "Hair") |
0:43 |
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| 09. | |
I Believe In Love (From "Hair")
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1:08 |
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| 10. | |
Ain't Got No (Reprise) (From "Hair")
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1:17 |
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| 11. | |
Air (From "Hair") |
1:27 |
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| 12. | |
Initials (From "Hair")
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0:55 |
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| 13. | |
I Got Life (From "Hair")
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3:05 |
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| 14. | |
Going Down (From "Hair")
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2:17 |
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| 15. | |
Hair (From "Hair")
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2:56 |
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| 16. | |
My Conviction (From "Hair")
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1:36 |
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| 17. | |
Easy To Be Hard (From "Hair")
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2:35 |
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| 18. | |
Don't Put It Down (From "Hair") |
2:00 |
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| 19. | |
Frank Mills (From "Hair")
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2:05 |
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| 20. | |
Be--In (From "Hair")
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3:00 |
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| 21. | |
Where Do I Go? (From "Hair")
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2:40 |
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| 22. | |
Electric Blues (From "Hair")
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2:35 |
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| 23. |
Manchester England (Reprise) (From "Hair")
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0:30 |
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| 24. | |
Black Boys (From "Hair") |
1:10 |
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| 25. | |
White Boys (From "Hair") |
2:28 |
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| 26. | |
Walking In Space (From "Hair")
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4:47 |
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| 27. | |
Abie Baby (From "Hair") |
2:45 |
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| 28. | |
Three-Five-Zero-Zero (From "Hair")
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3:09 |
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| 29. | |
What a Piece of Work Is Man (From "Hair") |
2:23 |
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| 30. | |
Good Morning Starshine (From "Hair") |
2:30 |
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| 31. | |
The Bed (From "Hair")
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2:58 |
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| 32. | |
The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) |
3:37 |
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32 Total Tracks, 66:36 Total Length
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Credits
- Melba Moore - Vocals // Melba Moore - Performer // Barbara Thompson - Trumpet // Barbara Thompson - Trumpet // Barbara Thompson - Trumpet // Barbara Thompson - Flugelhorn // Barbara Thompson - Flugelhorn // Barbara Thompson - Flugelhorn // Paul Jabara - Vocals // Paul Korda - Performer // Ronnie Dyson - Vocals // Marsha Hunt - Performer // Sonja Kristina - Performer // Peter Straker - Performer // Norrie Paramor - Producer // Leata Galloway - Vocals // Galt MacDermot - Piano (Electric) // Galt MacDermot - Piano (Electric) // Galt MacDermot - Piano (Electric) // Alex Harvey - Guitar // Sally Eaton - Vocals // Laurie Baker - Guitar (Bass) // Warren Chiasson - Percussion // Maurice Cockerill - Keyboards // Ethel Coley - Performer // Didier C. Deutsch - Liner Notes // Steve Gillette - Guitar // Walter Harris - Vocals // Walter Harris - Performer // Idris Muhammad - Drums // Mickey Keene - Guitar // Junior Kerr - Performer // Jonathan Kramer - Vocals // Jonathan Kramer - Performer // Annabel Leventon - Performer // Emmeretta Marks - Vocals // Chris Neill - Performer // Paul Nicholas - Performer // Terry Noonan - Trumpet // Terry Noonan - Flugelhorn // Carlos Olms - Digital Remastering // Bud Parks - Sax (Baritone) // Rick Rowe - Producer // Rick Rowe - Engineer // Nat Shapiro - Liner Notes // Oliver Tobias - Performer // Derek Wadsworth - Trombone // Derek Wadsworth - Musical Director // Joanne White - Performer // Eddie Williams - Trumpet // Jimmy Winston - Performer // Andy Wiswell - Producer // Peter Woolf - Drums // Paul Burns - Performer // Derek Andrews - Trumpet // Derek Andrews - Flugelhorn // Donnie Burks - Vocals // Donnie Burks - Performer // Kookie Eaton - Performer // Michael Feast - Performer // Lucy Fenwick - Performer // Andy Forray - Performer // John Gulliver - Performer // Gary Hamilton - Performer // Linda Kendrick - Performer // Zane Paul - Reeds // Zane Paul - Reeds (Multiple) // Zane Paul - Woodwind // Leighton Robinson - Performer // Limbert Spencer - Performer // Steve Curry - Vocals // Steve Curry - Performer // Lorrie Davis - Vocals // Lorrie Davis - Performer // Alan Fontaine - Guitar // Steve Gamet - Vocals // Diane Keaton - Vocals // Diane Keaton - Performer // Hiram Keller - Vocals // Lynn Kellogg - Vocals // Lynn Kellogg - Performer // Donald Leight - Trumpet // Marjorie LiPari - Vocals // Natalie Mosco - Vocals // Natalie Mosco - Performer // Suzannah Norstrand - Vocals // Suzannah Norstrand - Performer // Shelley Plimpton - Vocals // James Rado - Vocals // James Rado - Performer // Gerome Ragni - Vocals // Gerome Ragni - Performer // Robert I. Rubinsky - Vocals // Lamont Washington - Vocals // Lamont Washington - Performer // Jimmy Lewis & the Checkers - Bass // Penny Bennett - Art Direction // Denis McNamara - Producer // Ronald Dyson - Performer // Peter Elliot - Executive Producer // Brian Drutman - Producer // Ham - Performer // Ena Cabayo - Performer // Jimmy Lewis - Bass // Bertrand Castelli - Executive Producer
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