| Hair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical | |
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| Cast recording | |
| Released | 1967[1] |
| Recorded | October 30, 1967[citation needed] |
| Genre | Pop,R&B |
| Length | 46:57 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Producer | George R.Marck, Andy Wiswell[citation needed] |
Hair is the cast recording of the original, Off-Broadway cast of the musicalHair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. It was released in 1967 byRCA Victor.[1]Hair premieredOff-Broadway at thePublic Theater on October 17, 1967, and the cast album was recorded two weeks later.[citation needed] The lead roles were played by Walker Daniels as Claude,Gerome Ragni as Berger, Jill O'Hara as Sheila, Steve Dean as Woof,Arnold Wilkerson as Hud,Sally Eaton as Jeanie andShelley Plimpton as Crissy.[2]
In the Off-Broadway version ofHair, 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.[3] 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.[3] When it was released on CD as a bonus disc of the Broadway album, it also included three songs that were in the show, but not on the original LP: "Opening", "Red Blue And White" (the future "Don't Put It Down") and the finale "Sentimental Ending", plus an interview with composerGalt MacDermot.[3]
Music byGalt MacDermot and lyrics byGerome Ragni andJames Rado:
