HAIR
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Orig prod. MUSIC: Galt MacDermot. WORDS: Gerome Ragni, James Rado. COND: Galt MacDermot. CAST: Gerome Ragni, Shelley Plimpton, Paul Jabara & Sally Eaton (also of 1967 off-Broadway prod); Steve Curry, Ronald Dyson, Lamont Washington, James Rado, Jonathan Kramer, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore. (RCA LSO-1150. More complete: CD/RCA 1150-2-RC; CD/Vic 82876-56085-2, with 1967 off-Broadway prod & 2003 interview with Galt MacDermot. Excerpts: Rado, Ragni, chorus: "Hair" Plimpton: "Frank Mills" (ALB-1590) Rado, Kellogg, Moore: "Let the Sunshine In" (ALB-2181).)
1967 off-Broadway prod. COND: Galt MacDermot. CAST: Gerome Ragni, Shelley Plimpton, Paul Jabara, & Sally Eaton (also of 1968 Broadway prod); Walker Daniels, Jill O'Hara, Suzannah Evans, Linda Compton. (RCA LSO-1143. With three addl tracks: CD/Vic 82876-56085-2, with 1968 Broadway prod & 2003 interview with Galt MacDermot. Excerpt: Company: "Aquarius" (ALB-1755).)
1969 album of songs dropped from the show plus new songs, sung by members of orig & other casts. MUSIC: Galt MacDermot. WORDS: Gerome Ragni, James Rado. ORCH & COND: Galt MacDermot. VOCALS: Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Galt MacDermot, George Tipton, Leta Galloway, Donnie Burks, Sakinah. (RCA LSO-1163, titled "DisinHAIRited")
1968 London prod. COND: Derek Wadsworth. CAST: Paul Nicholas, Annabel Leventon, Peter Straker, Vince Edward, Oliver Tobias, Michael Feast, Linda Kendrick, Andy Forray, Sonja Kristina. (ATCO SD-7002; CD/Polydor(E) 519973-2, with addl material.)
1969 Sydney, Australia prod. ORCH & COND: Patrick Flynn. CAST: Terry Wilson, Wayne Matthews, Keith Glass, Terry O'Brien, Sharon Redd, Audrey Keyes, Helen Livermore, Berys Marsh. (Spin(Australia) SEL-933544)
1970 album of songs dropped from the London cast album or the orig (New York) prod, sung by members of London cast and others. MUSIC: Galt MacDermot. WORDS: Gerome Ragni, James Rado. COND: Derek Wadsworth. VOCALS: Paul Nicholas, Joyce Rae, Gary Hamilton, Peter Straker, Diane Langton, Paul Burns, Ena Cabayo, Sonya Kristina. (Polydor 24-5501, titled "Fresh Hair"; CD/Polydor(E) 519973-2, with addl material.)
1979 film soundtrack. ORCH & COND: Galt MacDermot. CAST: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright, Don Dacus, Cheryl Barnes, Melba Moore, Charlotte Rae. (RCA CBL2-3274; CD/RCA(G) BD-83274-2. Incomplete: CD/RCA 3274-2-R.)
1970 Amsterdam prod, sung in English. COND: Del Newman. CAST: Jan Hanson, Oliver Tobias (of 1968 London prod), Ronald Snellenberg, Marius Monkau, chorus. (Polydor(Holland) 2441-002)
Contemp records (c 1968) by members of various prods. Shelley Plimpton (of orig & 1968 prods): "Frank Mills" Galt MacDermot (composer) & His Pit Band: "Frank Mills" (45/RCA 47-9357) Allan Nicholls (orig cast replacement): "Goin' Down" (45/Avco Embassy 4520) Ronald Dyson (of orig prod), company: "Aquarius" Diane Keaton (of orig prod in 1968), Melba Moore (of orig prod): "Let the Sunshine In" (ALB-1436) Annie Golden (of 1979 film cast): "Frank Mills" (2006: ALB-2349)
1990 instrumental album. ORCH: Galt MacDermot (composer). Performed by McDermot (synthesizers), with Allen Won (saxophone). (CD/Premier PRCD-1003, titled "Hair Today")
1992 Australian prod. CAST: Melvin Carroll, Nick Carrafa, Terry Serio, David Argue, Meredith Chipperton, Cindy Lee, Cathy Rutten. (CD/Boulevard(Australia) D-30816)
1993 London prod. COND: Julian Littman. CAST: Paul Hipp, John Barrowman, Sinita, Pepsi Lawrie Demacque, Felice Arena, Paul J Medford, Andrée Bernard. (CD/EMI(E) 8-28110-2)
2004 studio prod based on 20 September 2004 concert prod. COND: Seth Rudetsky. CAST: Lillias White, Gavin Creel, Liz Callaway, Harvey Fierstein, Laura Benanti, Lea DeLaria, Raul Esperza, Sherie Rene Scott, Adam Pascal, John Tartaglia, Euan Morton, others. (CD/Ghostlight 7915581968-2)
1996 studio prod. COND: Stephen Brooker. CAST: Graham Bickley, Katrina Murphy, P P Arnold, Issy van Randwyck, Mark O'Malley, Catherine Porter, Aiden Bell. (CD/TER(E) MUS-CN62)
2009 prod. ORCH: Galt MacDermot. COND: Nadia Digtallonardo. CAST: Sasha Allen, Allison Case, Gavin Creel, Caissie Levy, Darius Nichols, Bryce Ryness, Kacie Sheik, Will Swenson. (CD/Ghhostlight 8-4467)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
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