Let The Sunshine In! |
What the hippies saw that was "wrong" with the America they loved: racism, pollution, poverty, sexual repression, the war in Vietnam, political corruption (and forty plus years later, |
Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical | |
RCA Victor LSO-1150 | |
6/68 1 [UK: 10/68] | |
Side One | |||
Aquarius | Dyson & Company | 2:55 | |
Donna/Hashish | Ragni & Company | 2:45 | |
Sodomy | Curry & Company | 0:50 | |
Colored Spade | Washington & Company | 1:10 | |
Manchester England | Rado & Company | 1:20 | |
I'm Black/Ain't Got No | Washington, Curry, Ragni & Rado/Curry, Washington, Moore & Company | 1:10 | |
Air | Eaton, Plimpton, Moore & Company | 1:15 | |
Initials | Company | 0:55 | |
I Got Life | Rado & Company | 3:05 | |
Hair | Rado, Ragni & Company | 2:55 | |
My Conviction | Kramer | 1:36 | |
Don't Put It Down | Ragni & Curry | 2:00 | |
Frank Mills | Plimpton | 2:05 | |
Be-In | Company | 3:00 | |
Side Two | |||
Where Do I Go? | Rado & Company | 2:40 | |
Black Boys/White Boys | Keaton, Norstrand & Mosco/Moore, Davis & Marks | 3:35 | |
Easy To Be Hard | Kellogg | 2:35 | |
Walking In Space | Company | 5:00 | |
Abie Baby | Washington, Dyson, Burks & Davis | 2:45 | |
Three-Five-Zero-Zero/What A Piece Of Work Is Man | Company/Dyson & Harris | 4:45 | |
Good Morning Starshine | Kellogg, Moore, Rado & Ragni | 2:30 | |
The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) | Rado, Kellogg, Moore & Company | 3:35 |
Hair Medley / Aquarius MacDermot-Rado-Ragni (2:58) / MacDermot-Rado-Ragni (2:55) RCA Victor SP-45-184, ?/69 |
Original 1967 Production |
Hair was originally an off-broadway (Joe Papp production) that opened on Oct 17, 1967 at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre in the East Village and ran for six weeks. It then opened at The Cheetah (a discothèque on Broadway) on Dec 22 for 45 performances. An abridged original cast album was issued: |
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater Presents Hair - An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical | |
RCA Victor LSO-1143 | |
11/67 [UK: ?/70] | |
Side One | |||
Ain't Got No | Daniels, Ragni, Dean, Wilkinson & Company | ||
I Got Life | Daniels & Maricle | 4:00 | |
Air | Eaton, Plimpton & Allen | 1:25 | |
Going Down | Ragni & Company | 2:33 | |
Hair | Daniels, Ragni & Company | 3:00 | |
Dead End | O'Hara & Company | 2:33TD> | |
Frank Mills | Plimpton | 1:47 | |
Hare Krishna | Company | 3:10 | |
Where Do I Go? | Daniels & Company | 2:54 | |
Side Two | |||
Electric Blues | Evans, Compton, Jabara | 2:35 | |
Easy To Be Hard | Evans, Compton, Jabara & Company | 2:03 | |
Manchester | Daniels | 1:00 | |
White Boys | Allen, Batson & Robinson | ||
Black Boys | Compton, Plimpton & Evans | 3:30 | |
Walking In Space | Company | 4:20 | |
Aquarius | Company | 2:15 | |
Good Morning Starshine | O'Hara & Company | 3:47 | |
Exanaplanetooch | Daniels | 2:35 | |
The Climax | O'Hara | 1:45 |
Note: Both of these cast albums are abridged versions - too many songs for a single album.
In 2003, RCA released a 2-CD Deluxe edition with the complete Broadway show, the 1967 cast album,
and interviews with Galt McDermont.
Hit Generator! |
The catchy tunes lent themselves to Top 40 hits, like Broadway used to do in the 30s and 40s. All spring and summer long in 1969, we were bombarded with these records. Arrggh! |
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In | The 5th Dimension | #1, WABC |
Hair | The Cowsills | #2, WABC |
Easy To Be Hard | Three Dog Night | #2, WABC |
Good Morning Starshine | Oliver | #3, WABC |
Where Do I Go/Be-In (Hare Krishna) | The Happenings | #16, WABC |
Good Morning Starshine | Strawberry Alarm Clock (45, Good Morning Starshine) | 4/69 |
Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) | Brian Auger & The Trinity with Julie Driscoll (Streetnoise) | 8/69 |
I've Got Life | Brian Auger & The Trinity with Julie Driscoll (Streetnoise) | 8/69 |
Donna | Alex Harvey (UK LP) | ?/69 |
Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In (The Flesh Faitures) | The Ventures (Hawaii Five-O) | 4/69 |
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In | Diana Ross & The Supremes (Let the Sunshine In) | 5/69 |
Where Do I Go? | The Free Design (Heaven/Earth) | ?/69 |
Dead End; Walking In Space | Quincy Jones (Walking In Space) | 6/69 |
Ain't Got No; I Got Life | Nina Simone (45) | 11/68 |
Want more? |
castalbums.org lists cast recordings from Mexico, London, Munich, Sweden, Brazil, and many, many others (100+ listed!). |