This recording of songs from the Broadway musical Hair presented by C.C. Productions can't ever make up its mind whether it wants to ape the sound of the original Broadway cast or the hit recordings of several of the songs. It begins, for example, with "Aquarius," but then later includes a version of the medley of "Aquarius" and the chorus of "Let the Sunshine In" that was recorded by the 5th Dimension, copying that recording right down to the exhortation, "I want you to sing along with the 5th Dimension!," which, under the ...
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This recording of songs from the Broadway musical Hair presented by C.C. Productions can't ever make up its mind whether it wants to ape the sound of the original Broadway cast or the hit recordings of several of the songs. It begins, for example, with "Aquarius," but then later includes a version of the medley of "Aquarius" and the chorus of "Let the Sunshine In" that was recorded by the 5th Dimension, copying that recording right down to the exhortation, "I want you to sing along with the 5th Dimension!," which, under the circumstances, is impossible. Similarly, the version of "Good Morning Starshine" sounds a lot like the hit recording by Oliver. Although otherwise pretty much worthless, the album may interest show music completists because, oddly enough, it features a recording of "Dead End," a song cut from Hair between its Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, and thus not featured on the original Broadway cast album. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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