London Records Phase 4 Stereo 1969
Not all Edmundo Ros devotees could have been excited by the prospect of the leading Latin maestro recording an album of the music from the rather avant garde musical "Hair" back in 1969. The fact is that most of the melodies turn out to be excellent choices for the Ros treatment and this is an exciting and dynamic album in marvellous phase4stereo. The superior arrangements were by Roland Shaw and the Edmundo Ros Orchestra are as superb as ever. A top rate orchestra like Edmundo's could turn the most mundane material into something worth listening to. Take "Manchester, England" which is not the strongest melody in the selection. There are some lovely trombone, guitar and trumpet solos which lift the number out of the ordinary. My favourite tracks are "Good Morning Starshine", "I Got Life", "Where Do I Go?", "Aquarius", "Donna" and "Let The Sunshine In", with vocal by Edmundo himself.
Side 1.
1. Good Morning Starshine
2. Ain't Got No
3. I Got Life
4. Where do I go?
5. Hare Krishna (Be In)
6. Aquarius
Side 2.
1. Hair
2. Easy to be Hard
3. Manchester England
4. Frank Mills
5. Let the Sunshine In
6. Donna
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