[Mb-hair] Hello Hair List/Quad Recording

[JeffWeHo]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to take the time to say hello and introduce myself as I'm new to 
the mailing list.

My name is Jeff Hanen and I've been listening to music and buying records 
since I was 7 years old. When I was 11, I bought the Broadway Hair LP and 
loved the music but was not allowed by my parents to see the show, which 
was full of hippies, drugs, profanity and nudity.

Flash forward to 1998 on a Thursday evening. I had nothing to do and picked 
up the L.A. Weekly to see what was happening. I saw an ad for a production 
of Hair at a small theater in Hollywood. I said 'what the heck' and went to 
see the show knowing absolutely nothing about it except for the music.

Needless to say I was stunned. I immediately went home and read all the 
songs lyrics on the internet and couldn't believe how wonderful they were. 
I felt compelled and drove back the next night to see the show again. They 
were sold out, but they let me sit on the floor.

As fate would have it, the backstage Stage Manager had to leave her 
position the following week and asked if I wanted to take over. I nervously 
said yes and found myself working on my first theatre production. I did not 
know at the time that working on Hair would be a life-changing experience. 
I'm pretty sure you all must know what I'm talking about, so no need to 
explain.

That started off my Stage Managing career and I've been fortunate enough to 
work on several productions of Hair in California and Europe. Even though I 
work on the technical end of shows, I've always managed to sneak myself on 
stage in some way when I do Hair. Hair has become a major part of my life! 
I never imagined working in theatre and I even have my Union card.

I've met some incredible people (and  see some of them on the mailing list) 
and feel honored that I've been able to meet and get to know Michael, Jim 
and Galt (well, I don't really know Galt) and many of the original tribe 
members.

So that's me saying hello to everyone.

Now for the second part. I've recently been listening to some of the new 
SACD's and if you have not heard one, they sound incredible on a surround 
sound system.

I've been thinking about this for some time, and I would really like to 
make some type of surround sound recording of Hair. I thought I remembered 
seeing a Quadraphonic version of Hair way back when but wasn't sure. Oddly 
enough, Michael, Jim and Galt weren't sure either. Much to my surprise, 
Jonathan Johnson found a web page that actually has pictures of two 
different Quadraphonic recordings of Hair. One is on Vinyl and the other 
Reel to Reel Tape.

If anyone could help me locate a copy of either, it would be greatly 
appreciated. I'm fairly technical oriented, and if I could come up with a 
Quad source, I believe I could make a surround sound DVD that would be 
extremely fun/interesting to listen to. I truly have no idea what the Quad 
recording will sound like, but I'd like to find out.

That's it for now. Just wanted to say 'Hi' to everyone and ask for some 
help in locating a Quadraphonic recording.

Peace and Love,

~jeff
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