Company - OBC, 1970

[swimmingdk]

elaine looks like a crazy sailor with that hat

[pythonterry1]

"Company" won Tony in 1970...wasn't "late sixties"...more like 1971 when this was recorded.

[moninblue]

Ah!! i want THOSE SUNGLASSES!! 2:08

[manidonno10]

love Elaine screaming "Telephone!" and "To Bobby!"

[lf1234]

Anyone have video of the show onstage?

[RichieEastside]

This version sounds so much better than the one from 2006 because it's got a full orchestra instead of that ludicrous idea of having the actors play the instruments themselves. It's such a pain in the ass too because I LOVE Raul Esparza as Bobby, but the music just doesn't have the same energy or even relevance that it had with the complete orchestra.

[lustertheleopard]

The surgeon general issued warnings about cigarettes around 1960s.

[armandofarras]

why is it that this musical has become myy favorite, going over Chicago, Cabaret, N2N and Chorus Line???

[yonkerstre]

They seem to go a little faster in this verison, than the rival verison.

[Migelito1969]

Could someone please post the "non finale" version of the song "Company." It is this same song, just a longer, better version from the original Broadway cast. Even if it is just an audio version.  I wish the longer version was here. Thanks.

M.

[littleBIGGERchris]

I love Elaine Stricht singing flat throughout the entire album. They knew she had a presence and that her embodiment of Joanne would win the audience over, so they didnt mind that she couldn't sing.

[beardedartisan]

"TELEPHONE!"

[megmcgarry]

I love the guy smoking DURING the cast recording. That's awesome!

[elphbwckd]

they all smoked back then! it was the 70's. they didn't know all of the awful things it did to you

[eveningprim]

ha- yeah i know and i love that it's probably like 7 am!-

then like 18 hours later they show the band all taking drags between takes- the room must have been just a smoke house at that point-

[RichieEastside]

and you've gotta respect anyone who is enough of a vocalist to be a smoker to the point of doing it in the middle of a cast recording and still have a Broadway quality voice to go with it.

[Tyronethe24th]

@megmcgarry It was the late sixties. It was a free country then.