Coco

Staff

... Conductor	Robert Emmett Dolan
... Producer	Andy Wiswell
... Engineer	Ernie Oelrich

Cast

... Coco Chanel	Katharine Hepburn
... Louis Greff	George Rose
... Noelle	Gale Dixon
... Georges	David Holliday
... Sebastian Baye	René Auberjonois
... Pignol	Jeanne Arnold
... Dwight Berkwit, Orbach's	Will B. Able
... Ronny Ginsborn, Best & Co.	Chad Block
... Eugene Bernstone, Saks	Robert Fitch
... Phil Rosenberry, Bloomingdale's	Dan Siretta
... Charles, Duke of Glenallen	Michael Allinson
... Grand Duke Alexandrovitch	Bob Avian
... Voice of Grand Duke Alexandrovitch	Jack Dabdoub
... Albert	Jack Beaber
... Papa	Jon Cypher
... Simone	Charlene Ryan
... Adrienne	Kathie Dalton
... Nadine	Leslie Daniel
... Claire	Graciela Daniele
... Armand	Al De Sio
... Julian Lesage	Paul Dumont
... Colette	Rosemarie Heyer
... Madelaine	Carolyn Kirsch
... Docaton	Eve March
... Mimi	Maralyn Miles
... Jeanine	Rita O'Connor
... Lucille	Diane Phillips
... Varne	Shirley Potter
... Solange	Suzanne Rogers
... Annette	Marianne Selbert
... Helene	Maggie Task
... Claude	David Thomas (i)
... Marie	Margot Travers
... Loublaye/Lapidus	Gene Varrone
... Juliette	Lynn Winn
... Dr. Petitjean	Richard Woods
... Ensemble	Vicki Allen Karin Baker Roy Barry Kathy Bartosh Maureen Hopkins William James Linda Jorgens Tresha Kelly Nancy Killmer Richard Marr Jan Metternich Jo Ann Ogawa Don Percassi Jean Preece Ann Reinking Skiles Ricketts Gerald Teijelo Bonnie Walker Kathie Dalton

The song list for this recording has been verified as complete.

Tracks

The original issue of this recording was later withdrawn and re-mixed before reissuing the album. Here are some of the differences (as decribed by David Hummel in his book, The Collector's Guide to the American Musical Theatre):

• On the first issue the overture fades directly into the first song. On the second issue there is a short pause between.
• On the first issue "The Money Rings Out Like Freedom" has a long dance sequence. On the second issue this dance section has been cut.
• On the first issue the monologue preceding "Gabrielle" has a silent background. On the second issue the monologue is underscored with the music of "Coco".
• On the first issue "Orbach's, Bloomingdale's, Best and Saks" is missing a very short segment of dance music. On the second issue the short segment was reinstated but the long segment on the first issue was cut.

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Recorded in Webster Hall (aka RCA Studio C).

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The CD issue lists a recording date of January 8, 1970. This seems to be an error. Billboard reported that the recording was made on December 21, 1969. That was the first Sunday after the opening. It was the production’s dark day, and it was common (although not invariable) at the time for Broadway cast recordings to be made on the first Sunday (which was almost always the first off day) after the opening. When shows opened on a Saturday night, the cast recording session would often on the second Sunday after the opening.

January 8, 1970, was a Thursday. This was a performance day, and it’s highly unlikely that the session on that day.

The recording was in stores by January 13, 1970, as there was a big ad in the New York Times that day for the recording, stating that it could be purchased currently at Macy’s. It may be that the recording was shipped to stores starting on January 8, 1970.