Company (A Musical Comedy) (Original Cast Recording)

"Company" is a musical comedy. The original production was nominated for a record-setting fourteen Tony Awards and won six. The musical opened on Broadway on April 26, 1970 at the Alvin Theatre, where it ran for 705 performances and seven previews. Shortly after opening night, Dean Jones withdrew from the show, allegedly due to illness. He was replaced by his understudy Larry Kert.
The Broadway cast album did not include Kert, because it had already been recorded before he assumed the role of Bobby. However, after having Jones' original vocals mixed out of the original Broadway backing tracks, when the cast travelled to London to reprise their roles, Columbia Records took Kert into the studio to record new vocal tracks. This "new" recording featuring the new vocals laid over the original Broadway backing tracks was released as the Original London Cast recording. In 1998, when Sony Music who had acquired the Columbia catalogues, released a newly digitalized CD version of the original Broadway cast recording, Kert's rendition of "Being Alive," the show's final number, was included as a bonus track.
Also available are cast recordings of the 1995 Broadway and London productions and the 2006 Broadway production.
Video recordings are available of the 1995 London and 2006 Broadway revivals.