Starting Here, Starting Now (Original 1977 Off-Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

David Shire, Richard Maltby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W3D
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,727 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Word Is Love/Starting Here, Starting Now/A Little Bit Off

2. I Think I May Want to Remember Today

3. We Can Talk to Each Other

4. Just Across the River

5. Crossword Puzzle

6. Autumn

7. I Don't Remember Christmas

8. I Don't Believe It

9. Barbara

10. Pleased With Myself

11. Flair

12. Travel

13. Watching the Big Parade Go By

14. I Hear Bells

15. What About Today?

16. One Step

17. Song of Me/Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life/A New Life C

18. Finale: Reprise of Flair

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Totally enjoyable commentary on human relationships, December 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Starting Here, Starting Now (Original 1977 Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

Starting Here, Starting Now is a musical review from the 1970's examining the ups and downs of human relationships. The CD is, in fact, the show. The music encompasses the gamut of emotions that accompany family,friendship, dating, love, marriage, separation. "A Little Bit Off" is an amusing number recounting the first feelings of attraction between two people. "I Don't Believe It" is a sardonic look at all those "perfect" relationships out there. "I Hear Bells" is a lyrical tune about looking beyond the not-always-beautiful surface of life and seeing the goodness deep down. "Song of Me" is a haunting melody about a dysfunctional family and the resulting emotional scars. "Today is the First Day of the Rest of My Life" and "A New Life Coming" end the show and CD by reinforcing the lesson that time does heal our wounds and allows us to move on in our lives. No matter what the state of your relationships with family, friends and spouses, there will be something in this CD for you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant Melodies Abound in Maltby & Shire Land, August 21, 2000

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"maxwell313" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starting Here, Starting Now (Original 1977 Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

I was recently in a revue consisting only of Maltby & Shire songs. The songs were taken from Big The Musical, Baby, Closer Than Ever, and of course Starting Here, Starting Now. This CD contains some of the most beautiful songs in musical theatre. "I Hear Bells" is phenomenally lovely, a tune anyone would love to live to. "Song of Me" is hauntingly beautiful and achingly brief. "Travel" and "One Step" are entertaining numbers with engaging melodies. "I Don't Remember Christmas" is amusing and intriguing in its own way. Each song here is worth listening to. Starting Here, Starting now is certainly a good buy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Dazzling!, January 2, 2010

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Chay Martin "Avid Reader" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starting Here, Starting Now (Original 1977 Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

I've had the Starting Here Starting Now album since it was first issued way back when and I've played it constantly since then, always finding something new to wonder at in the witty lyrics and always being swept away by the glorious melodies and show stoppers. I can't believe that Shire and Maltby never had a hit show (except this one)! Their failures must have been the fault of poor books or whatever, certainly not the words and music, which are dazzling. No matter how many times I play this album, the songs are forever fresh, new and exciting. A must for any lover/collector pf the genre.