Jesus Christ Superstar [A Decca Broadway Original Cast]

by Original Broadway Cast

Overview

Writers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice set several precedents with this album. First, it is a pre-stage studio version, and it topped the US charts upon release. Second, it is the first show to successfully put rock music in a theatrical context (Hair is really a pop/show-music pastiche, not rock). Third, it is a "sung-through" musical without spoken dialog, technically an operetta. Fourth, though musicals had turned more serious at this point, writing a show about Jesus Christ from the point of view of Judas was about as daring as you could get. It succeeds in all ways. In addition to the title song (a #14 hit sung by Murray Head), it includes "I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Yvonne Elliman. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	04/01/2003
Label:	Decca Broadway / Decca / Universal Distribution
UPC:	0044006773421
Rank:	101926

Tracks

1. Jesus Christ Superstar~Heaven on Their Minds
2. Jesus Christ Superstar~Everything's Alright
3. Jesus Christ Superstar~This Jesus Must Die
4. Jesus Christ Superstar~Hosanna
5. Jesus Christ Superstar~Pilate's Dream
6. Jesus Christ Superstar~I Don't Know How to Love Him
7. Jesus Christ Superstar~Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)
8. Jesus Christ Superstar~King Herod's Song
9. Jesus Christ Superstar~Could We Start Again, Please
10. Jesus Christ Superstar~Judas' Death
11. Jesus Christ Superstar~Trial Before Pilate
12. Jesus Christ Superstar~Superstar
13. Jesus Christ Superstar~John Nineteen: Forty-One

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Original Broadway Cast   Primary Artist
Ben Vereen   Primary Artist,Vocals
Yvonne Elliman   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bob Bingham   Primary Artist,Vocals
Barry Dennen   Primary Artist,Vocals
Paul Ainsley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jeff Fenholt   Primary Artist,Vocals
Phil Jethro   Vocals
Samuel Wright   Vocals
Alan Braunstein   Vocals
Charlotte Crossley   Choir/Chorus
Steve Bell   Vocals
Samuel E. Wright   Choir/Chorus
Nathan Morris   Choir/Chorus
Jane Powell   Choir/Chorus
Kay Cole   Choir/Chorus
Robert "Bootsie" Barnes   Choir/Chorus
Cecilia Norfleet   Choir/Chorus
Dennis Cooley   Choir/Chorus
Marc Pressel   Conductor,Music Direction
Dennis Buckley   Choir/Chorus
Anita Morris   Choir/Chorus
Pi Douglass   Choir/Chorus
Ted Neeley   Choir/Chorus
Angelita Rios   Choir/Chorus
Jesus Christ Superstar Orchestra   Orchestra
Billy Windsor   Choir/Chorus
Bonnie Schon   Choir/Chorus
Michael Jason   Vocals
Kurt Yaghjian   Choir/Chorus
Laura Michaels   Choir/Chorus
Tonya Gardner   Choir/Chorus
Paul Sylvan   Choir/Chorus
Michael Meadows   Vocals

Technical Credits

Brian Drutman   Producer,Reissue Producer
Tom Morgan, Jr.   Production Coordination
Rafaela Hernandez   Package Coordinator
Frank D. Laico   Engineer
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer,Orchestration
Frank Laico   Engineer
Ben Vereen   Cast
Elvin Campbell   Remixing
Samuel E. Wright   Cast
Tim Rice   Composer,Lyricist
Rafael Hernandez   Package Coordinator
Mark Omann   Mastering
Yvonne Elliman   Cast
Alan O'Duffy   Production Consultant
Barry Dennen   Cast
Paul Ainsley   Cast
Jay Thompson   Photography
Penny Bennett   Reissue Art Director
Jesus Christ Superstar Cast Ensemble   Cast
Jeff Fenholt   Cast
Chris Roberts   Executive Producer
Bob Bingham   Cast
Peter Filichia   Liner Notes
Virginia Clark   Design
Thanne Tangel   Package Coordinator
Mark Onmann   Digital Mastering
Tom Morgan   Production Coordination