Jesus Christ Superstar- The 20th Anniversary London Cast Recor

Jesus Christ Superstar (Special Edition) Ted Neeley makes for a wimpy looking Jesus in Norman Jewison's screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice "rock opera," which was a smash on stage in the early '70s. Jewison (Other People's Money) adds some good exterior settings in the desert, but Lloyd Webber and Ri...	Jesus Christ Superstar (Original London Concept Recording) It may not have been the first rock opera (the Who's Tommy was released in 1969), but Jesus Christ Superstar was a legendary album long before it hit the stage, thanks to Tim Rice's compelling book and lyrics combined with Andrew Lloyd Webber's irresistible music. Telling the sto...	Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ has been very good to Andrew Lloyd Webber. Indeed, the Rock of Ages inspired one of the greatest stories ever sold and launched composer Lloyd Webber to musical theater superstardom; lyricist Tim Rice hasn't done too bad for himself, either. This Lloyd Webber-supervi...	Jesus Christ Superstar Before Andrew Lloyd Webber took over Broadway with his operatic productions and Tim Rice tossed in his lot with Disney's animated musicals, they were the young turks of musical theater and their rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar was their calling card. Director Gale Edwards's 199...	Cats (1982 Original Broadway Cast) Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of T.S. Eliot's poems may not have become Broadway's longest-running musical without the original cast to begin the raves. Which is why every aficionado of this theatrical classic will tell you that this is the one you have to own (although th...
Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast) Evita was Andrew Lloyd Webber's last show with Tim Rice before he went on to projects with less interesting collaborators, so it's no surprise that it remains his most consistently involving and rewarding work. Loosely based on the life of Eva Peron, the charismatic wife of post-...	Jesus Christ Superstar (Highlights from the 1971 Original Broadway Cast) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar is most familiar from its original concept recording or film soundtrack, so it's a long-overdue treat to have the 1971 original Broadway cast finally available on CD. It's a great listen, anchored by Ben Vereen's powerhou...	The Lion King (1997 Original Broadway Cast) An Oscar win might suggest a score that would need a miracle to be bettered--but this colorful stage adaptation of Disney's The Lion King does so with flair. Composers Mark Mancina and Lebo M worked closely together to fuse the movie's many disparate elements. Where there was a v...	Miss Saigon (Original 1989 London Cast) It's probably best known for raising the stakes for 1980s blockbuster shows by landing a helicopter on stage, but Miss Saigon is also a good show with good music. As a follow-up to their international smash Les Misérables, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (with an assi...	Godspell Jesus was a pretty popular guy in New York in 1971; as the ersatz star of both Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar. If Superstar was a little dark, Godspell was positively frothy; and its portrayal of Jesus as a hippie clown was part of its goofy charm. Another part was Stephen S...

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didn't realize that the movie soundtrack differed from the Live production version. This isn't bad, but I prefer the singers in the movie version.

Extremely Talented Group of Singers
I heard this version before I ever saw any of the actual shows. I have since seen the musical twice, both times not as good as this version, though there is something to say for seeing the singers in the flesh. In particular the casting of Judas seems to be quite difficult. It is an extremely challenging part, and in the two shows I have seen, Judas tends to scream and croak throughout the high parts. However this Judas is more than capable of hitting all the notes. The bottom line is every time you see this show it will be different, but I personally find this cast to give phenomenal performances on every song.

Not my fave.....
It really goes to show how performances can make or break a recording. If you're going to have someone carry a musical please make sure he can sing. This Jesus cannot sing. As a whole I actually prefer rock singers to musical theatre singers (especially for this particular show) and even as a rock singer his technique is crap. This is really just my opinion, others may think he's great. But his performance alone made this CD a turn off for me. The Judas is just kind of so-so and the orchestrations are pretty basic.

ExcellenT!!!!!!!!!!!!
As you all already know, there's been many copies of this Rice and Webbers' muscial, but there hasn't been a cd that contains a more modern stlye of JSC like this one!! It has everything one wants in a JSC cd, singers that can really sing,musicians that can really play! When I first bought it,I was excited and happy because I finally bought a good and up to date JSC cd. If you want a more up to style JSC cd, BUY THIS ONE!!!! (Warning: the only thing that made me give this cd 4 stars other than 5 was the sometimes good vocals of Paul Nicholas. I felt that Webber should have recast Paul, he ruined a few good lines in the rock-opera) Other than that, BUY IT!!! Its like listening to a LIVE production of JSC performed right at your home!

BORING!
WORST JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR CD EVER! THIS IS WORST THAN THE CONCEPT RECORDING! THERE IS NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THIS CD! NOTHING! JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR FANS, DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE REALLY COOL TITLE OF THIS CD! IT IS AWFUL! OK, IT HAS ALL THE SONGS, BUT, COME ON!