Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar

50th Anniversary Limited Edition on 180-gram vinyl 2LP!

Exclusive art print included!

Half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the soundtrack to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1970 religious rock musical and global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar, is pressed on two 180-gram vinyl LPs with a replica original fold-out envelope sleeve and 12-page booklet. The album was remastered by Miles Showell and Nick Davis at Abbey Road in November 2020, and half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road in the spring of 2021.

In 1970, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber released Jesus Christ Superstar as a concept double album. It became a massive global best-seller, topping the U.S. Billboard Top LPs chart in both February and May 1971, as well as ranking at No. 1 in the year-end chart. By 1983, the album had sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.

However, the journey to international success was far from straightforward. As unknown names in musical theatre, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber were unable to find a producer willing to stage their ambitious idea for a religious-themed rock opera. Eventually, they persuaded MCA records to let them record the score first. Using a full orchestra, and with the outstanding talents of Ian Gillan, Murray Head, Yvonne Elliman and The Grease Band, they created a masterpiece that revolutionized the form of musical theatre.

Within a year of its chart success, stage productions of Jesus Christ Superstar began to appear all over the world, leading to record-breaking runs in the West End, a hit Hollywood film, Tony nominations and Olivier Awards. Its influence and impact have not diminished: in 2018 the NBC live production of the show, starring John Legend and Sara Bareilles, resulted in Emmy Award wins for Rice and Lloyd Webber (thereby making them two of the 16 people in history to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony).

A tribute to an international phenomenon, this special 50th anniversary edition celebrates in full the extraordinary legacy of Jesus Christ Superstar!

Features
50th Anniversary Edition
180-gram double LP
Half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, Spring 2021
Remastered by Miles Showell and Nick Davis at Abbey Road, November 2020
Replica fold-out envelope sleeve with silver foiling
12-page booklet
12" x 12" illustration print of the 16 "Envisionings of Christ"
Manufactured in Germany

 

Side A

Overture

Heaven On Their Minds

What’s The Buzz – Strange Thing, Mystifying

Everything’s Alright

This Jesus Must Die

Side B

Hosanna

Simon Zealotes – Poor Jerusalem

Pilate’s Dream

The Temple

Everything’s Alright

I Don’t Know How To Love Him

Damned For All Time – Blood Money

Side C

The Last Supper

Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)

The Arrest

Peter’s Denial

Pilate And Christ

Side D

King Herod’s Song (Try It And See)

Judas’ Death

Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes)

Superstar

Crucifixion

John Nineteen: Forty One

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