Jesus Christ Superstar (OST 1970)

Jesus Christ Superstar (OST) - LP MCA 300.752 / AORL.28702, 1973.

Jesus Christ Superstar é um musical rock de Andrew Lloyd Webber, com texto de Tim Rice. Apresentado em 1970, destaca as lutas políticas e pessoais de Judas Iscariotes e Jesus. A ação ocorre, na maior parte, conforme os evangelhos da Bíblia sobre a última semana da vida de Jesus, começando com a chegada a Jerusalém e terminando com a Crucificação. Atitude moderna e gírias prevalecem nas letras e há alusões irónicas à vida moderna enquanto a visão política dos acontecimentos é retratada. As produções cinematográficas e teatrais apresentam muitos anacronismos, na visão dos sectários, isto é, daqueles que querem separar política da religião. 

Grande parte do enredo é focado na personagem de Judas, que é retratado como uma figura trágica, realista e conflituosa que não está satisfeita com a aparente falta de planeamento político e afirmações de divindade de Jesus.

                                                         
Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The album musical is a musical dramatisation of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, beginning with his entry into Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. It was originally banned by the BBC on grounds of being "sacrilegious."
The album's story is based in large part on the Synoptic Gospels and Fulton J. Sheen's Life of Christ, which compares and calibrates all four Gospels. However, greater emphasis is placed on the interpersonal relationships of the major characters, in particular, Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene, relationships that are not described in the Bible Gospels.
The album reached #1 on the Billboard chart in 1971 and served as a launching pad for numerous stage productions on Broadway and in the West End. The original 1970 boxed-set issue of this 2-record set was packaged in the U.S. with a special thin brown cardboard outer box which contained the 2 vinyl records and a 28-page libretto.

Actores principais/Main Players:
Ian Gillan - Jesus Christ
Murray Head - Judas Iscariot
Yvonne Elliman - Mary Magdalene
Victor Brox - Caiaphas, High Priest
Brian Keith - Annas
John Gustafson - Simon Zealotes
Barry Dennen - Pontius Pilate
Paul Davis - Peter
Mike d'Abo - King Herod

Outras vozes de apoio/Supporting Players:
Annette Brox - Maid by the Fire
Paul Raven - Priest
Pat Arnold - Background vocals
Tony Ashton - Background vocals
Peter Barnfeather - Background vocals
Madeline Bell - Background vocals
Brian Bennett - Background vocals
Lesley Duncan - Background vocals
Kay Garner - Background vocals
Barbara Kay - Background vocals
Neil Lancaster - Background vocals
Alan M. O'Duffy - Background vocals
Terry Saunders - Background vocals
Choir conducted by Geoffrey Mitchell
Children's choir conducted by Alan Doggett on "Overture"
The Trinidad Singers, under the leadership of Horace James, on "Superstar"

Músicos/Musicians:
Neil Hubbard - electric guitar
Henry McCulloch - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Chris Mercer - tenor sax
Peter Robinson - piano, electric piano, Organ, positive organ
Bruce Rowland - drums, percussion
Allan Spenner - bass guitar

Outros músicos/Other musicians:
Harold Beckett - trumpet
Anthony Brooke - bassoon
James Browne - horns
Jim Buck, Sr. - horns
Jim Buck, Jr. - horns
John Burdon - horns
Joseph Castaldini - bassoon
Norman Cave - piano
Jeff Clyne - bass guitar
Ciclone - Saxophone
Les Condon - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Alan Doggett - principal Conductor, Moog synthesizer
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Ian Herbert - clarinet
Clive Hicks - guitar
Karl Jenkins - piano
Frank Jones - trombone
Bill LeSage - drums
John Marshall - drums
Andrew McGavin - horns
Anthony Moore - trombone
Douglas Moore - horns
Peter Morgan - bass guitar
Chris Spedding - guitar
Louis Stewart - guitar
Chris Taylor - flute
Steve Vaughan - guitar
Mike Vickers - Moog synthesizer
Brian Warren - flute
Mick Weaver - piano, organ
Andrew Lloyd Webber - piano, organ, Moog synthesizer
Alan Weighall - bass guitar
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Strings of the City of London Ensemble

Fonte:  Wikipedia

Faixas / Track List:

Disc 1:
01. Overture
02. Heaven On Their Minds
03. What's The Buzz
04. Strange Thing Mystifying
05. Then We Are Decided
06. Everything's Alright
07. This Jesus Must Die
08. Hosanna
09. Simon Zealotes
10. Poor Jerusalem
11. Pilate's Dream
12. Temple, The
13. I Don't Know How To Love Him
14. Damned For All Time/Blood Money

Disc 2:

01. Last Supper, The
02. Gethsemane(I Only Want To Say)
03. Arrest, The
04. Peter's Denial
05. Pilate And Christ
06. King Herod's Song(Try It And See)
07. Could We Start Again, Please?
08. Judas' Death
09. Trial Before Pilate(Including 39 Lashes)
10. Superstar
11. Crucifixion
12. John Nineteen Forty-One

Álbum disponibilizado por Carlos Santos