Jesus Christ Superstar (50th Anniversary Edition) [2LP Half-Speed Mastering]

Andrew Lloyd Webber – Jesus Christ Superstar [50th Anniversary Edition 2LP Half-Speed Mastering]

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 2 180g vinyl discs with a replica card gatefold 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 US Billboard Top LPs chart in both February and May 1971, as well as ranking at number one in the year-end chart. By 1983, the album had sold over 7 million copies worldwide.

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.

FEATURES:
50th Anniversary Edition
180g Vinyl
Double LP
Half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road, Spring 2021
Remastered by Miles Showell & Nick Davis at Abbey Road, November 2020
Replica card gatefold sleeve
12-page booklet

Tracks
Disc 1
1 Overture
2 Heaven on Their Minds
3 What's the Buzz / Strange Thing, Mystifying
4 Everything's Alright
5 This Jesus Must Die
Disc 2
1 Hosanna
2 Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem
3 Pilate's Dream
4 The Temple
5 Everything's Alright
6 I Don't Know How to Love Him
7 Damned for All Time / Blood Money
Disc 3
1 The Last Supper
2 Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)
3 The Arrest
4 Peter's Denial
5 Pilate and Christ
6 King Herod's Song (Try It and See)
Disc 4
1 Judas' Death
2 Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes)
3 Superstar
4 Crucifixion
5 John Nineteen: Forty One