Cats Broadway Cast Recording

This is the original broadway cast album containing slight musical alterations from the earlier london version and of course different singers though it is not very distinct.

Cats broadway cast recording. The unsurpassed original broadway cast recording features the sensational betty buckley and her unforgettable rendition of the worldwide phenomenon hit memory. Andrew lloyd webber cats 1983 broadway cast stephen hanan bonnie simmons harry groener reed jones terrence mann hector jaime mercado timothy scott steven gelfer. The album was recorded by the entire cast including the swings in october 1982 it was certified platinum by the recording industry association of america on december 5 1988 and has sold over 2. A two record disc cassette complete set and a one record disc cassette highlights version.

The recording was released on january 26 1983 in two versions. Two versions were released. Geffen 2031 is a two disc complete version of the show and there is an abridged one disc version geffen 2026. Barnes noble has the best selection of broadway vocal cast recordings cds.

Trumpet flugelhorn ron tooley ross konikoff. Trumpet flugelhorn piccolo trumpet victor paz. Producer record andrew lloyd webber martin levan. Synthesizer prophet 5 barry eastmond.

Cats is a sung through musical composed by andrew lloyd webber based on the 1939 poetry collection old possum s book of practical cats by t. But perhaps the standout cat is stephen hanan as bustopher jones and gus. Growltiger s last stand the ballad of billy mccaw. A two disc complete edition and a single disc highlights edition.

Memory holds the record as the most recorded song in the world video recordings. The cast recording of the original broadway cast was released by geffen records on january 26 1983. Many productions of cats have released audio recordings cats has also been filmed in 1997. The first official video recording of cats is the 1998 film which was a recreation of the stage production a major motion picture movie of cats was released in december 2019 directed by tom hooper.

The musical includes the well known song memory as. Trombone gerry chamberlain. This is the show which launched the blockbuster musical movement and played 18 years on broadway. Eliot it tells the story of a tribe of cats called the jellicles and the night they make the jellicle choice deciding which cat will ascend to the heaviside layer and come back to a new life.

Piccolo flute flute tenor saxophone al regni. Anna mcneely s jennyanydots bonnie simmons jellylorum and donna king s bombalurina all show each cat shining vocally in this fine musical and the choral contributions from all the cats are done with fervour and energy. The original broadway cast of cats including the understudies recorded the album in october 1982.