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.

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.

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Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Overture 03:58
02. Heaven On Their Minds 04:22
03. What's the Buzz; Strange Thing Mystifying 04:13
04. Everything's Alright 05:14
05. This Jesus Must Die 03:36
06. Hosanna 02:09
07. Simon Zealotes; Poor Jerusalem 04:47
08. Pilate's Dream 01:28
09. The Temple 04:42
10. Everything's Alright 00:30
11. I Don't Know How To Love Him 03:39
12. Damned For All Time; Blood Money 05:09

Disc 2
01. The Last Supper 07:08
02. Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) 05:33
03. The Arrest 03:20
04. Peter's Denial 01:28
05. Pilate And Christ 02:44
06. King Herod's Song (Try It And See) 03:02
07. Judas' Death 04:15
08. Trial Before Pilate (Including The 39 Lashes) 05:13
09. Superstar 04:16
10. Crucifixion 04:05
11. John Nineteen Forty-One 02:08

A Rock Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
(Original London Concept Recording)
1970 MCA Records EAN 5011781050127

Сast list

Jesus of Nazareth — Ian Gillan
Judas Iscariot — Murray Head
Mary Magdalene — Yvonne Elliman
Pontius Pilate — Barry Dennen
King Herod — Mike d`Abo
Caiaphas — Victor Brox
Annas — Brian Keith
Simon Zealotes — John Gustafson
Peter — Paul Davis
Priest — Paul Raven
Maid by the fire — Annette Brox