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Jesus Christ Superstar

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After a long time in preparation, this collection sees the light of day, coinciding with the 56th anniversary of the original Jesus Christ Superstar album, released in the United Kingdom on October 16, 1970.

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Edition details

France · 1974 · 1 disc: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo

Duration: Not stated

Credits: Clive Chaman - Bass; Terry Shannon - Design [Sleeve Design]; Ed Spevock - Drums; Richard Charles - Engineer [Recording Engineer]; Stanley Chaman - Guitar [1st]; Tim Rice - Lyrics By; Andrew Lloyd Webber - Music By; Fra Angelico - Painting; Chris Goodey - Piano, Mellotron; Charles Colin Dyall - Producer, Vocals [Jesus, Simon Zealotes], Flute; John Wheeler - Vocals [Caiaphas], Guitar [2nd]; The Carols - Vocals [Group]; Larry Dyall - Vocals [Herod]; Mick Tulk - Vocals [Judas, Annas]; Marlene Samuels - Vocals [Mary Magdalene]

Tracks

  1. A1 · Hosanna
  2. A2 · Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem
  3. A3 · Everything's Alright
  4. A4 · Heaven On Their Minds
  5. A5 · What's The Buzz / Strange Things Mystifying
  6. B1 · This Jesus Must Die
  7. B2 · Everything's Alright
  8. B3 · King Herod's Song
  9. B4 · Judas' Death
  10. B5 · I Don't Know How To Love Him
  11. B6 · Superstar / Crucifixion

Boulevard 4162: Colin Dyall on a 1974 edition

Boulevard 4162 presents eleven tracks from "Jesus Christ Superstar" under the subtitle "highlights". The labels carry ℗1974 and Made in England; the sleeve identifies Colin Dyall as director and producer and places the recording at Saga Sound Studios, 15 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3. It is a British edition of Dyall's studio selection, not a new stage cast recorded for Boulevard in 1974. CastAlbums groups this LP with SagaPan PAN6309, which it dates to 1971. [1][2][3]

Technical details

  • Boulevard 4162; United Kingdom; one stereo LP, 1974.
  • Direction, production and flute: Colin Dyall. Engineer: Richard Charles.
  • Jesus and Simon: Colin Dyall; Judas and Annas: Mick Tulk; Mary Magdalene: Marlene Samuels; Herod: Larry Dyall; Caiaphas: John Wheeler; group voices: The Carols.
  • Piano and Mellotron: Chris Goodey; lead guitar: Stan Chaman; second guitar: John Wheeler; bass: Clive Chaman; drums: Ed Spevock.
  • Sleeve design: Terry Shannon; manufacture and pressing: Allied Records Ltd., 326 Kensal Road, London W10. [1]

Repertoire

Side A: Hosanna · Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem · Everything's Alright · Heaven On Their Minds · What's The Buzz / Strange Things Mystifying.

Side B: This Jesus Must Die · Everything's Alright · King Herod's Song · Judas' Death · I Don't Know How To Love Him · Superstar / Crucifixion. [1]

The roles Boulevard prints

The sleeve and the label of the first side assign two roles to Dyall and two to Tulk. CastAlbums records the names "David Rockwell" for Simon and "Derek Martin" for Annas in other credits of the recording. This edition does not use those names: here Colin Dyall and Mick Tulk are kept, as printed. Differences in presentation do not authorise inventing new singers. [1][3]

The label of the second side brings the musicians together and spells Ed Spevock; the specialist catalogue transcribes Ed Spevok. For this entry the spelling on the record is kept. The collaboration of the Chamans and Spevock, the SagaPan press coverage and the studio setting are told in the general entry on Colin Dyall, without transferring that news to a supposed 1974 session. [1][3]

Eleven tracks, two Everything's Alright

The selection begins with "Hosanna", not with the overture, and leaves out "Gethsemane", "The Last Supper" and the trial before Pilate. "Everything's Alright" appears on both sides. The ending joins "Superstar" and "Crucifixion" under the sixth track of the second side: for that reason eleven tracks does not equal eleven single titles. The two labels and the list on the sleeve agree on that arrangement. [1]

The notes on the back carry © Art & Sound Ltd. 1974. The address of Allied Records on Kensal Road is that of manufacture and pressing; Saga Sound Studios appears separately on Maresfield Gardens. Both details belong to the object, but neither by itself fixes the day of the recording. The relationship with the earlier SagaPan edition comes from the CastAlbums catalogue. [1][3]