Jesus Christ Superstar Audio CD's & Vinyl Record Albums 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 depth in the Gospels. "Herod's Song (Try It and See)" is a lyrical rewrite of "Try It and See," previously written by Lloyd Webber and Rice as a proposed UK entry into the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest to be sung by Lulu, then recorded and released as a single by Rita Pavone. The writers had also included it (as "Those Saladin Days") in an aborted show called Come Back Richard Your Country Needs You. The melody of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" also predates Superstar; it was rewritten from a 1968 Lloyd Webber/Rice collaboration titled "Kansas Morning."
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Audio CD |
Various Artists |
Jesus Christ Superstar - ''A Rock Opera'' |
1993 |
MCAD2-11542 |
MCA Record Label; Jewel case and CDs appear new; Double CD set; Includes the original inner twenty page photo/song title/lyric/credit booklet and original artwork |
NM/NM |
$19.99 |
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LP |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
1973 |
MCA2-11000 |
MCA Record Label; Double record set; Gatefold cover; Includes complete libretto booklet and photo insert |
NM-/NM- |
$29.99 |
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LP |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
1973 |
MCA2-11000 |
MCA Record Label; Album cover has minor edge wear; Records appear new; Double record set; Gatefold cover; Includes complete libretto booklet and photo insert |
VG+/NM- |
Sold |
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LP |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
1979 |
DXSA 7206 |
Decca Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Gatefold cover; Includes the 28 page booklet |
NM-/NM- |
$69.99 |
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LP |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
1979 |
DXSA 7206 |
Decca Record Label; Gatefold cover |
VG+/VG+ |
$29.99 |
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