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| Posted by: dlevy 03:43 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? - Dr._L 03:07 am EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| Most people today forget that there was even a London cast recording (highlights) with Paul Nicholas as Jesus, Stephen Tate as Judas, and Dana Gillespie as Mary. I don't believe it's ever been released on CD, most likely because it is really not very good. I'm shocked to learn it received a Grammy nod (although it wasn't as Best Album - it was in the Best Pop Vocal Group category. (They lost to The Carpenters.) Interestingly enough, the Album of the Year that year was Carole King's Tapestry, which more or less found its way to Broadway eventually with Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The Broadway JCS album was nominated for Album of the Year the following year (losing to George Harrison's A Concert for Bangladesh). |
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| re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? | |
| Posted by: Dr._L 10:07 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? - dlevy 03:43 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| Here’s the Web link citing the London original cast recording listed as a 1972 Best Album Grammy nominee | |
| Link | List of Grammy Award Best Album nominees |
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| re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? | |
| Posted by: dlevy 01:29 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? - Dr._L 10:07 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| And if you follow the link cited as the source for that information, you will find that it matches what I said, and Jesus Christ Superstar is listed under Best Pop Vocal Group, not Album of the year. | |
| Link | Awards and Shows: 14th Annual Grammy Awards |
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| re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 04:18 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? - dlevy 01:29 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| Every contemporary article I can find lists the original recording of Jesus Christ Superstar as a nominee for Album of the Year in 1972, not just "Best Pop, Folk & Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus" (as Billboard listed that category). It's simply missing from that page for some reason. At a quick glance, it looks like every other category listed has at least five nominees, but that one has four. It's a mistake there. As discussed in my post below, what was nominated that year was the original recording, not the cast recording of the London production, which wouldn't open till five months after the Grammy were given. |
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| London production did not open till August 9, 1972. More info in post. | |
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| Posted by: AlanScott 12:23 am EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? - Dr._L 10:07 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| The recording that was nominated for Album of the Year in 1972 was the original album that preceded the stage productions. It was called the "original cast" album in press releases on the nominations, which is probably the source of some of the confusion. It seems to have been released just a bit too late (at least in the U.S.) in 1970 to have been eligible for the 1971 awards so it was instead eligible for the 1972 awards. Back then —and perhaps still? I don't know — the Grammys year was from October 16 of a year to October 15 of the following year. Similarly, even though the Broadway production opened in 1971 (on October 12), and the cast recording was probably issued promptly, it was not eligible for the 1972 awards. It was eligible for the 1973 awards. The West End production did not open till August 9, 1972, so it's clear that the cast recording of the production was not nominated for Album of the Year in 1972. I'm not sure if the cast recording was issued in time for it to be eligible for the 1973 awards, but it was not nominated. Can't find any specific info about when the recording was issued. |
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| re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? | |
| Posted by: JohnPopa 03:50 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: What's the best Jesus Christ Superstar recording? - dlevy 03:43 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| There's an early 90's recording with Paul Nicholas and he's not good, but I always assumed he must've been better in the original production, given the acclaim he and it received. When I finally heard that original, I thought 'oh, no, he always sounded that bad.' | |
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