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Jay Records19998004
1CD59:22No Lyrics
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More West End : The Concert
Revue

Description / My Opinion
Footlight - Ordered 06/04/1999 - Received 06/15/1999

The booklet contains a tiny B&W picture of each performer and of Martin Yates, with a rather good biography for each, and a big color picture of the concert.

What impressed me in this recording is Simon Bowman's rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar Gethsemane. Of the two other versions I had already heard (the original soundtrack and Jay's album), this song never seemed so powerful. Here it is. So much that I've listened at it tens of times and that I still do regularly. I hope one day I'm able to sing as Simon, and at least express so much feelings in just one song, like he does there.

About the other songs, they are rather well performed. Of course, Hey Mr. Producer!'s Send In The Clowns has a quality that cannot be beaten, and Beauty And The Beast's If I can't Love Her from the Original Broadway Cast has also something which makes it difficult to compete with. The same for Anthem, the original recording is much wilder than this one, which is sweeter and more loving. But that's a matter taste, because this one is also nice here. As a conclusion, I nearly prefer all original renditions of the songs presented here, with the exception of Gethsemane, but they are all good alternatives to the originals.

Musical Numbers
13:18Comedy Tonight
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Author: Stephen Sondheim
Company
25:13I Dreamed A Dream
Les Misérables
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: Alain Boublil
Jacqui Scott
33:27Anthem
Chess
Author: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice
Andrew Halliday
45:34As If We Never Said Goodbye
Sunset Boulevard
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Kim Criswell
53:51Starlight Express
Starlight Express
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe
James Graeme
62:42Company
Company
Author: Stephen Sondheim
Company
74:59Send In The Clowns
A Little Night Music
Author: Stephen Sondheim
Deborah Myers
84:30If I Can't Love Her
The Beauty And The Beast
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Tim Rice
James Graeme
93:51As Long As He Needs Me
Oliver!
Author: Lionel Bart
Kim Criswell
105:56Glitter And Be Gay
Candide
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Richard Wilbur
Katrina Murphy
112:57Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Graham Bickley
124:24Mister Snow
Carousel
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
Katrina Murphy
135:53Gethsemane
Jesus Christ Superstar
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Simon Bowman
142:45The People's Song
Les Misérables
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: Alain Boublil
Company

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