I am a huge fan of Webber and Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar (way and by far either man’s best work) and have been since I was around 7 yrs old. If you talk to my mom, she can tell you all about the funny things I used to do when ‘the rock music’ was playing on the turn-table.

The 1st Superstar album we had came on 2 LPs. It was the ‘pre-motion picture version’ and featured Ian Gillan as Jesus and Murray Head as Judas. I highlight these two ‘characters’ as they are the key to the rock opera. Without 2 singers that can scream/sing with power the soundtrack is nothing. These 2 singers were very capable with Murray Head doing an outstanding performance. In fact, I maintain until recently he was the best Judas ever. (more…)

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