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Binding: Audio CDBrand: CATS EAN: 0042281781025 Format: Cast Recording, Import Label: Polydor Manufacturer: Polydor MPN: 042281781025 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Polydor Release Date: October 12, 1998 Studio: Polydor Editorial Review: Product Description: No Description Available Media Type: CD Artist: CATS Title: CATS-ORIGINAL LONDON CAST Street Release Date: 11/16/1999 Genre: SOUNDTRACK Amazon.com: Since its debut in 1981, London's and the world's longest-running musical still fills seats in a dozen theaters worldwide. Uncountable recastings and reorchestrations later, Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats strives to please the ears of ever-new generations. This is the original cast recording, and it retains a freshness from the still-recent opening, its novelty untarnished by decades of success. Also, the abundance of "names"--both singers and musicians--makes this one of the high-class musical recordings of all time. Elaine Paige rose to stardom as Grizabella with the hit "Memory"; at the time, though, bigger names were Wayne Sleep, Paul Nicholas, and Brian Blessed. Sarah Brightman and Bonnie Langford are also on the cast list. Lloyd Webber himself plays keyboards and the impressive roster of session musicians includes Barbara Thompson and David Locke. Lloyd Webber, well versed in the practice of "auto-quotation," can always look back to this work for cat-chy material: the Overture, "Old Gumbie Cat," "Rum Tum Tugger," and "Mr. Mistoffelees"--the list of good tunes and themes goes on and on. This remains a fun listening experience, even for those few who still haven't caught the show. It's also available in a highlights version. --Yngvil V.G. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "MEMORY" DOES IT ALLA good musical, yet not the greatest by Lloyd Webber. Actually, the song "Memory" is the only one in our memories. The rest seems to me quite average. We should have in mind that a few years later Webber wrote wonderful songs for each one of his musicals: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, SUNSET BOULEVARD and the unfortunate WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, besides his previous masterpiece, JESUSCHRIST SUPERSTAR, with almost an entire collection of classical and marvelous songs. I saw CATS in Broadway back in 1992 and ... Read More Rating:  - A rather weak CATS recording that has its own merits and auraI do not mean to ruffle anybody's feathers in my comments of this particular CATS recording, However, of all the official English-language recordings this recording sounds a little stilted and wanting in that littbe bit of energy. Part of it could be due to some of the performances, and part of it because this album uses the first version of CATS. Yet despite the lack of oomph, it is quite good and redeems itself by the aura it projects for being the world-premiere recording of the score. Read More Rating:  - Original CATS - and the best!I have heard many different recordings of the show CATS and I still find the original London cast to be best. The songs are brilliant, the music fantastic and the singers magnificent. Elaine Paige is the original and the best Grizabella. Rating: - B way Vs LondonThe London verson has a longer overture and has more lyrics then the b way version 1. overture..........London 2. Jelicle Songs.....London 3. Naming of Cats....London 4. Invitation........London 5. Gumbie Cat........B way [shorter] 6. Rum Tum Tugger...London 7. Grizabella.......Same 8. Bustopher Jones..London 9. Mungo & rumple...Tie But Lundon Is much slower! 10.Old D...........London [but longer] ... Read More Rating: - Enough of this Broadway vs London stuff. Let's add Australia to the pictureLike most people, I've been torn between London and Broadway for a while. I'll admit, I'm fond of both London and Broadway, but some songs I like on Broadway more than London, and vice versa. However, when I bought the Australian recording, it turned into my favorite CATS recording, hands down. They have EVERY song in there, (Growltiger's Last Stand, and Battle of the Pekes and Pollicles) Anyhow, here's my biased opinion on which of the three recordings dominate in certain songs. Overture ... Read More |
