Cats: Original Cast Recording (1981 Original London Cast)
(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
CD Details
Composer: Andrew Lloyd WebberOrchestra: Cats Pit Orchestra
Performer: Anita Pashley
Performer: Bonnie Langford
Performer: Brian Blessed
Performer: David Baxter
Performer: Donald Waugh
Performer: Elaine Paige
Performer: Femi Taylor
Performer: Finola Hughes
Performer: Geraldine Gardner
Performer: Jeff Shankley
Performer: John Chester
Performer: John Thornton
Performer: Julie Edmett
Performer: Ken Wells
Performer: Michael Verkoren
Performer: Myra Sands
Performer: Paul Nicholas
Performer: Peter Barry
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-11-14
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Cats/Act 1. Overture
- Cats/Act 1. Prologue. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
- Cats/Act 1. The Naming of Cats
- Cats/Act 1. The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball
- Cats/Act 1. The Old Gumbie Cat
- Cats/Act 1. The Rum Tum Tugger
- Cats/Act 1. Grizabella: The Glamour Cat
- Cats/Act 1. Bustopher Jones
- Cats/Act 1. Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
- Cats/Act 1. Old Deuteronomy
- Cats/Act 1. The Jellicle Ball
- Cats/Act 1. Grizabella: The Glamour Cat
- Cats/Act 1. Memory
- Cats/Act 2. The Moments of Happiness
- Cats/Act 2. Gus: The Theatre Cat
- Cats/Act 2. Growltiger's Last Stand Including the Ballad of Billy ...
- Cats/Act 2. Skimbleshanks
- Cats/Act 2. Macavity
- Cats/Act 2. Mr. Mistoffelees
- Cats/Act 2. Memory
- Cats/Act 2. Journey to the Heavyside Layer
- Cats/Act 2. The Ad-Dressing of Cats
Music reviews of Cats: Original Cast Recording (1981 Original London Cast)
Music Review: A great musical score
Rating: 5 Stars
I had never seen this musical and had decided I didn't like it, based on...absolutely nothing!I enjoy familiarizing myself with the music of a show before I see it, which was planned for July, '09. This CD didn't disappoint. After seeing the show, I am wild about the story, the individual cat character personalities, the big dance numbers and most importantly, the music. This is not a one-song score ("Memory")! I continue to listen to this CD and am transported back to the theatre and my first "Jellicle" experience.
Description of Cats: Original Cast Recording (1981 Original London Cast)
2005 Digitally Remastered Edition of One of the Best Loved Musicals of all Time and in the Lloyd Webber Canon.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.
General CDs
Music Genres
Bestsellers in General CDs
Leona Lewis - ECHORelease date: 2009-11-17; Music CD
Best price: $8.06
Price in other shops:
Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth - Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast)WICKED; Release date: 2003-12-16; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Barbra Streisand - Love is the AnswerRelease date: 2009-09-29; Music CD
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
Harry Connick Jr. - Your SongsRelease date: 2009-09-22; Music CD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
Straight No Chaser - Christmas CheersRelease date: 2009-11-03; Music CD
Best price: $12.98
Price in other shops:
Straight No Chaser - Holiday SpiritsSOMERSET ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2008-10-28; Music CD
Best price: $8.88
Price in other shops:
Carrie Underwood - Play OnRelease date: 2009-11-03; Music CD
Best price: $11.22
Price in other shops:
Norah Jones - The FallRelease date: 2009-11-17; Music CD
Best price: $7.18
Price in other shops:
Michael Buble - Crazy LoveRelease date: 2009-10-09; Music CD
Best price: $10.49
Price in other shops:
Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A DreamRelease date: 2009-11-23; Music CD
Best price: $8.07
Price in other shops:
Similar CDs
A Cat's Diary: How The Broadway Production of Cats Was Born (Art of Theater Series)by Stephen Hanan
Smith & Kraus; Published: 2002-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.49
Price in other shops:
Tim Rice - Evita (Original London Cast)Release date: 1998-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $8.95
Price in other shops:
Cats (1982 Original Broadway Cast)Release date: 1993-12-07; Music CD
Best price: $13.43
Price in other shops:
Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast)Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $19.49
Price in other shops:
Les Miserables Original London CastRelease date: 2004-06-01; Music CD
Best price: $17.59
Price in other shops:
Cats: The Book of the Musicalby T. S. Eliot
Harvest Books; Published: 1983-04-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $79.99
Charles Hart - The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast)Phantom; Release date: 2001-02-06; Music CD
Best price: $21.94
Price in other shops:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Catsby T. S. Eliot
Harcourt, Brace & Co.; Published: 1982-08-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.80
Price in other shops:
Cats - The Musical (Commemorative Edition)Universal Studios; Release date: 2000-09-12; DVD
Best price: $10.65
Price in other shops:
Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording (1982 Original Broadway Cast)LLOYD WEBBER,ANDREW; Release date: 2006-05-23; Music CD
Best price: $18.16
Price in other shops: