Highlights from Cats
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CD Details
Performer: Andrew Lloyd WebberEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1997-01-21
Music Label: Showtunes
Soundtracks:
- Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats/Solo Dance from Cats
- Rum Tum Tugger
- Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
- Old Deuteronomy
- Grizabella: The Glamour Cat
- Gus: The Theatre Cat
- Macavity: The Mystery Cat
- Mr. Mistoffelees
- Memory
- Ad-Adressing of the Cats
Music reviews of Highlights from Cats
Music Review: Is this even legal?
Rating: 1 Stars
You know, just from looking at the packaging after having bought this cd, I dont' think this recording is even licensed by The Really Useful Group (Andrew Lloyd Webber's production company which owns all the rights to Cats). RUG is mentioned NOWHERE on the packaging, as I'm pretty sure a legitimate recording would.
The only reason I bought this is because I'm really into obscure Cats recordings (especially from different countries), but I'm really sorry I spent money on this. It really sounds like some off-brand company just said, "Hey, let's make a recording of Cats selections! We'll just get a copy of the sheet music from the original London production, get ten or so decent singers, and a seven piece band! It'll sound just like a real cast recording!" Well, it doesn't. Most songs (especially "The Rum Tum Tugger" and "The Addressing of Cats") have none of the gusto that they would have on a real cast recording. And it really sounds like they're going off of the original London production (1981), even though this was recorded in 1996. There are verses inluded in the Prologue and Addressing that you won't find in any modern production.
One small plus, but not enough to redeem this cd: "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" is sung to the original, more jazzy tune that ALW wrote for the poem (he later rewrote the song before it opened on Broadway). The only reason I'm glad it was on here like that is because while I've heard the music for this jazzy version, I've never been able to see how the words would fit to it. And now that I've heard it, I can see why he rewrote it! It just sounds like they're talking in a fast rhythm, and most certainly not singing!
In short, don't waste your money on this pathetic excuse for a Cats recording.
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