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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1973 London Studio Cast)
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Peter Reeves, Gary Bond, Gordon Waller, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
In 1973, the phenomenal success of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar created great interest in an earlier show by the same team--Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, based on the Old Testament story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. That demand resulted in this studio recording (not connected to any stage performance), only the first in a long line of recordings and undoubtedly the weakest. What's interesting, though, is how little the show has changed since this early draft, the only notable omission here being the prologue. The major difference is a male narrator (Peter Reeves), and listeners will be hard-pressed to miss a few JCS riffs tossed in to draw a parallel between Joseph's visit to Pharaoh and Jesus' to Pilate. All in all, underpowered performances by the leads (Gary Bond in the title role, Gordon Waller as Pharaoh), sloppy choral work, and a general lack of zip make this recording a historical novelty at best. --David Horiuchi
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