Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) {2021, 50th Anniversary, Japanese Edition, Remastered}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 628 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 222 Mb
Covers Included | 00:43:52 + 00:43:16 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock Opera / Art Rock / Progressive Rock / Classic Rock / Musical
Decca Broadway / Universal Music #UICY-16019/20
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 628 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 222 Mb
Covers Included | 00:43:52 + 00:43:16 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock Opera / Art Rock / Progressive Rock / Classic Rock / Musical
Decca Broadway / Universal Music #UICY-16019/20
Jesus Christ Superstar started life as a most improbable concept album from an equally unlikely label, Decca Records, which had not, until then, been widely known for groundbreaking musical efforts. It was all devised by then 21-year-old composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and 25-year-old lyricist Tim Rice. Jesus Christ Superstar had been conceived as a stage work, but lacking the funds to get it produced, the two collaborators instead decided to use an album as the vehicle for introducing the piece, a fairly radical rock/theater hybrid about the final days in the life of Jesus as seen from the point of view of Judas. If its content seemed daring (and perhaps downright sacrilegious), the work, a "sung-through" musical echoing operatic and oratorio traditions, was structurally perfect for an album; just as remarkable as its subject matter was the fact that its musical language was full-blown rock music.