Jesus Christ Superstar (original Broadway cast recording)

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| name = Jesus Christ Superstar — Original Broadway Cast

| type = Cast recording

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| released = late 1971 or early 1972

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| label = Decca

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Selections from the first Broadway production (1971) of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar were released on the album subtitled "Original Broadway Cast".{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/405193-Various-Original-Broadway-Cast-Jesus-Christ-Superstar|title=Various - Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar|date=December 28, 1971|via=www.discogs.com}}

The album peaked at number 31 on Billboard{{'}}s Top LPs chart in January 1972.{{refn|{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uigEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Jesus+Christ+Superstar+Original+Broadway+Cast&pg=PA70|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=January 15, 1972|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Jesus+Christ+Superstar%22+%22Broadway+cast%22+31&pg=RA1-PA48|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=October 19, 1996|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}}}

The album was nominated for the 1973 Grammy to the Album of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Jesus+Christ+Superstar+Original+Broadway+Cast&pg=PT14|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=January 27, 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}

Track listing

LP (Decca DL 1503)

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| title1 = Heaven on Their Minds

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| extra1 = Ben Vereen

| length1 = 3:43

| title2 = Everything's Alright

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| extra2 = Yvonne Elliman, Ben Vereen, Jeff Fenholt, Chorus

| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = This Jesus Must Die

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| extra3 = Bob Bingham, Phil Jethro, Alan Braunstein, Michael Meadows, Steven Bell

| length3 = 1:44

| title4 = Hosanna

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| extra4 = Chorus, Bob Bingham, Jeff Fenholt

| length4 = 2:02

| title5 = Pilate's Dream

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| extra5 = Barry Dennen

| length5 = 1:37

| title6 = I Don't Know How to Love Him

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| extra6 = Yvonne Elliman

| length6 = 3:28

| title7 = Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)

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| extra7 = Jeff Fenholt

| length7 = 4:48

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| title1 = King Herod's Song

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| extra1 = Paul Ainsley, Chorus

| length1 = 3:09

| title2 = Could We Start Again Please

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| extra2 = Yvonne Elliman, Michael Jason, Chorus

| length2 = 2:26

| title3 = Judas' Death

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| extra3 = Ben Vereen, Bob Bingham, Phil Jethro, Chorus

| length3 = 4:28

| title4 = Trial Before Pilate

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| extra4 = Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Jeff Fenholt, Chorus

| length4 = 6:26

| title5 = Superstar

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| extra5 = Ben Vereen, Chorus

| length5 = 4:01

| title6 = John Nineteen: Forty One

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| extra6 = "Jesus Christ Superstar" Original Broadway Cast

| length6 = 2:11

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References