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
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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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{{Track listing
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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
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{{Jesus Christ Superstar}}
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