Jesus Christ Superstar: First Australian Cast (1972)

Recording Information
Classification: First Australian Cast
Year of release: 1972
Language: English
Type: Studio cast
Cast List
Jesus of Nazareth…………Terry Kaff
Judas Iscariot…………Erl Dalby
Mary Magdalene…………Shauna Jensen
King Herod…………Mick Leyton
Annas…………Terry Walker
Apostles…………Paul Flanagan, Peter Flanagan, Marty Rhone
Track Listing
Side 1:
Overture
Heaven On Their Minds
What’s The Buzz / Strange Thing, Mystifying
Everything’s Alright
This Jesus Must Die
Hosanna
Simon Zealotes
Pilate’s Dream
The Temple
I Don’t Know How To Love Him
Side 2:
Damned For All Time / Blood Money
The Last Supper
Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)
The Arrest
King Herod’s Song
Trial Before Pilate
Superstar
Crucifixion
John Nineteen Forty-One
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[@InsightGav]

The production values on this album and Terry Kaffs vocals are supreme. I ordered JCSS from my local record store at the grove in Cottesloe in 1973 and waited...... What I got was this strange Australian version. I was crushed. Until I listened to it. That was 48 years ago. I still listen to this album. It is unique.

[@taichiworld]

My Dad playing Judas, grew up listening to this 😀

[@bradchervel5202]

He was great. Honestly right up there with Carl Anderson and Jon English

[@detectiveassassin7937]

I REALLY envy your dad, playing Judas in JCS must be truly magical, an INCREDIBLE character with AWESOME songs.

[@clairearendse4877]

I have this version on cassette tape. Dated 1972, and it doesn't give the cast list for this recording. So I'm wondering. If it's the same cast as the stage show? Who is your dad?

[@taichiworld]

@@clairearendse4877 My dad’s name at the time was Erl Dalby. To my knowledge the stage show had a different cast.

[@clairearendse4877]

@@taichiworld Thank you :)

[@jonathonbarnes3582]

Thank you for uploading this in such good quality...looking for this recording for a LONG time...best. version. ever!

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

I've been looking for this specific recording for 30+yrs

[@marierte1827]

Моя любимая версия🙏 в далёкие 70года, мой папа привёз из Австралии эту пластинку. Потрясающие сокращение оперы, ёмко, кратко и идеально не нудно как в полной записи этого произведения.Хочется переслушивать и переслушивать! 👌

[@Amaranthine1000]

This was my first taste of Jesus Christ Superstar until I was old enough to see the movie. I played this album both on LP and cassette I still have them but the record is scratched and the tape worn. Gethsemane on this album has always been my favorite with the film soundtrack version by Ted Neely a close 2nd. Thank so much for putting this up, bring back many memories.

[@youtubeviewer7030]

this was reissued on EMI's australian budget label AXIS Records

[@sav7568]

Just a small comment to clarify what this album really is. It is not a recording by the original Australian stage cast but came before that and was an Australian version of the original British JC Superstar album. Superstar began in UK as a studio album not a stage show. No doubt many of you have heard that famous album featuring Ian Gillan, Murray Head and Yvonne Elliman. There is a different Australian stage cast album featuring Michelle Fawdon, Trevor White and Jon English in the lead roles. Look out also for the original British stage cast album featuring Paul Nicholas, Stephen Tate and Dana Gillespie.

[@seachangeau]

Thx

[@lindapoplin9961]

7:52 - Everything's Alright 19:41 - I Don't Know How To Love Him

[@christophermarsh6752]

We need more of musical theater to keep our world together and in song

[@rodrigomartinez4494]

Excelente , ayer adquirí esta version australiana , en vinilo .

[@martinmayhew145]

I do like Terry Kaff as Jesus in this

[@martinmayhew145]

This is miles better than the staged version with Jon English and Trevor White. I remember this by the only one with Jesus and crown of thorns

[@Sthunderrocker]

Soft spot for this one... May be from my cassette rip.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Sounds very similar to the original concept album. That's a good thing.

[@musicalmagpie741]

Wonderful and thank you for posting! What happened to the overture though? I can’t imagine Lloyd Webber allowing anyone to mess with this score.

[@guild93]

Has this one had a CD release? I have the cassette only

[@JCSZone]

According to our website: www.jesuschristsuperstarzone.com/discography/first-australian-cast-1972/ it was never released on CD unfortunately.

[@guild93]

Thanks for your reply. What is this video sourced from? Sounds superb

[@JCSZone]

We used the original vinyl release from 1972.

[@martinmayhew145]

Shauna Jensen is good

[@JavertRA]

Simon Zealotes and Hosanna are a bit cut short (by the album, not the editing). Also, who played Pilate and Caiaphas here?