STARLIGHT EXPRESS



Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyricist: Richard Stilgoe

Opened: March 27, 1984, Apollo Victoria Theatre, London; March 17, 1987, Gershwin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: ? (London); 761 (N.Y.C.)

Note: Only recordings of material not otherwise found on the 1984 original London cast alubm and on the 1992 London revival cast album are noted below.
Additional Note: The 1988 and 1987 live Bochum recordings also appear to contain material not found on other recordings.


Engine Of Love (L: Peter Reeves; Richard Stilgoe) (revised version of "Call Me Rusty" used in the Broadway production) :

1. 45/ MCA MCA 280 (Earl Jordan and The Steam Team) [reissued on Starlight Express, CD/MCA MCAD 5972]
2. Starlight Express, MCA 5972-1 (Peter Hewlett) [reissued as CD/MCA MCAD 5972]
3. Starlight Express, CD/EMI CDP 790042 2 (Bobby Collins and The Coaches with orchestra conducted by Phil Edwards)
4. Starlight Express, CD/CBS 462585 (1988 Bochum cast)
5. Starlight Express, CD/Stella Music SP SE 0103/89 (1989 Bochum cast live)
6. Starlight Express, CD/Griffin Music 945 (Toronto Musical Revue) (two renditions)


Goodbye Seattle (not part of show; original use of music for "A Lotta Locomotion"):

1. 45/Decca 32714 (Paul Raven) [reissued on Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now And Forever, CD/Really Useful 314 589 393-2]


Pearl Twirl - Hymn To Victory (included in the Australian and Japanese touring version):

1. Starlight Express, CD/EMI CDP 790042 2 (Troy A. Burgess, Nikki Belsher, Debbie Wake, David-Michael Johnson, Erin Lordan, Charlotte Avery, and Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Phil Edwards)
2. Starlight Express, CD/Stella Music SP SE 0103/89 (1989 Bochum cast live)


Steam Train:

1. Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Gala, CD/Timeless CD JC 110026 (Johanne Simpson, Kapa Kitchen, and Darryl Robinson with Musiktheater Lodz orchestra directed by Jacek Pawelczak)


This Is Control:

1. 45/Polydor LMS 2 (unidentified male) (as "Engine Race")
2. Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Gala, CD/Timeless CD JC 110026 (Johanne Simpson, Kapa Kitchen, and Darryl Robinson with Musiktheater Lodz orchestra directed by Jacek Pawelczak)


Wide Smile, High Style, That's Me (revised version of "CB" used in the Broadway production):

1. Starlight Express, CD/EMI CDP 790042 2 (Peter Rees, David-Michael Johnson, and Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Phil Edwards)


Unrecorded Material:

Chase (used in the Broadway production and then dropped during the run)
Laughing Stock (used in Broadway production)
Silver Dollar (used in the Broadway production; dropped from the National Tour)
Taunting Rusty (added for the National Tour)