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)