The original studio cast album of Jesus Christ Superstar, featuring DEEP PURPLE’s Ian Gillan, will be released in remastered form in the UK on Decca Broadway label on July 16th. The release will be available in North America on July 24th (pre-order below).

This is the remastered version of Jesus Christ Superstar, the seminal, genre-defining rock album written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The album was the starting point of the Jesus Christ Superstar phenomenon and spawned the now world famous theatrical stage show and Hollywood film.

Featuring a long list of legendary musicians, the album has renowned rock vocalist and Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan voicing the part of Jesus, platinum selling solo artist MURRAY HEAD as Judas Iscariot and the inimitable YVONNE ELLIMAN in the role of Mary Magdalene. Originally released in 1970, the album achieved huge global fame, most notably in the United States where it went to #1 on the Billboard Album Chart, keeping other seminal records by GEORGE HARRISON and LED ZEPPELIN off the top spot and going on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide.

The release comes in the wake of the recording’s 40th anniversary, and with an ITV and Andrew Lloyd Webber show to search for a performer to play Jesus in a UK arena tour.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:

'Overture' - Orchestra Of Jesus Christ Superstar

'Heaven On Their Minds' - Alan Doggett

'What's The Buzz / Strange Thing Mystifying' - Ian Gillan

'Everything's Alright' - Ian Gillan

'This Jesus Must Die' - Victor Brox

'Hosanna' - Victor Brox

'Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem' - John Gustafson

'Pilate's Dream' - Barry Dennen

'The Temple' - Ian Gillan

'Everything's Alright' - Yvonne Elliman

'I Don't Know How To Love Him' - Yvonne Elliman

'Damned For All Time / Blood Money' - Murray Head

Disc 2:

'The Last Supper' - Ian Gillan

'Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)' - Ian Gillan

'The Arrest' - Murray Head

'Peter's Denial' - Paul Davis

'Pilate And Christ' - Barry Dennen

'King Herod's Song (Try It And See)' - Mike D'abo

'Judas's Death' - Murray Head

'Trial Before Pilate' - Barry Dennen

'Superstar' - Murray Head

'The Crucifixion' - Alan Doggett

'John Nineteen Forty-One' - Orchestra Of Jesus Christ Superstar

Audio samples for the full release can be found at this location.