Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of T.S. Eliot's poems may not have become Broadway's longest-running musical without the original cast to begin the raves. Which is why every aficionado of this theatrical classic will tell you that this is the one you have to own (although they'll probably tell you that you need the import Original London Cast album as well, the show having originated on London's West End and all). But this is the one with Betty Buckley singing "Memory"--the song that turned her into a star--and the two discs are appropriate for the musical that helped set off Broadway's "operatic" phase. The show is now also available--in its entirety--as a home video, but the music still stands on its own, though some cynics have wondered why so much music only produced one hit standard.
DISC 1:
1. Overture, The
2. Prologue: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats
3. Naming Of Cats, The
4. Invitation To The Jellicle Ball, The
5. Old Gumbie Cat, The
6. Rum Tum Tugger, The
7. Grizabella: The Glamour Cat
8. Bustopher Jones
9. Mungojerrie And Rumpleteazer
10. Old Deuteronomy
11. Jellicle Ball, The
12. Grizabella
DISC 2:
1. Moments Of Happiness, The
2. Gus: The Theatre Cat
3. Growltigers Last Stand (including "The Ballad Of Billy McCaw")
4. Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat
5. Macavity: The Mystery Cat
6. Mr. Mistoffelees
7. Memory
8. Journey To The Heaviside Layer, The
9. Ad-Dressing Of Cats, The
CATS: The Original London Version
