Godspell: Original Australian Cast Album (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Godspell: Original Australian Cast Album

Composer name: Stephen Schwartz

Performer names: Domenic Luca, Paul Reid Roman, Colette Mann, Jillian Archer, Colleen Hewett, Christopher Pate, Chris Sheil, George Spartels, Karen Corbett, Virginia Geraghty

Year: 1971

Number of discs: one

Producer: Ian Meldrum

Label: Lewis Young Productions

Collection: Brenner / Gessner

Who owned it: my mother

Buy it on Amazon: $12.99

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I have heard of Godspell before, and I guess I would have assumed it was a musical, but I do not like musicals and have never seen it. My mother laughed when she heard that I would be listening to this record, which describes itself as “a sweet rock musical based upon the Gospel according to St.Matthew (sic),” though she professed to have no idea why she would have owned it. Also, I swear that it is a complete coincidence that I’m listening to this on Friday 7 April 2023 (טּּ׳ז ניסן), the second day of Pesach.

What I expected

An XX century musical drama about the Christian bible.

What it was actually like

Every minute of this was terrible.

I recognized Day By Day, though I have no idea from where.

Grade

1/5: horrible enough that I couldn’t make it through