Joseph back in London?

It's got a nice cover but no cast list inside which is infuriating.

That Joseph recording with Joe McElderry is a previous cast recording (can't remember which one, the most recent? Is there a UK Tour one from a while back?) but just Joe's vocals replacing whoever was Joseph on that recording originally. I'll try and find out unless someone else already knows!!

From what I understand, it's the 2009 tour cast recording with the 2009 Joseph (Craig Chalmers) replaced by Joe McElderry.

Re:  the Palladium performance by Joe - his voice is great, but the performance seemed a bit 'showy', which is fine for ADWD, but not really for CED, which is a poignant song.  The 'twiddly bits' in CED were odd - I much prefer it to be sung as written, rather than with daft deviations from the simple, haunting melody.   I also think it would have been better for Joe to have sung CED first, then followed it up with ADWD, to end the performance on a cheery note.

#TeamJosephConsortium over here.

That, I'm reasonably sure, is the first recording of Joesph fromewhere between 1967 & 1969 depending on who you believe, presented as a concept album, sounding very much of its time. Apart from Tim Rice as Pharoah, it's basically all sung as narration.

1969 - The Joseph Consortium
This earliest recording (released on the Decca label, catalogue number SKL 4973) of Joseph followed the earliest performances at Colet Court and the Westminster Central Hall. As the show was still in its earliest stages of being written (and the now-recognised running order would not be finalised until the 1991 London revival), this recording is noticeably shorter than subsequent recordings and performances. Songs such as "Jacob and Sons" and "Song of the King" lack verses, while songs such as "One More Angel in Heaven", "A Pharaoh Story", and "Benjamin Calypso" are absent entirely. Indeed, the sleeve notes to this recording (by Derek Jewell, then Jazz and Pop Critic of the Sunday Times) provide an insight into the creation of the show, pointing out that "Potiphar" and "Song of the King" are new additions for this recording. Also of note is that side 1 of the record ends with "Close Every Door" (future vinyl and cassette releases would end side 1 with "Go, Go, Go Joseph", where act 1 of theatrical performances usually ends).

The performance is credited to The Joseph Consortium, which is the same group of people who performed the show at Colet Court and Westminster Central Hall. David Daltrey (front man of British psychedlic band Tales of Justine) played the role of Joseph[3] (although not specifically credited with any role apart from "vocals" on the sleeve), and also played lead guitar. Support came from a band going by the name of The Mixed Bag (consisting of Terry Saunders - vocals and rhythm guitar; Malcolm Parry - vocals and bass guitar; John Cook - vocals and organ; and Bryan Watson - vocals and drums), with an unnamed orchestra conducted by Alan Doggett, and The Colet Court Choir. William Lloyd Webber (Andrew's father) played Hammond Organ, while Tim Rice played the part of Pharaoh.

Pics here of the original Joseph (David Daltrey) and The Mixed Bag among others at the 40th Anniversary of Joseph during its run at the Adelphi in 2008...

www.coda-uk.co.uk/jo.htm

So was I ... it was indeed cool, though if you'd asked me to pick the 'Joseph' out of the line-up that night without any other information, Mr Daltrey is the last one I'd have picked lol

Don't really know where to put this, as there are like three different threads on Joseph and I'm not starting a whole new thread so I'm just going with the one most recently commented on:

Anywho, a New Zealand production are in the sh*t. Apprently they changed a lyric in Close Every Door from Children of Isreal to Children of Kindness, and a woman tweeted to Tim Rice and he responded asking can they explain, permission was not granted. To further this, Tim also responded to reports of two songs being cut from this production as well:

www.broadwayworld.com/article/Outrage-After-a-New-Zealand-Theatre-Alters-JOSEPH-AND-THE-AMAZING-TECHNICOLOR-DREAMCOAT-Sir-Tim-Rice-Responds-20170618

We've unintentionally edited the word and unintentionally printed hundreds of copied. Totally unintentionally.

Anyone who wants to cut King Of My Heart has my full admiration and support. Whyever did they add this piece of crap? It clearly makes the show worse.

Yes!  I've just listened to the song (as performed in the 2007 Adelphi production) to confirm it!  The verse that starts "Just give me a number instead of my name, forget all about me and let me decay..." also seems to be completely missing from that 'revised' lyric sheet in the BWW article!  No wonder Sir Tim is so angry!

It's really bizarre!  Why would they remove bits of the song?  Especially bits that give the song its resonance!