Why This Record Matters
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats brings T. S. Eliot’s playful cat poems to the stage in a score that shifts between ensemble numbers, character songs, and sweeping ballads. This complete Broadway cast recording moves from “Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats” to Betty Buckley’s celebrated performance of “Memory.” The Broadway production became a major musical theatre hit, and “Memory” remains its signature song.
Collector Note
This 1986 US Geffen Records repress (2GHS 2031) is the complete Broadway cast recording on two LPs in a gatefold jacket. The SRC logos in the runouts identify Specialty Records Corporation as the pressing plant, and sides C and D carry BILBO-TAPE ONE-LONDON markings. Both original inner sleeves are included.
Availability
Single copy available—once it’s gone, it’s gone.
Condition & Details
Media: Record 1 VG+; Record 2 strong VG / VG+
Sleeve: Grade not provided; includes both original inner sleeves
Technical Details
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Gatefold
Label: Geffen Records – 2GHS 2031
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Musical
Matrix / Runout
Side A: [SRC logo] 2GHS-1-2031 SR5 1-2
Side B: [SRC logo] 2GHS-2031 B-SR7 1-2 10 10 86 TD A
Side C: 2-GHS-3-2031 SR1 [SRC logo] BILBO-TAPE ONE-LONDON 1-2
Side D: 2-GHS-4-2031 SR1 [SRC logo] BILBO-TAPE ONE-LONDON 1-3
Tracklist
Side A
A1 Overture 2:47
A2 Prologue: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats 5:17
A3 The Naming Of Cats 3:00
A4 The Invitation To The Jellicle Ball 2:07
A5 The Old Gumbie Cat 3:40
A6 The Run Tum Tugger 3:40
A7 Grizabella, The Glamour Cat 3:05
A8 Bustopher Jones 3:07
Side B
B1 Mungojerrie And Rumpleteazer 4:27
B2 Old Deuteronomy 3:33
B3 The Jellicle Ball 9:34
B4 Grizabella 4:17
Side C
C1 The Moments Of Happiness 3:14
C2 Gus: The Theatre Cat 6:38
C3 Growltiger's Last Stand 11:42
C4 Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat 4:43
Side D
D1 Macavity 8:23
D2 Mr. Mistoffolees 4:24
D3 Memory 5:20
D4 The Journey To The Heaviside Layer 2:43
D5 The Ad-dressing Of Cats 4:17
Shipping & Handling
Ultrasonically cleaned using a Degritter Mark II prior to shipping.
Stored in protective inner and outer sleeves.
Shipped with vinyl protection and cardboard reinforcement.
Packed securely for safe delivery.
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