Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever is a 2001 box set compilation album of the music of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Released in 2001 and comprising five discs in total, the album's first three discs feature a selection of between three and five tracks from each of Lloyd Webber's musicals to date, roughly in chronological order. The fourth disc, entitled Hits & More, features tracks that were released as singles, and the fifth disc, The Vaults, features obscure and previously unreleased tracks.
The discs are contained in a hardback book, with copious notes on the recordings and their parent shows.
The tracks' lyricists include Tim Rice, Don Black, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart, Alan Ayckbourn, Christopher Hampton, Jim Steinman, Ben Elton and the poet T. S. Eliot.
Tracklisting
Disc One +Track #TrackArtistParent Show1OvertureJesus Christ Superstar2Everything's AlrightYvonne Elliman / Murray Head / Ian Gillan3I Don't Know How to Love HimYvonne Elliman4Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)Steve Balsamo5SuperstarMurray Head with the Trinidad Singers6Oh What a Circus / Sing You FoolsAntonio BanderasEvita7I'd Be Surprisingly Good for YouElaine Paige / Joss Ackland8Another Suitcase in Another HallBarbara Dickson9Don't Cry for Me ArgentinaJulie Covington10High Flying, AdoredMandy Patinkin / Patti LuPone11The Jellicle BallCats12MemoryElaine Paige13Gus: The Theatre CatSusan Jane Tanner / John Mills14Mr MistoffeleesPaul Nicholas15Take That Look Off Your FaceMarti WebbSong and Dance16Tell Me on a SundayMarti Webb17Unexpected SongSarah Brightman18Nothing Like You've Ever KnownSarah Brightman19Introduction20Variations 1-4
Disc Two +Track #TrackArtistParent Show1Starlight ExpressEl DebargeStarlight Express2CrazyGreg Ellis / Reva Rice / Caron Cardelle / Samantha Lane / Voyd3Next Time You Fall in LoveReva Rice / Greg Ellis4I Am the StarlightLon Satton / Ray Shell5Light at the End of the Tunnel6HosannaPlácido DomingoRequiem7Pie JesuSarah Brightman / Paul Miles-Kingston8The Phantom of the OperaMichael Crawford / Sarah BrightmanThe Phantom of the Opera9The Music of the NightMichael Crawford10All I Ask of YouSarah Brightman / Steve Barton11Entr'acte12Masquerade13Wishing You Were Somehow Here AgainSarah Brightman14Aspects of AspectsOrchester der Vereinigten Buehnen WienAspects of Love15Love Changes EverythingMichael Ball16Seeing is BelievingMichael Ball / Ann Crumb17The First Man You RememberKevin Colson / Diana Morrison18Anything But LonelySarah Brightman19Chanson D'EnfanceSarah Brightman
Disc Three Track #TrackArtistParent Show1Any Dream Will DoJason DonovanJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat2Joseph's CoatMaria Friedman / Richard Attenborough / Donny Osmond3Close Every DoorDonny Osmond4Travel HopefullyJohn Scherer / Martin Jarvis / Don StephensonBy Jeeves5When Love ArrivesSteven Pacey / Diana Morrison6Half a MomentSarah Brightman7With One LookGlenn CloseSunset Boulevard8New Ways to DreamGlenn Close / Alan Campbell9The Perfect YearPatti LuPone / Kevin Anderson10Sunset BoulevardAlan Campbell11As If We Never Said GoodbyeGlenn Close12Whistle Down the WindJames Graeme / Lottie MayorWhistle Down the Wind13ColdThe Everly Brothers14No Matter What15The Nature of the BeastMarcus Lovett / Lottie Mayor16OvertureThe Beautiful Game17The Beautiful Game18Our Kind of LoveHannah Waddingham19Don't Like YouJosie Walker / David Shannon20Let Us Love in PeaceJosie Walker / Omagh Youth Community Choir
Disc Four: Hits & More Track #TrackArtist1Oh What a CircusDavid Essex2MemoryBetty Buckley3The Phantom of the OperaSarah Brightman / Steve Harley4All I Ask of YouSarah Brightman / Cliff Richard5Love Changes EverythingMichael Ball6Any Dream Will DoDonny Osmond7Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)Sarah Brightman / Jose Carreras8As If We Never Said GoodbyeBarbra Streisand9The Perfect YearDina Carroll10With One LookPetula Clark11You Must Love MeMadonna12The Heart is Slow to LearnKiri Te Kanawa13A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to WasteThe Metal Philharmonic Orchestra14Whistle Down the WindTina Arena15No Matter WhatBoyzone16The Vaults of HeavenTom Jones with Sounds of Blackness17Try Not to Be AfraidBoy George18Pie JesuCharlotte Church
Disc Five Track #TrackArtist1Make Believe LoveWes Sands2Down Thru' SummerRoss Hannaman3I'll Give All My Love to SouthendRoss Hannaman4Believe Me I WillSacha Distel5Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1969 Radio Luxembourg Commercial)Joseph Consortium / Pete Murray6Try It and SeeRita Pavone7Come Back Richard Your Country Needs YouTim Rice and the Webber Group8Goodbye SeattlePaul Raven9John 19:41The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra10What A Line to Go Out OnYvonne Elliman11Disillusion MeGary Bond12The Ballad of Robert and PeterTim Rice13Christmas DreamMaynard Williams14It's Only Your Lover Returning / All Through My Crazy and Wild Days / Don't Cry for Me ArgentinaJulie Covington15MagdalenaTony Christie16Buenos AiresThe Rioja Rockers17Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle CatsAndrew Lloyd Webber18Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (Live at the Sydmonton Festival 1980)Gemma Craven19I Could Have Given You MorePetula Clark20I've Been in Love Too LongMarti Webb21BenediciteThe Stephen Hill Singers
Personnel Compiled and produced by Tristram Penna
Cover drawing by Ronnie Wood
Booklet notes by James Inverne
Special thanks: Don Black, Brian Drutman, Tracey Connolly, Richard Gates, Paul Jones, George McManus, Denis McNamara, Tim Rice, Dave Robinson, Paul Tucker and Clare Wood
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Chris Blair and Tristram Penna
Designed by Dewynters
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