Recordings

Starlight Express has been recorded a fair few times over the years, and certainly in interesting ways! It'd be boring if they just recorded the cast performing the show, right? right? Well, most of the time they haven't. The only complete live recording is the 1989 German recording. But all the other recordings, concept albums, EPs and highlights, have their own charm.

Also, a show this spectacular has made a lot of TV Appearances over the years. Some of these have even survived to be uploaded to Youtube!

The most up-to-date recording of Starlight was released by the German production in January 2015, however the recording dates from June 2013. The release suffered significant production delays and was not available for its intended release around the German production's 25th Anniversary.

English Language Recordings[]

1984 Original London Cast Original Album art

1984 Original London Cast Remastered album art

1987 US Concept Album (Music and Songs from Starlight Express)

1987 Touring Cast Recording Australian release album art

1987 Touring Cast Recording Japanese release

1987 Touring Cast Recording Alternate Japanese release

1993 London Cast recording "The New" Starlight Express

German Language Recordings[]

1989 Bochum Cast Complete Live Recording

Other Language Recordings[]

Single Releases[]

Starlight Express grew from a seed in the form of the one-off song "Engine of Love", and since then many tracks have been released as singles to promote the show. None, unfortunately, replicating Andrew Lloyd Webber's previous hit "Memory" from Cats.