Album · 1981
Cats
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Overture
Cats
2:26
2
Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
Cats
5:39
3
The Naming of Cats
Cats
2:19
4
The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball
Cats
2:14
5
The Old Gumbie Cat
Cats
5:16
6
The Rum Tum Tugger
Cats
3:06
7
Grizabella
Cats
2:27
8
Bustopher Jones
Cats
4:22
9
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer
Cats
3:50
10
Old Deuteronomy
Cats
4:52
11
The Jellicle Ball
Cats
7:14
12
Grizabella, the Glamour Cat
Cats
3:02
13
Memory
Cats
1:21
Disc 2
1
The Moments of Happiness
Cats
3:11
2
Gus: The Theatre Cat
Cats
6:42
3
"Growltiger's Last Stand" Including "The Ballad Of Billy McCaw"
Cats
9:40
4
Skimbleshanks
Cats
4:46
5
Macavity
Cats
6:58
6
Mr. Mistoffelees
Cats
3:38
7
Memory
Cats
5:15
8
The Journey to the Heavyside Layer
Cats
1:54
9
The Ad‐Dressing of Cats
Cats
5:17
In print
First pressed 1981, still pressed 2026 — 73 pressings across 16 countries.
Credits
John Napier
Artwork
Rene Wiegert
Conductor
Stan Lebowsky
Conductor
David Hersey
Design
Dewynters
Design
John Napier
Design
Abe Jacob
Engineer
Ann Barnard
Instrument · horns [second]
Anne Barnard
Instrument · horn
Barbara Thompson
Instrument · flute
Barry Eastmond
Instrument · synthesizer [prophet 5]
Barry Graham
Instrument · flute
Ben Aronov
Instrument · electric piano, synthesizer [prophet 5]
Billy Graham
Instrument · trombone, euphonium
Daniel Edmond
Instrument · horns [first]
Daniel Emond
Instrument · horn [first]
Dave Katzenberg
Instrument · bass [electric]
Dave Locke
Instrument · percussion
Doug Purviance
Instrument · trombone [bass]
Edith Wint
Instrument · cello
Ethan Fein
Instrument · electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Gary Fitzgerald
Instrument · cello
Gerald Chamberlain
Instrument · trombone
Hank Freeman
Instrument · flute, saxophone [tenor, soprano]
Jack Jennings
Instrument · percussion
Jeff Zahn
Instrument · cello
Jim Ogden
Instrument · percussion
John Franca
Instrument · cello
John Maskell
Instrument · acoustic guitar, guitar [electric]
John Mole
Instrument · bass, double bass
Jon Hiseman
Instrument · drums
Keith Herrmann
Instrument · piano, synthesizer [prophet 5]
Mark Perchanok
Instrument · oboe, oboe [d'amore], english horn
Mel Rodnon
Instrument · clarinet, saxophone [alto], flute
Paul Pizzuti
Instrument · drums
Peter Lemer
Instrument · keyboards
Ralph Izen
Instrument · trumpet [first, piccolo]
Ray Shanfeld
Instrument · bassoon, saxophone [baritone], clarinet
Richard Berg
Instrument · french horn
Robert Johnson (16)
Instrument · french horn
Rod Argent
Instrument · keyboards
Ron Tooley
Instrument · trumpet, flugelhorn
Ross Konikoff
Instrument · trumpet, flugelhorn
Stephen Nye
Instrument · oboe, english horn
Steve Jenner
Instrument · trumpet [second], flugelhorn
Tony Stenson
Instrument · keyboards
Victor Paz
Instrument · trumpet, trumpet [piccolo], flugelhorn
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Liner Notes
Trevor Nunn
Liner Notes
今井スミ
Liner Notes
Richard Stilgoe
Lyricist
T. S. Eliot
Lyricist
BilBo
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Frank Hulbert
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Fred Engh
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Helmut Leistner
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Ian Cooper
Mastering · remastered by
Joe Webster
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Nick Webb
Mastering · remastered by [digitally]
David Cullen
Orchestrator
Martin Levan
Producer
David Hamilton-Smith
Recording
Anita Pashley
Vocal · vocals [the kittens]
Anna McNeely
Vocal · vocals [jennyanydots]
Betty Buckley
Vocal · vocals [grizabella]
Bonnie Langford
Vocal · vocals [rumpleteaser]
Bonnie Simmons
Vocal · vocals [jellyorum, griddlebone]
Brian Blessed
Vocal · vocals [bustopher, old deuteronomy]
Christine Langer
Vocal · vocals [rumpleteazer]
Cynthia Onrubia
Vocal · vocals [victoria]
Donald Waugh
Vocal · vocals [coricopat]
Donna King
Vocal · vocals [bombalurina]
Elaine Paige
Vocal · vocals [grizabella]
Femi Taylor
Vocal · vocals [tantomile]
Finola Hughes
Vocal · vocals [victoria]
Geraldine Gardner
Vocal · vocals [bombalurina]
Harry Groener
Vocal · vocals [munkustrap]
Hector Jaime Mercado
Vocal · vocals [alonzo]
Janet L. Hubert
Vocal · vocals [tantomile]
Jeff Shankley
Vocal · vocals [munkustrap]
Jeni Evans
Vocal · vocals [the cats chorus]
John Chester
Vocal · vocals [george]
John Thornton (2)
Vocal · vocals [mungojerrie]
Julia Edmett
Vocal · vocals [the kittens]
Kenneth Ard
Vocal · vocals [macavity]
Kenn Wells
Vocal · vocals [skimbleshanks]
Ken Page
Vocal · vocals [old deuteronomy]
Luke Baxter
Vocal · vocals [carbucketty]
Myra Sands
Vocal · vocals [jennyanydots]
Nick Hamilton
Vocal · vocals [the cats chorus]
Nicola Kimber
Vocal · vocals [the cats chorus]
Paul Nicholas
Vocal · vocals [rum tum tugger]
Peter Barry
Vocal · vocals [the kittens]
Reed Jones
Vocal · vocals [skimbleshanks]
René Ceballos
Vocal · vocals [cassandra]
René Clemente
Vocal · vocals [mungojerrie]
Roland Alexander (2)
Vocal · vocals [alonzo]
Sarah Brightman
Vocal · vocals [jemima]
Seeta Indrani
Vocal · vocals [cassandra]
Sharon Lee-Hill
Vocal · vocals [demeter]
Stephan Tate
Vocal · vocals [asparagus]
Stephen Hanan
Vocal · vocals [bustopher, asparagus, growltiger]
Stephen Hill (2)
Vocal · vocals [the cats chorus]
Stephen Tate
Vocal · vocals [growltiger]
Steven Gelfer
Vocal · vocals [genghis]
Steven Wayne
Vocal · vocals [the kittens]
Susan Jane Tanner
Vocal · vocals [jellylorum]
Terrence Mann
Vocal · vocals [the rum tum tugger]
Timothy Scott
Vocal · vocals [mistoffolees]
Wayne Sleep
Vocal · vocals [quaxo]
Wendy Edmead
Vocal · vocals [demeter]