Various Artists

To coincide with a revival of the roller-skating sensation Starlight Express to London, Universal Music Recordings is reissuing a 1-LP "highlights" package of the original London cast recording on zoetrope vinyl.  This recording of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe musical preserves the performances of Stephanie Lawrence (Pearl), Frances Ruffelle (Dinah the Dining Car), Jeff Shankley (Greaseball), Ray Shell (Rusty), Jeffrey Daniel (Electra), Lon Satton (Poppa), and soul queen P.P. Arnold (Belle the Sleeping Car), among others.  The complete 1984 recording featured 28 tracks, 11 of which are reprised on this single-LP release.  A twelfth song, "Crazy," has been appended from 1992's The New Starlight Express, a much-publicized revision to the London production.  (When the combined London run of the original and new versions ended in January 2002, Starlight Express had run for 7,409 performances.)