Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 32-minute recording of the musical with 19 tracks was issued in the US on Scepter Records in 1971. It was a reissue of the 1969 Decca UK album, capitalising on the success of 1970's "Jesus Christ Superstar" in the US. It featured Daltrey as Joseph, Rice as Pharaoh, William S. Lloyd Webber on the Hammond organ, Alan Doggett conducting, and the Colet Court choir as the chorus. Lloyd Webber and Rice used the popularity of their subsequent musical, the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar", to promote "Joseph", which was advertised in America as a "follow-up" to "Superstar". The rock opera's
Andrew Lloyd Webber providing the lyrics. This song was performed by Sarah Brightman and José Carreras. Lloyd Webber had toyed with the idea of writing a musical based on Billy Wilder's critically acclaimed movie, "Sunset Boulevard", since the early 1970s when he saw the film, but the project didn't come to fruition until after the completion of "Aspects of Love" when the composer finally managed to secure the rights from Paramount Pictures, The composer worked with two collaborators, as he had done on "Aspects of Love"; this time Christopher Hampton and Don Black shared equal credit for the book and lyrics. The show