An original Broadway cast recording of the 1979 musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was made in the same year by RCA. Released on LP on April 17, 1979, it peaked at number 78 on Billboards Top LPs chart and won the Grammy in the "Best Cast Show Album" category.
Background Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard,The album's covers. the album was recorded in 1979 at RCA's Studio A in New York City.
Critical reception
In his retrospective review on AllMusic, William Ruhlmann especially notes it is a two-disc release that contains the "complete score" of the musical and praises the show as "a masterpiece full of stirring music and witty, intricate lyrics, lustily delivered by a cast led by Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou".
In 2014, the album was added to the National Recording Registry as "represent[ing] an important part of America's culture and history".
Chart performance The album reached number 78 on the Billboards Top LPs chart. According to the magazine, it was "RCA's best selling Broadway album since Hair a decade [prior]."
Track listing LP – RCA Red Seal CBL2-3379
Personnel Thomas Z. Shepard – producer Jay David Saks – associate producer
Charts Chart (1979) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs 78
Awards Year Award type Categories Results 1980 Grammy Awards Best Cast Show Album
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