Starlight Express: Cast Recordings (1984-2024)
8 September 2022 is a date I will not easily forget. A friend of mine and I were chatting, following the news that Queen Elizabeth II was ill. I saw a post online from Ray Shell, who, I believe, was on the streets of London that day and had just heard news. I decided to stay up a little longer and then the news started breaking. Queen Elizabeth II had died. Prince Charles had become King Charles III. Ray Shell is an original cast member of one of the most successful musicals ever performed in London's West End, the first production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe musical "Starlight Express". Ray had originated the role of Rusty, preserved on the double album cast recording released in 1984 on Polydor Records. If you've heard this album, or one of Andrew's compilations like "The Premiere Collection" (1988), you will recognize Ray's vocals from songs like "Starlight Express" and "I Am the Starlight". Ray also played P...