What a collector’s item! This is a rare unused Jesus Christ Superstar original 1970 LP – A Rock Opera By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Original LP. It won the Gold Record Award and has the emblem attached to the plastic. It is plastic wrapped but has been opened on one side only. The 28 page libretto is in perfect condition and is included. The records are in pristine condition. The original 1970 boxed-set issue of this 2-record set was packaged in the U. With a special thin brown cardboard outer box which contained the 2 vinyl records and a 28-page libretto. Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started as a rock opera concept album before its Broadway debut in 1971. The musical is sung-through, with no spoken dialogue. The story is loosely based on the Gospels’ accounts of the last week of Jesus’s life, beginning with the preparation for the arrival of Jesus and his disciples in Jerusalem and ending with the crucifixion. It depicts political and interpersonal struggles between Judas Iscariot and Jesus that are not present in the Bible.