Cats (1982 Original Broadway Cast)
Andrew Lloyd  Webber's  adaptation of T.S. Eliot's poems may not have become Broadway's longest-running  musical without the original cast to begin the raves. Which is why every aficionado of  this theatrical classic will tell you that this is the one you have to own (although they'll  probably tell you that you need the importOriginal London Castalbum as well,  the show having originated on London's West End and all). But this is the one with Betty  Buckley singing "Memory"--the song that turned her into a star--and the two discs are  appropriate for the musical that helped set off Broadway's "operatic" phase. The show is  now also available--in its entirety--as a home video, but the music still stands on its own,  though some cynics have wondered why so much music only produced one hit standard.--Bill Holdship