Note: Amazing quality for the age of this, cast is mainly unknown as the workshop was made up of theatre performers and street dancers. Sound is muffled but you can still hear everything.
Starlight Express 1988, London, UK - MP4 Cast: Gary Cordice (Rusty), Kim Leeson (Pearl), Drue Williams (Greaseball), Beverly Braybon (Dinah), Shezwae Powell (Belle), Peter Reeves (C.B)
Note: One shot house-cam with multi-cam feed for the races. Audio has some dropouts as it was patched in separately, so the video pauses at times to catch up. Aged film quality but colors are good. The only boot from London pre-cuts; has numbers such as "There's Me", "Belle's Song", "C.B.", and most notably, "No Comeback". Missing "Light at the End of the Tunnel".
Starlight Express January 8th, 1989, Broadway, Closing Night - 3 MP4's Cast: Greg Mowry (Rusty), Reva Rice (Pearl), John Schiappa (Greaseball), Jane Krakowski (Dinah), Steve Fowler (Poppa), Stacia Goad (Ashley), Ken Ard (Electra), Lola Knox (Buffy), Michael O'Steen (Flat-Top), Keith Allen (Dustin), Todd Lester (Caboose)
Note: The other two mp4's included are two other videos of the show, one from London in 1988, and one from the closing night of the Las Vegas show on 9/8/96
Starlight Express 1989, First US Tour - M4V Cast: Sean McDermott (Rusty), Reva Rice (Pearl), Ron DeVito (Greaseball), Dawn Marie Church (Dinah), Eric Clausell (Electra), Todd Lester (Caboose), Jimmy Lockett (Poppa)
Cast: Low gen, but suffers from the camera’s limitations – lots of washout, zooms aren’t too tight. Shot from the lighting booth – you can hear cues for the bigger lights and set work being called. A bit of hum/buzz, probably from fans or A/C in the booth.
Starlight Express November 7th, 1990, Detroit, Michigan, First US Tour - M4V Cast: Sean McDermott (Rusty), Reva Rice (Pearl) Note: Blackout for the first minute or so. Full stage view, shot from a high and left angle. Sound is muffled and typical for recordings of this age. No tight zooms and a good amount of washout. Does a solid job of showing the staging from this production. C+ Rating.
Starlight Express September 13th, 1991, Bochum, Germany - TS File Cast: Colin Munro (Rusty), Tracey Heyworth (Pearl), Darlene Casanova (Dinah), Ivy Fox (Buffy), Susan Torbeck (Ashley), Freddie Moretime (Greaseball), Stevie Woods (Papa), Koffi Missah (Electra), Kapa Kitchen (Caboose)
Note: Camera has been placed on the floor, really good bootleg that still holds up especially for 1991.
Starlight Express December 19th, 1993, Las Vegas, Nevada - M4V Cast: Steven Michael Skeels (Rusty), Reva Rice (Pearl), Rob Weber (Greaseball), Dawn Marie Church (Dinah), Anthony T. Perry (Electra), T. Robert Pigott (Red Caboose), Jimmy Lockett (Poppa), Meera Popkin (Ashley), Edyie Fleming (Buffy)
Note: Shot from the right-hand side of the stage at an odd angle. Camera is very steady, and the audience isn’t overwhelmingly loud. Brief cover-up during the Rap, few zooms or camera movements. Generation loss and analog glitches make a fuzzy picture and few details in the actors. Otherwise a good preservation of the abridged production and perfectly watchable. Includes advert for the production and credits at the end on that night’s cast. B Rating.
Starlight Express September 8th, 1996, Vegas, Closing Night - VOB Files Cast: Greg Ellis, Dawn Marie Church, Ron DeVito.
Note: Final Performance. A little shaky, but nice and clear. Includes rehearsal, warmup, and backstage footage before and after the show. Recorded for the cast and crew.
Starlight Express April 21st 1998, Mexico City, Mexico - M4V Cast: Ricardo Santo (Rusty), Maru Dueñas (Pearl), Carlos Gastélum (Greaseball), Jaime Rojas (Electra)
Note: Final show, pro-shot for the cast. Only production to be performed in Spanish. There is some footage of skate warm-up before the show started. The bootleg follows the races and the main action well.
Starlight Express January 12th, 2002, London, Closing Night - VOB Files Cast: Mark McGee, Jo Gibb, Dustin Dubreuil, Helen Latham, Trevor Michael Georges, Chris Copeland, Amy Field, Lucie Fentum.
Note: Full show. Last show in London. Full stage shot with no zooms. Decent quality
Starlight Express February 2002, Bochum, Germany - MP4's Cast: Rommel Singson (Rusty), Rachael Wooding (Pearl), Nigel Casey (Greaseball), Jodie Jackson (Dinah), Lothair Eaton (Papa), Ken Nelson (Electra), Rachel Marshall (Buffy), Emma Raciti (Ashley), Matthew Wing (Caboose)
Starlight Express September 13th, 2003, 2nd US Tour, Philadelphia - M4V Cast: Franklyn Warfield (Rusty), Clarissa Grace (Pearl), Drue Williams (Greaseball), Katie O'Toole (Dinah), Dustin Dubreuil (Electra), Jeremy Kocal (Caboose), Dennis LeGree (Poppa)
Note: This is the only bootleg of the 2003 US Tour. There is some blockage during the performance, so the camera moves a lot to get a clear shot of the stage. The right side of the stage is blocked by a pillar through Act 1. Lots of good close-ups. Act 1 is filmed on the left-hand side of the stage and Act 2 is filmed on the right-hand side of the stage. B+ Rating.
Note: Master gets caught during the start of "Crazy" but returns near the end of the song, Kyle Crews who played Dinah at the time got sick and Sarah Landy took over in Act 2.
Starlight Express January 28th, 2015, Bochum - VOB Files Cast: Kevin Köhler, Trina Hill, David Moore, Matthew Goodgame, Emma Prosser, Paul Shipp, Ben Draper, Sian Velazquez, Carla Pullen, Toby Poole, Paul Treacy, Jason Gray, Brett Shields, Brad Corben, Cary Chennell, Dean Coach, Kelly Downing, Dawn Leigh Woods, Melanie Brown, Graham Harvey, Elliot Collins, Adam Bailey, Jeffrey Socia, Craig Tyler, Manuel Reckow, Etienne Vogel
Note: Excellent shoot, taper clearly knows the show. A couple particularly blocky bits couldn’t be smoothed out.
Starlight Express March 15th, 2015, Bochum, Germany - VOB Files Cast: Jeffrey Socia (Rusty), Trina Hill (Pearl), David Moore (Papa), Adam Sheffield (Act 1)/Robin Mills (Act 2) (Greaseball), Emma Prosser (Dinah), Toby Poole (Electra), Micheal Eborall (Caboose), Victoria Anderson (Ashley), Carla Pullen (Buffy), Duncan Leighton (Dustin), Paul Treacy (Flat Top)
Note: Recording focuses on Toby Poole, who plays Electra, but this does not often interfere with the main action. Race 1 had to be put on hold due to a technical issue after 'Hilf Mir Verstehn' when Control didn't speak to announce it was Heat 1. Adam Sheffield, who played Greaseball, is replaced by Robin Mills, as Adam is unable to continue the show. No Megamix. Really good quality and good close-ups! Shot by a professional camera. A+ Rating.
Starlight Express May 31st, 2015, Bochum, Germany - VOB Files Cast: Kevin Köhler (Rusty), Trina Hill (Pearl), David Moore (Papa), Matthew Goodgame (Greaseball), Amy DiBartelomeo (Dinah), Michael Eborall (Caboose), Carla Pullen (Buffy), Victoria Anderson (Ashley), Paul Treacy (Flat Top), Duncan Leighton (Dustin)
Note: Evening, last show for 2014/15 cast. Last show of: Amy DiBartelomeo (Dinah), Victoria Anderson (Ashley), Dewayne Adams (Hip Hopper 1), Ciaran Rees (Hip Hopper 3), Paul Treacy (Flat Top), Duncan Leighton (Dustin), Michael Eborall (Caboose), Matthew Goodgame (Greaseball). Focuses on Toby Poole, who plays Purse, but this does not often interfere with the main action. Very good quality and audio. A+ Rating.
Starlight Express August 27th, 2019, Bochum, Germany - MP4's Cast: 30th anniversary cast, Markus Fetter (Rusty), Hollie Aires (Pearl), Adam Lake (Electra), Ben Carruthers (Greaseball), Reva Rice (Mama), Sian Jones (u/s Dinah), Nathanial Scott (u/s Killerwatt)
Note: Filmed in portrait mode. You can't make out any faces but you can follow the action and the choreography quite well. Very good audio. Nice to see the changes for the 30th Anniversary of Starlight Express.