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Chess

RCA Victor 7700-2-RC. Released 1988. United States.

Work
Chess
Released
1988
Territory
United States
Label as printed
RCA Victor 7700-2-RC
Catalogue number
7700-2-RC
Format
Unknown

What it documents no production attributed

This recording is filed against Chess. Nothing on the record says which staging of it was recorded. Here is every staging we hold.

1988 Imperial Theatre Original · opened April 28, 1988 · running when this was released 68 perf.
2003 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival · opened September 22, 2003 1 perf.
2025 Imperial Theatre Revival · opened November 16, 2025

A lead, not an answer. One staging was running on the release date and no other was. That makes it the obvious candidate and it is not proof: a cast album can be issued years after a run, reissued under a new sleeve, or recorded by a company that never played the theatre. This falls out for 44 of the 237 recordings held; for the rest the dates rule nothing in or out.

Track listing none held

No track listing is held for this recording, or for any of the other 236. The running order is usually printed on the back of the sleeve. We hold no photograph of the back of this one. 127 of the 237 recordings have a back sleeve on file; this is not among them, so the running order is not in anything we hold.

Other recordings of Chess26 held

Chess
Chess Polar 847 445-2; Polydor 847 445-2
no art held
Chess
no art held
Chess: The Musical
no art held
Chess (1991 Australian cast)
no art held
Chess (1984 London cast)
no art held
Chess (1988-04-28 original Broadway cast)
no art held
Chess (2003 Actor's Fund concert cast)
Chess
Chess RCA PCD2-5340
Chess
Chess Polar POLYCD 2-600. 1984
Chess
Chess Polar 42284 7445-2; Polydor 42284 7445-2. 1984
no art held
Chess RCA PCD2-5340. 1984
Chess
Chess Polar POLYXL 2-600. October 1984
no art held
Chess RCA PD70500(2). November 19, 1984
no art held
Chess RCA International PL70500(2). November 19, 1984
Chess
Chess Three Knights, Ltd. CPL2-5340. December 3, 1984
no art held
Chess: Original London Cast Live . 1987
no art held
Chess RCA Victor. 1988
no art held
Chess In Concert Mono Music MMCD 010-2. 1994
no art held
Chess: Complete Cast Album (2001 Danish tour cast) Scanbox 81851. 2001
no art held
Chess på svenska Mono Music MMCD 019. 2002
no art held
Chess (2001 Danish tour cast) Scanbox 81870. January 28, 2002
no art held
Chess på svenska Mono Music MMSACD 019. July 10, 2003
no art held
Chess in Concert Gallo Records WBCD 2219. 2009
no art held
Chess in Concert (2008 concert cast) Reprise Records 2-517635. 2009
no art held
Chess: The Original Recording Polar 00602547018335. November 24, 2014
no art held
Chess: The Original Recording Polar. November 24, 2014

Separate releases, not necessarily separate recordings. A reissue, a foreign pressing and an original can all appear here as three rows, because what we hold is releases and the field that would distinguish them is not held.

What this page does not know

  • Which production this documents, or whether it documents one at all.
  • What is on it. No track listing, no running time, no side breaks.
  • Who sings. No performer is credited on any recording we hold, so the cast of the album and the cast of the stage production are never compared.
  • The format. Whether it was vinyl, CD, cassette or download is not known.
  • Where to buy, rent or borrow it. No purchase link is held for any recording.

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