13 (Original West End Cast Recording)

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A grown-up story about growing up! When his parents get divorced and he's forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done. The star quarterback is threatening to ruin his life and his only friend, Patrice, won't talk to him. The school freak sees an opportunity for blackmail and someone is spreading the nastiest rumors. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, 13 is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it.

"13" has had an amazing journey in the four years since it opened on Broadway, with over a thousand productions throughout the world, but a particularly exciting milestone was this summer's premiere in London's West End, produced by the invaluable National Youth Music Theatre company and directed by the composer himself. With a cast handpicked from all over England, this production of the show represented yet another step in its evolution, as Brown and librettists Robert Horn and Dan Elish dug back in and tailored the show to the extraordinary young performers.

The NYMT/West End recording (the first in NYMT's history) preserves the performances of this incredible cast, as well as documenting the latest version of the show. Produced by Brown and recorded by Robin Sellars, the recording includes two previously unrecorded songs, as well as new lyrics and musical scoring, and the all-teenage cast that Mark Shenton of the Stage called "rougher, tougher and more adorable" than the original Broadway company, and Torquil Munro's "superb musical direction of a six-strong band.

1. 13/Becoming A Man
2. The Lamest Place In The World
3. Hey Kendra
4. One Day In October
5. Get Me What I Need
6. Opportunity
7. What It Means To Be A Friend
8. All Hail The Brain
9. Terminal Illness
10. Getting Ready
11. Any Minute
12. Good Enough
13. Being A Geek
14. Bad Bad News
15. Tell Her
16. It Can't Be True
17. If That's What It Is
18. A Little More Homework
19. Brand New You

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Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown

Book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn

Directed by Jason Robert Brown

Produced by Jeremy Walker for National Youth Music Theatre

Recording produced by Jason Robert Brown

Recorded by Robin Sellars

Mixed by Jon Baker

Recorded 27 August 2012 at Sphere Recording Studios, Battersea, London

Featured Cast: Jack Cashion, Lauren Ellington, Robin Franklin, Guy Harvey, Lindsay Kearns, Sienna Kelly, Tim Mahendran, Jacques Miché, Amara Okereke, Georgia Riley, Hannah Thompson, Toby Turpin, Sario Watanabe-Solomon

Ensemble: Alfie Glasser, Clair Gleave, Torquil Munro, Dominic Harrison, Molly-May Keston, Eddie Manning, Florence Russell, Daniel Sykes

Musicians:

Torquil Munro (musical director & piano)

Tristan Butler (drums & percussion)

Oliver Farley (guitars)

Max McMahon (keyboard)

Marcus Pritchard (bass guitar)

Felix Stickland (guitars)