The Sesame Street Book & Record

 The   SESAME STREET   Book   &   Record  is the very first record album of  SESAME STREET  material ever release d. It was recorded in  APRIL  1 9 7 0 , at the end of the show ’ s  first sea s o n  , & was release d l ate r that summer. The album was originally pack age d in a gate fold sleeve that contained a full - color poster teach in g part s of the body & a 2 4 - page book featuring illustration s by Brian Cranner , as well as lyric s to all of the song s. It was also release d simultaneously in a less expensive edition with a different cover, no book , & no poster. The song s from this album were also release d o n 9 consecutive l y number e d 4 5 - r p m, 7 - in c h record s. The first 6| 6 of these were also available in a " Carry About "  box ed set , & the final 3| 3  were also available a s a  set.

The album peak ed at # 2 3 on  B ill boar d  ’ s Top L| L P| P ’ s chart in  1 9 7 0 , & was certified  GOLD  ( sale s of 5 00 , 000 copies ) by the R I AA. It also won a Grammy Award  f or  BEST  Record in g for C h i l d r e n. It was subsequently re issue d many time s ( with out the book or poster ), first on Columbia  under several different title s & cover s , then on other label s ( see below for detail s ). It was also l ate r issue d as part of t he 1 9 77  2| 2  - L| L P| P  set  SESAME   STREET   GOLD  ! .

The entire album was release d on C D for the first time under the title  The   SESAME STREET   Record , as part of the 3| 3 - d i s c set  Old School : Volume 1  o n March 2 3 ,  2 0 1 0  , a long w it h  BIG   BIRD  Sings !  &  BERT  &  ERNIE  Sing - A long .

T rack list in g
 Side  1| 1 
 * 1)  SESAME STREET  Theme  - The Entire Cast
 * 2)  ABC - DEF - GHI  -  BIG BIRD 
 * I ’ v e Got Two -  BIG BIRD  &  OSCAR THE GROUCH  plus ever y body including  M r . Hooper
 * Go in ' for a Ride -  The An y thin g People
 * What Are K i d s Called -  Bob  &  Susan
 * Ever y body Wash -  ERNIE  &  BERT 
 * On e of These Thin g s -  Bob  &  Susan
 * Up & Down - 2| 2   M o n s t e r s
 * Be i n '  GREEN  -  KERMIT THE FROG 

 Side  2| 2 
 * Some body Come & Play -  The K i d s
 * 1) I Love Trash - Oscar
 *  J  Face -  Bob
 *  J  Jump -  The K i d s
 * The P e o p l e in Y o u r Neigh b or hood -  Bob  &  The An y thin g People
 * Rub You r Tummy -  Gordon
 * Number 5 -  The K i d s
 * Five People in My Family -  An y thin g People
 * Nearly Missed -  Susan
 * 1)  RUBBER DUCK I E  -  ERNIE 

Edit s
On all release s that don ’ t contain the book, the song " On e of These Thin g s  " was edited to remove the follow in g material after Susan say s "  ERNIE  ’ s  RUBBER DUCK I E  ! " :


 * A woman ’ s voice : " Here are some more sound s . Listen . "
 * ( sound s of 3| 3 bell s ring in g 1| 1  at a time, followed by a trumpet p lay in g )
 * ( sound s of 3| 3 dog s b ark in g 1| 1  at a time, followed by a cat meow in g )

Then the c losing music play s on all version s.

Note s

 * Although the spine & cover call this album  The   SESAME STREET   Book   &   Record , the actual label simply say s  SESAME STREET .
 * On the  Old School : Volume 1  release, the original cover is feature d , but altered so that the sign simply say s  The   SESAME   STREET   Record  & has a pink round " sticker " that say s " Feature s  RUBBER DUCK I E  . "
 * On Side 2| 2, after "  RUBBER DUCK I E  " , there is a short track where the cast tell s the listener good bye . Although this track is not listed on the L P or album cover , the 8| 8  - track list s it as " Tag ".

Cast

 * Matt Rob in s on as  Gordon
 * Loretta Long as  Susan
 * Bob Mc G rat h as  Bob
 * Will Lee as  M r . Hooper
 *  JIM HE N S ON  as  ERNIE  &  KERMIT THE FROG 
 *  FRANK OZ  as  BERT  as  COOKIE MONSTER 
 *  CAROLL SPINNEY  as  BIG BIRD  &  OSCAR THE GROUCH 
 * & the voice s of the k i d s : Lois Winter, Ana Isa Otis , Clyde Otis Jr . , Althea Jackson , Todd Graff , Tom Spiro , Andrea Giglio , Christine Winter

Product i on credit s

 * Album Produce d by Thomas Z . Shepard
 * Album edit ed by James Tim men s
 * Engineer in g by Frank Laico & Ed Michalski
 * Executive direct or  :  Joan Ganz Cooney
 * Executive produce r  :  David Connell
 * Musical direct or  :  Joe Raposo
 * Visual s by Brian Cranner
 * Music coordinator : Danny Epstein
 * Written by  JEFF MOSS 
 * Word s & Music Mostly by  JEFF MOSS  & Joe Raposo
 * Project Super visor : Arthur Shimkin