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During the summer of 1970, as ''[[The Sesame Street Book & Record]]'' became a best seller, [[Bob McGrath]] and [[Loretta Long]] also released their own children's albums. While not part of the Sesame Street canon (even though they both mention ''Sesame Street'' on their covers), they also became well-known albums because of the show's huge popularity. |
During the summer of 1970, as ''[[The Sesame Street Book & Record]]'' became a best seller, [[Bob McGrath]] and [[Loretta Long]] also released their own children's albums. While not part of the Sesame Street canon (even though they both mention ''Sesame Street'' on their covers), they also became well-known albums because of the show's huge popularity. |
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Image:Album.justfriends.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Just Friends]]''|1982<br>reissue of ''Big Bird Sings!'' and ''Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella''}}|link=Just Friends |
Image:Album.justfriends.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Just Friends]]''|1982<br>reissue of ''Big Bird Sings!'' and ''Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella''}}|link=Just Friends |
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Image:Album.singalong-lp.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Sesame Street Sing-Along!]]''|1982}}|link=Sesame Street Sing-Along! |
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Image:Album.bestbigbird-lp.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Best of Big Bird]]''|1983}}|link=The Best of Big Bird |
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+ | Image:TheBestOfGrover1983.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Best of Grover]]''|1983}}|link=The Best of Grover |
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+ | Image:TheBestOfOscar1983.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Best of Oscar the Grouch]]''|1983}}|link=The Best of Oscar the Grouch |
Image:AddLP.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Born to Add (album)|Born to Add]]''|1983}}|link=Born to Add (album) |
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Image:CD).jpeg|{{GNH|''[[In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record]]''|1980<br>Warner Bros. Records}}|link=In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record |
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==Sight & Sound== |
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| − | Sometime after the Sesame Street Records label closed, many ''Sesame Street'' titles began to be reissued on cassettes by an educational company called [[Sight & Sound]]. While some tapes used the original cover pictures, others had new cover pictures. An important historical footnote during this period is that in 1987, the very first ''Sesame Street'' CD was produced, called ''[[The Best of Sesame Street]]'', and it would be the only CD produced until the early |
+ | Sometime after the Sesame Street Records label closed, many ''Sesame Street'' titles began to be reissued on cassettes by an educational company called [[Sight & Sound]]. While some tapes used the original cover pictures, others had new cover pictures. An important historical footnote during this period is that in 1987, the very first ''Sesame Street'' CD was produced, called ''[[The Best of Sesame Street]]'', and it would be the only CD produced until the early 1990s. |
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Image:SightSoundBestSS1987.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Best of Sesame Street]]''|1987}}|link=The Best of Sesame Street |
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Image:Album.bobsesame.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Bob's Favorite Street Songs]]''|1991<br>A&M Records}}|link=Bob's Favorite Street Songs |
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Image:AreWeThereYetCD.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Are We There Yet? (album)|Are We There Yet?]]''|2004<br>Sony Special Products}}|link=Are We There Yet? (album) |
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Image:Oldschoolcdcover.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Old School: Volume 1 (CD)|Old School: Volume 1]]''|2010<br>reissue of ''The Sesame Street Book & Record'', ''Big Bird Sings!'' and ''Bert and Ernie Sing-Along''}}|link=Old School: Volume 1 (CD) |
Image:Oldschoolcdcover.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Old School: Volume 1 (CD)|Old School: Volume 1]]''|2010<br>reissue of ''The Sesame Street Book & Record'', ''Big Bird Sings!'' and ''Bert and Ernie Sing-Along''}}|link=Old School: Volume 1 (CD) |
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+ | Image:Oldschoolvol2cd.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Old School: Volume 2 (CD)|Old School: Volume 2]]''|2010<br>reissue of ''The Year of Roosevelt Franklin'', ''Grover Sings the Blues'' and ''The Count Counts''}}|link=Old School: Volume 2 (CD) |
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==Download-only Albums== |
==Download-only Albums== |
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Beginning in 2010, Sesame Street began to offer their back catalog of albums as downloads through [[Amazon.com]] and [[The iTunes Store]]. They also released the following compilations. |
Beginning in 2010, Sesame Street began to offer their back catalog of albums as downloads through [[Amazon.com]] and [[The iTunes Store]]. They also released the following compilations. |
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Image:SesameStreetMusicAmazonSampler.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Sesame Street Music: Amazon Sampler]]''|2011}}|link=Sesame Street Music: Amazon Sampler |
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Image:SesameStreetChristmasCollection.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Sesame Street: Christmas Collection|Christmas Collection]]''|2011}}|link=Sesame Street: Christmas Collection |
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Halloween Collection digital album.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Halloween Collection]]''|2012}}|link=Halloween Collection |
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GivingThanks.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Giving Thanks Collection]]''|2012}}|link=Giving Thanks Collection |
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V-Valentine.jpg|{{GNH|''[[V is for Valentine]]''|2014}}|link=V is for Valentine |
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Lyrical-Letters.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Lyrical Letters]]''|2014}}|link=Lyrical Letters |
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Image:SpecialSSXmas-Album.jpg|{{GNH|''[[A Special Sesame Street Christmas (soundtrack)|A Special Sesame Street Christmas]]''|2012<br>Legend Group Records}}|link=A Special Sesame Street Christmas (soundtrack) |
Image:SpecialSSXmas-Album.jpg|{{GNH|''[[A Special Sesame Street Christmas (soundtrack)|A Special Sesame Street Christmas]]''|2012<br>Legend Group Records}}|link=A Special Sesame Street Christmas (soundtrack) |
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Revision as of 11:05, 25 July 2015
From its earliest planning stages, Sesame Street was designed to be a show that would use music and singing as a part of the material being taught. So it was only natural to release the musical content on records, not only to reinforce the curriculum lessons for children when they weren't watching the show, but also so that Sesame Street music could be enjoyed just for its own sake.
The Early Albums
The first six albums were released by Columbia Records and Warner Bros. Records, both well-established major labels. These were deluxe albums, issued in colorful gatefold covers, usually with bonus material such as posters, lyric booklets, and photos and drawings of the show's characters. This arrangement lasted for the first five years of the show.
Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Warner Bros. Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Other 1970s Albums
During the summer of 1970, as The Sesame Street Book & Record became a best seller, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long also released their own children's albums. While not part of the Sesame Street canon (even though they both mention Sesame Street on their covers), they also became well-known albums because of the show's huge popularity.
In 1975, K-Tel Records, known for their mail-order records of hits by various artists, became the first outside label to release an LP of songs from Sesame Street, drawn from previous albums.
Affinity Records
Scepter Records
K-Tel Records
Sesame Street Records
In 1974, Sesame Street created its own series of records, on an independent label that was called Sesame Street Records, with a custom record label logo of the Sesame Street sign. These albums were manufactured by Children's Records of America from 1974 to 1976, and by Distinguished Productions from 1977 to 1984. Over 70 titles were produced over the ten-year run of the label. The catalog included reissues of all of the previous Columbia and Warner Bros. albums, although in less lavish packages than their original editions. At first, titles were only issued on vinyl, but over the years, they were also produced on cassettes and 8-track tapes. The Sesame Street Records label was shut down around 1984.
reissue of The Year of Roosevelt Franklin
reissue of The Sesame Street Book & Record
reissue of The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album
reissue
reissue of Sesame Street LIVE!
reissue of The Muppet Alphabet Album, Numbers! and Signs!
reissue of The Sesame Street Book & Record and The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album
reissue of ¡Sesame Mucho!
reissue of The Count Counts and Numbers!
reissue of Big Bird Sings! and Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella
reissue of C is for Cookie and Grover Sings the Blues
Other 1980s albums
Warner Bros. Records
Columbia House
(Released in Canada only)
Kids' Records
RCA Records
CBS Special Products
Magic Video Publishing Company
Sight & Sound
Sometime after the Sesame Street Records label closed, many Sesame Street titles began to be reissued on cassettes by an educational company called Sight & Sound. While some tapes used the original cover pictures, others had new cover pictures. An important historical footnote during this period is that in 1987, the very first Sesame Street CD was produced, called The Best of Sesame Street, and it would be the only CD produced until the early 1990s.
Golden Music
In 1990, titles began to appear on Golden Music, which was the music division of Golden Books. A mix of new titles appeared, beginning with tributes to Jim Henson and Joe Raposo, along with reissues of older titles. Golden's license lasted until 1994.
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue of Sleepytime Bird
reissue
reissue of The Muppet Alphabet Album
reissue
reissue
reissue of Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along
edited reissue
reissue of Sesame Street Sing-Along!
Other 1990s albums
A&M Records
Razor & Tie
Sony Wonder
In 1995, Sony Wonder began issuing a new series of titles. This was looked on with interest by some Sesame collectors, since Sony owns the back catalog of Columbia Records, who put out the very first Sesame Street LP in 1970. While that album was not reissued on CD by Sony Wonder, the third Columbia album, The Muppet Alphabet Album, was reissued as Sing the Alphabet. However, one section of dialogue was cut which referred to turning the record over, which wouldn't make any sense to CD listeners.
The Sony Wonder years culminated with Songs from the Street, an elaborate 3-CD boxed set produced in association with Sony Music's Legacy Recordings. This set was full of classic and rare tracks both from records and from live performances on the show. It also contained a detailed booklet about the history of the show, written by Christopher Cerf. It was the first time Sesame Street had received the boxed-set treatment from a major label, although several multi-LP boxed sets had been released over the years on Sesame Street Records.
Sony Wonder continued to release new titles until 2004.
reissue
reissue of Numbers!
reissue
edited reissue of The Sesame Street Monsters!
edited reissue of The Muppet Alphabet Album
Legacy/Sony Wonder
reissue
Other 2000s albums
Sony Special Products
Koch Records
In 2007, Koch Records announced that it would begin distributing Sesame Street titles. The first titles began to appear in 2008, with reissues of albums that had previously been released on Sony Wonder. In 2010, Koch Records, now renamed E1 Music, finally reissued The Sesame Street Book & Record as part of Old School: Volume 1, a collection of long-out-of-print early Sesame Street albums.
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue
reissue of The Sesame Street Book & Record, Big Bird Sings! and Bert and Ernie Sing-Along
reissue of The Year of Roosevelt Franklin, Grover Sings the Blues and The Count Counts
Download-only Albums
Beginning in 2010, Sesame Street began to offer their back catalog of albums as downloads through Amazon.com and The iTunes Store. They also released the following compilations.
Other 2010s albums
Legend Group Records
In addition to the main library of Sesame Street music, over the years, original cast albums have been sold at the Sesame Street Live shows. See Sesame Street Live Discography for a chronological list of titles.