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SesamstraatDiscography

From its earliest planning stages, Sesamstraat was, like Sesame Street, 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 because Sesamstraat music is enjoyable just for its own sake.

The first two albums were released by Philips Records, and consisted mostly of American material dubbed into Dutch. In 1981, records began to be released on the WSP label. These albums were manufactured and distributed by Vrido Beheer, Rotterdam from 1981 to 1985, and over 18 titles were produced over the four-year run of the label, including reissues of the 2 Philips LPs with new cover designs. Weton-Wesgram took over the label in 1985. Their catalog included reissues of all of the previous albums. At first, titles were only issued on vinyl, but over the years, they were also produced on cassettes. All of the albums produced in this era had colorful covers with photos and drawings of the show's characters.

The first Sesamstraat CD was released in 1987. A mix of new titles appeared, along with reissues of older titles, including a CD of the very first album of Bert and Ernie songs. 1996 was the final year that Weton Wesgram would produce Sesamstraat CDs with new material; from 1997 to 2007, only CDs with preexisting material were produced.

In 2005, Rubinstein became the new licensee for Sesamstraat book and CD sets. After releasing a series of CDs with small hard cover lyric booklets (compilations of preexisting material based on themes like scary things, sleeping and animals), Rubinstein released Vriendjes Voor Altijd, the first soundtrack album with the then-current cast of Sesamstraat singing recent songs from the show, composed by Henny Vrienten. More releases followed, including a book-and-CD in Braille and a series of CDs featuring individual characters with previously unreleased songs and sketches.

Rouch Trade distributed the Sesamstraat Theater soundtrack albums.

From 2021 onward, Sony Music Entertainment distributed Sesamstraat albums on streaming services, including some older releases.

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