Changes: The Count Counts

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Songs from	Sesame Street
Released	1975
Format	LP
Label	Sesame Street Records
Cat no.	CTW 22069

The Count Counts is a concept album, which presents a radio broadcast of The Count's Countdown series, on the FM-style radio station "Radio 1-2-3", complete with station jingles, news, weather, and commercials. Also featured on this album are several alternate versions of songs originally found in Bud Luckey's animated Sesame Street shorts, here performed by Jerry Nelson (as the Alligator King and others), Richard Hunt and Jim Henson (as the Amazing Slim).

The station broadcasts "direct from the Sesame Street Studios high above Hooper's Candy Store," with Guy Smiley as station ID and commercial announcer.

This album was later released as part of the 2-LP set, The Count Presents Numbers. The plot of the album was also used as the basis of an episode of Sesame Street in the mid-1970s.

The album was made available for the first time on CD on the 3-disc set Old School: Volume 2 in 2010, along with The Year of Roosevelt Franklin and Grover Sings the Blues.

Track listing

Side One

Introduction
Written by Joseph A. Bailey
Ladybug's Picnic - Dwayne Wayne
(Hadley-Luckey)
Counting Is Wonderful - The Count
(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)
It's a Lovely Eleven Morning - Tammy Whynot
(Hadley-Luckey)
The "15" Commercial - Guy Smiley
Written by Joseph A. Bailey
Ten Turtles - The Amazing Slim and His Country Turtlenecks
(Hadley-Luckey)
The Count's Weather Report - The Count
Written by Joseph A. Bailey
Martian Beauty - The Mariners Nine
(Hadley-Luckey)
Numerical Correspondence (Sing a Song of Numbers) - The Transylvanian Symphony
(Korr-Axlerod-Pottle)
Candy Man - Jerry Lee Nelson
(Hadley-Luckey)
It's Been a Long, Long Time - The Royal Transylvanians
(Cahn-Styne)
The Alligator King - The Alligator King
(Hadley-Luckey)
Count It Higher - Chris and the Alphabeats
Music and Lyrics by Christopher Cerf
from Letters ...and Numbers, Too!

Side Two

Counting is Wonderful (reprise) - The Count
(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)
Country Six (The Snail Song) - The Amazing Slim
(Hadley-Luckey)
Numbers in the News - The Count
Written by Joseph A. Bailey
1-2-3-4-5! - Five Bat Night
(Scott-Textor)
Beep - Two Anything People
(Kingsley-Pottle)
Four Big Lions - The Amazing Slim
(Hadley-Luckey)
I Just Adore "4" (from the musical comedy "Two Plus Two") - Big Bird and the Tarnish Brothers
(Bailey-Pottle)
The "3" Song - The Amazing Slim and His Counting Fools, featuring "Red" Sales and His Son Seth
(Hadley-Luckey)
Subtraction Blues - David
(Bailey-Pottle)
Doll House - Dolly Pardon
(Scott-Textor)
The Song of the Count - The Count
(Kingsley-Moss)
from Letters ...and Numbers, Too!

Other releases

International releases

Production credits

Produced by Jon Stone
Musical Direction and Arrangements by Sam Pottle
Continuity by Joseph A. Bailey
Radio Jingles by David Axlerod and Sam Pottle
Arrangement For The Song of The Count by Joe Raposo
Director of Recording: James Timmens
Engineering by F. Laico, P. Duria, A. Kendy, R. Payne
Sound Effects by Bobbie Wood

Executive Producer for CTW: Christopher Cerf
Executive Producer for CRA: Arthur Shimkin
Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Assistant Musical Director: David Conner
Art Director: Robert Pierce
Cover Photograph by Charles Pike Rowan
Assistant Producer for CRA: Geri Van Rees
Associate Producer for CTW: Sharon Lerner
Project Coordinator: Linda Ortlieb
Special Thanks to: Karen Baxter, Bruce Becker, Roy Blakeman, Laurie Blank, Bob Cranshaw, Peggy Fulton, Janet Gari, Sharon Gay, Al Gottesman, Dawnald Henderson, Wally Kane, Phil Lawrence, Steve Little, Pete Long, Bob McCoy, Jimmy Mitchell, Bob Partnoy, Scott Shukat, Tish Sommers, Alan Stein and Bill Whaley.

Cast

Northern Calloway as David
with Christopher Cerf, Richard Hunt, Jeffrey Moss, and introducing Five Bat Night

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+[[Image:The counts countdown.jpg|thumb|300px]]
-{{album|soundtrack=''[[Sesame Street]]''|date=[[1975]]|format=LP|label=Sesame Street Records|catalogue=CTW 22069}}
-Released in [[1975]], '''''The Count Counts''''' is notable for its FM radio-influenced ''Radio 1-2-3'' which broadcasts The Count's ''Top Ten Countdown Show''.  Also featured on this album are several alternate versions of songs originally found in [[Bud Luckey|Bud Luckey's]] animated ''Sesame Street'' shorts, here performed by [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Richard Hunt]] and [[Jim Henson]].
+'''''The Count Counts''''' is a concept album, which presents a radio broadcast of ''[[Count von Count|The Count's]] Countdown'' series, on the FM-style radio station "Radio 1-2-3", complete with station jingles, news, weather, and commercials. Also featured on this album are several alternate versions of songs originally found in [[Bud Luckey|Bud Luckey's]] animated ''Sesame Street'' shorts, here performed by [[Jerry Nelson]] (as the Alligator King and others), [[Richard Hunt]] and [[Jim Henson]] (as the Amazing Slim).
+The station broadcasts "direct from the Sesame Street Studios high above [[Hooper's Store|Hooper's Candy Store]]," with [[Guy Smiley]] as station ID and commercial announcer.
+This album was later released as part of the 2-LP set, ''[[The Count Presents Numbers]]''. The plot of the album was also used as the basis of an episode of ''Sesame Street'' in the mid-1970s.
-==Track Listing==
+The album was made available for the first time on CD on the 3-disc set ''[[Old School: Volume 2 (CD)|Old School: Volume 2]]'' in 2010, along with ''[[The Year of Roosevelt Franklin]]'' and ''[[Grover Sings the Blues]]''.
+==Track listing==
 '''Side One'''
-#Introduction (Joseph A. Bailey)
+#Introduction<br /><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
-#[[Ladybugs' Picnic|Ladybug's Picnic]] - Dwayne Wayne<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[Ladybugs' Picnic|Ladybug's Picnic]] - Dwayne Wayne<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#[[Counting Is Wonderful]] - [[Count von Count|The Count]]<br>(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)
+#[[Counting Is Wonderful]] - [[Count von Count|The Count]]<br /><small>(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)</small>
-#[[It's a Lovely Eleven Morning]] - Tammy Whynot<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[It's a Lovely Eleven Morning]] - Tammy Whynot<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#The "15" Commercial - [[Guy Smiley]]<br>(Joseph A. Bailey)
+#The "15" Commercial - [[Guy Smiley]]<br /><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
-#[[Ten Turtles]] - The Amazing Slim and His Country Turtlenecks<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[Ten Turtles]] - The Amazing Slim and His Country Turtlenecks<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#The Count's Weather Report - The Count<br>(Joseph A. Bailey)
+#The Count's Weather Report - The Count<br /><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
-#[[Martian Beauty]] - The Mariners Nine<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[Martian Beauty]] - The Mariners Nine<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#[[Numerical Correspondence|Numerical Correspondence (Sing a Song of Numbers)]] - The Transylvanian Symphony<br>(Korr-Axlerod-Pottle)
+#[[Numerical Correspondence|Numerical Correspondence (Sing a Song of Numbers)]] - The Transylvanian Symphony<br /><small>(Korr-Axlerod-Pottle)</small>
-#[[Candy Man]] - Jerry Lee Nelson<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[Candy Man]] - Jerry Lee Nelson<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#[[It's Been a Long, Long Time]] - The Royal Transylvanians<br>(Cahn-Styne)
+#[[It's Been a Long, Long Time]] - The Royal Transylvanians<br /><small>(Cahn-Styne)</small>
-#[[The Alligator King]] - The Alligator King<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[The Alligator King]] - The Alligator King<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#[[Count it Higher (song)|Count It Higher]] - [[Chris and the Alphabeats]]<br>(Christopher Cerf)
+#[[Count it Higher (song)|Count It Higher]] - [[Chris and the Alphabeats]]<br /><small>Music and Lyrics by [[Christopher Cerf]]</small><br /><small>from ''[[Letters ...and Numbers, Too!]]''</small>
 '''Side Two'''
-#Counting is Wonderful (reprise) - The Count<br>(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)
+#Counting is Wonderful (reprise) - The Count<br /><small>(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)</small>
-#[[Donnie Budd|Country Six (The Snail Song)]] - The Amazing Slim<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[Donnie Budd|Country Six (The Snail Song)]] - The Amazing Slim<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#Numbers in the News - The Count<br>(Joseph A. Bailey)
+#Numbers in the News - The Count<br /><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
-#[[1-2-3-4-5!]] - Five Bat Night<br>(Scott-Textor)
+#[[1-2-3-4-5!]] - Five Bat Night<br /><small>(Scott-Textor)</small>
-#[[Beep]] - Two Anything People<br>(Kingsley-Pottle)
+#[[Beep]] - Two Anything People<br /><small>(Kingsley-Pottle)</small>
-#[[Donnie Budd|Four Big Lions]] - The Amazing Slim<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[Donnie Budd|Four Big Lions]] - The Amazing Slim<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#[[I Just Adore Four|I Just Adore "4"]] (from the musical comedy "Two Plus Two") - Big Bird and the Tarnish Brothers<br>(Bailey-Pottle)
+#[[I Just Adore Four|I Just Adore "4"]] (from the musical comedy "Two Plus Two") - Big Bird and the Tarnish Brothers<br /><small>(Bailey-Pottle)</small>
-#[[Donnie Budd|The "3" Song]] - The Amazing Slim and His Counting Fools, featuring "Red" Sales and His Son Seth<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
+#[[Donnie Budd|The "3" Song]] - The Amazing Slim and His Counting Fools, featuring "Red" Sales and His Son Seth<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
-#[[Subtraction Blues]] - [[David]]<br>(Bailey-Pottle)
+#[[Subtraction Blues]] - [[David]]<br /><small>(Bailey-Pottle)</small>
-#[[Doll House]] - Dolly Pardon<br>(Scott-Textor)
+#[[Doll House]] - Dolly Pardon<br /><small>(Scott-Textor)</small>
-#[[The Song of The Count]] - The Count<br>(Kingsley-Moss)
+#[[The Song of the Count]] - The Count<br /><small>(Kingsley-Moss)</small><br /><small>from ''Letters ...and Numbers, Too!''</small>
 ==Other releases==
+<gallery>
-*C 5069 (Sesame Street cassette)
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}1975<br>Sesame Street Records<br>C 5069
+Image:CountCounts8track.jpg|{{GNH|8-track}}1975<br>Sesame Street Records<br>T 5069
+Image:Sesame_street_cassette_-_the_count_counts_233.jpg|{{GNH|Cassette}}[[Sight & Sound]]<br>233
+</gallery>
+==International releases==
-==PRODUCTION CREDITS==
+<gallery>
-:'''Produced by:'''
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|LP}}Australia<br>[[Axis Records]]<br>AXIS 6291
-::[[Jon Stone]]
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Axis Records<br>TC-AXIS 6291
-:'''Musical Direction and Arrangements by:'''
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|LP}}Australia<br>[[Summit Records]]<br>8017
-::[[Sam Pottle]]
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Summit Records<br>8017
-:'''Continuity by:'''
+</gallery>
-::[[Joseph A. Bailey]]
-:'''Radio Jingles by'''
-::[[David Axlerod]] and Sam Pottle
-:'''Arrangement For ''The Song of The Count'' by:'''
-::[[Joe Raposo]]
-:'''Director of Recording:'''
-::James Timmens
-:'''Engineering by:'''
-::F. Laico, P. Duria, A. Kendy, R. Payne
-:'''Sound Effects by:'''
-::Bobbie Wood
+==Production credits==
-:'''Executive Producer for CTW:'''
+*Produced by [[Jon Stone]]
-::[[Christopher Cerf]]
+*Musical Direction and Arrangements by [[Sam Pottle]]
-:'''Executive Producer for CRA:'''
+*Continuity by [[Joseph A. Bailey]]
-::[[Arthur Shimkin]]
+*Radio Jingles by [[David Axlerod]] and Sam Pottle
-:'''Music Coordinator:'''
+*Arrangement For ''The Song of The Count'' by [[Joe Raposo]]
-::[[Danny Epstein]]
+*Director of Recording: James Timmens
-:'''Assistant Musical Director:'''
+*Engineering by F. Laico, P. Duria, A. Kendy, R. Payne
-::[[Dave Conner|David Conner]]
+*Sound Effects by Bobbie Wood
-:'''Art Director:'''
-::[[Robert Pierce]]
-:'''Cover Photograph by:'''
-::Charles Pike Rowan
-:'''Assistant Producer for CRA:'''
-::Geri Van Rees
-:'''Associate Producer for CTW'''
-::[[Sharon Lerner]]
-:'''Project Coordinator:'''
-::Linda Ortlieb
-:'''Special Thanks to:'''
-:: Karen Baxter, Bruce Becker, Roy Blakeman, Laurie Blank, Bob Cranshaw, Peggy Fulton, Janet Gari, Sharon Gay, Al Gottesman, Dawnald Henderson, Wally Kane, Phil Lawrence, Steve Little, Pete Long, Bob McCoy, Jimmy Mitchell, Bob Partnoy, Scott Shukat, Tish Sommers, Alan Stein and Bill Whaley.
+*Executive Producer for CTW: [[Christopher Cerf]]
-==THE CAST==
+*Executive Producer for CRA: [[Arthur Shimkin]]
-:'''The Muppets''' created by '''Jim Henson'''
+*Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
-::[[Jerry Nelson]] as ''The Count''
+*Assistant Musical Director: [[Dave Conner|David Conner]]
-::[[Caroll Spinney]] as ''Big Bird''
+*Art Director: [[Robert Pierce]]
-::[[Jim Henson]] as ''Guy Smiley''
+*Cover Photograph by [[Charles Rowan|Charles Pike Rowan]]
-::with [[Marilyn Sokol]] and [[Richard Hunt]]
+*Assistant Producer for CRA: Geri Van Rees
+*Associate Producer for CTW: [[Sharon Lerner]]
+*Project Coordinator: Linda Ortlieb
+*Special Thanks to: Karen Baxter, Bruce Becker, Roy Blakeman, Laurie Blank, [[Bob Cranshaw]], Peggy Fulton, Janet Gari, Sharon Gay, Al Gottesman, Dawnald Henderson, [[Wally Kane]], Phil Lawrence, Steve Little, Pete Long, Bob McCoy, Jimmy Mitchell, Bob Partnoy, Scott Shukat, [[Tish Sommers]], Alan Stein and Bill Whaley.
+==Cast==
-::[[Northern Calloway]] as ''[[David]]''
+*[[Jerry Nelson]] as [[Count von Count|The Count]]
-::with [[Christopher Cerf]], [[Richard Hunt]], [[Jeffrey Moss]], and introducing ''Five Bat Night''
+*[[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]]
+*[[Jim Henson]] as [[Guy Smiley]]
+*with [[Marilyn Sokol]] and [[Richard Hunt]]
+*[[Northern Calloway]] as [[David]]
-==ALBUM NOTES==
+*with [[Christopher Cerf]], [[Richard Hunt]], [[Jeffrey Moss]], and introducing ''Five Bat Night''
-:'''A message to parents from the [[Children's Television Workshop]], Producers of SESAME STREET'''
-:With this record, Sesame Street is only as far away as your record player.  Now your child can visit his Sesame Street friends at any time of day and discover the same combination of entertainment and education found on our televsion programs.  Children familiar with Sesame Street characters will delight in hearing their favorites again and again.  But even those who have never watched the show will be able to enjoy, and learn from this album.  Workshop revenues from this project will be used to support the continuing production of Sesame Street.
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 *[[Sesame Street Discography]]
+[[Category:Sesame Street Albums|Count Counts]]
-[[Category:Sesame Street Albums|Count Counts, The (LP)]]
 [[Category:Broadcasting|Count Counts]]
 [[Category:Numbers|Count Counts]]

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Changes: The Count Counts

Revision as of 16:22, 14 June 2014

Contents

Track listing

Other releases

International releases

Production credits

Cast

See also