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{{album|image=CountCountsLP(2).jpg|soundtrack=''[[Sesame Street]]''|date=[[1975]]|format=LP|label=[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]|catalogue=CTW 22069}}
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{{album|soundtrack=''[[Sesame Street]]''|date=[[1975]]|format=LP|label=[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]|catalogue=CTW 22069}}
 
'''''The Count Counts''''' is a concept album, which presents a radio broadcast of [[Count von Count|the Count]]'s ''Top Ten Countdown Show'', 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]], [[Richard Hunt]] and [[Jim Henson]].
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'''''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).
   
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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]]''.
 
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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.
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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==
 
==Track listing==
 
'''Side One'''
 
'''Side One'''
#Introduction<br><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
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#Introduction<br /><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
#[[Ladybugs' Picnic|Ladybug's Picnic]] - Dwayne Wayne<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
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#[[Ladybugs' Picnic|Ladybug's Picnic]] - Dwayne Wayne<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
#[[Counting Is Wonderful]] - [[Count von Count|The Count]]<br>(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)
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#[[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)
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#[[It's a Lovely Eleven Morning]] - Tammy Whynot<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
#The "15" Commercial - [[Guy Smiley]]<br><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
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#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)
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#[[Ten Turtles]] - The Amazing Slim and His Country Turtlenecks<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
#The Count's Weather Report - The Count<br><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
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#The Count's Weather Report - The Count<br /><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
#[[Martian Beauty]] - The Mariners Nine<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
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#[[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)
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#[[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)
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#[[Candy Man]] - Jerry Lee Nelson<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
#[[It's Been a Long, Long Time]] - The Royal Transylvanians<br>(Cahn-Styne)
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#[[It's Been a Long, Long Time]] - The Royal Transylvanians<br /><small>(Cahn-Styne)</small>
#[[The Alligator King]] - The Alligator King<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
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#[[The Alligator King]] - The Alligator King<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
#[[Count it Higher (song)|Count It Higher]] - [[Chris and the Alphabeats]]<br><small>Music and Lyrics by [[Christopher Cerf]]</small>
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#[[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'''
 
'''Side Two'''
#Counting is Wonderful (reprise) - The Count<br>(Kingsley-Axlerod-Pottle)
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#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)
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#[[Donnie Budd|Country Six (The Snail Song)]] - The Amazing Slim<br /><small>(Hadley-Luckey)</small>
#Numbers in the News - The Count<br><small>Written by Joseph A. Bailey</small>
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#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)
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#[[1-2-3-4-5!]] - Five Bat Night<br /><small>(Scott-Textor)</small>
#[[Beep]] - Two Anything People<br>(Kingsley-Pottle)
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#[[Beep]] - Two Anything People<br /><small>(Kingsley-Pottle)</small>
#[[Donnie Budd|Four Big Lions]] - The Amazing Slim<br>(Hadley-Luckey)
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#[[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)
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#[[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)
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#[[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)
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#[[Subtraction Blues]] - [[David]]<br /><small>(Bailey-Pottle)</small>
#[[Doll House]] - Dolly Pardon<br>(Scott-Textor)
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#[[Doll House]] - Dolly Pardon<br /><small>(Scott-Textor)</small>
#[[The Song of The Count]] - The Count<br>(Kingsley-Moss)
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#[[The Song of the Count]] - The Count<br /><small>(Kingsley-Moss)</small><br /><small>from ''Letters ...and Numbers, Too!''</small>
   
 
==Other releases==
 
==Other releases==
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<gallery>
*C 5069 (Sesame Street cassette)
 
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}1975<br>Sesame Street Records<br>C 5069
*T 5069 (Sesame Street 8-track tape)
 
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Image:CountCounts8track.jpg|{{GNH|8-track}}1975<br>Sesame Street Records<br>T 5069
*GNL-233 (Sight & Sound cassette)
 
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Image:Sesame_street_cassette_-_the_count_counts_233.jpg|{{GNH|Cassette}}[[Sight & Sound]]<br>233
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</gallery>
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==International releases==
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<gallery>
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|LP}}Australia<br>[[Axis Records]]<br>AXIS 6291
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Axis Records<br>TC-AXIS 6291
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|LP}}Australia<br>[[Summit Records]]<br>8017
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Summit Records<br>8017
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</gallery>
   
 
==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==
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*Radio Jingles by [[David Axlerod]] and Sam Pottle
 
*Radio Jingles by [[David Axlerod]] and Sam Pottle
 
*Arrangement For ''The Song of The Count'' by [[Joe Raposo]]
 
*Arrangement For ''The Song of The Count'' by [[Joe Raposo]]
*Director of Recording: James Timmens
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*Director of Recording: [[Jim Timmens|James Timmens]]
 
*Engineering by F. Laico, P. Duria, A. Kendy, R. Payne
 
*Engineering by F. Laico, P. Duria, A. Kendy, R. Payne
 
*Sound Effects by Bobbie Wood
 
*Sound Effects by Bobbie Wood
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*Assistant Musical Director: [[Dave Conner|David Conner]]
 
*Assistant Musical Director: [[Dave Conner|David Conner]]
 
*Art Director: [[Robert Pierce]]
 
*Art Director: [[Robert Pierce]]
*Cover Photograph by Charles Pike Rowan
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*Cover Photograph by [[Charles Rowan|Charles Pike Rowan]]
 
*Assistant Producer for CRA: Geri Van Rees
 
*Assistant Producer for CRA: Geri Van Rees
 
*Associate Producer for CTW: [[Sharon Lerner]]
 
*Associate Producer for CTW: [[Sharon Lerner]]
 
*Project Coordinator: Linda Ortlieb
 
*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.
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*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==
 
==Cast==
*[[Jerry Nelson]] as [[The Count]]
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*[[Jerry Nelson]] as [[Count von Count|The Count]]
 
*[[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]]
 
*[[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]]
 
*[[Jim Henson]] as [[Guy Smiley]]
 
*[[Jim Henson]] as [[Guy Smiley]]
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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Sesame Street Discography]]
 
*[[Sesame Street Discography]]
 
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Albums|Count Counts]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Albums|Count Counts]]
 
[[Category:Broadcasting|Count Counts]]
 
[[Category:Broadcasting|Count Counts]]

Revision as of 19:24, 13 November 2015

CountCountsLP(2)
Songs from Sesame Street
Released 1975
Format LP
Label Sesame Street Records
Cat no. CTW 22069
The counts countdown

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

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

Side Two

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

Other releases

International releases

Production credits

Cast

See also