Mikey's Muppet Memorabilia Museum: Sesame Street Records 1970

Last updated: July 15, 2024

These are just a few of the many Sesame Street records that were produced in the 70's and 80's.

When Sesame Street began in November 1969 nobody knew for certain just how successful the show would become. Of course Sesame Street was a huge hit on television, so much so that the program and it's Muppet characters spawned a merchandizing bonanza of toys, housewares, books and clothing which continues to this day, more than 50 years later. Although toys and other Sesame merchandise were very popular, during the 1970's the most critical aspect to the shows marketing was a very extensive offering of Sesame Street record albums. There was major demand for Sesame records and they took the children's music industry by storm, becoming a juggernaut for sales. As such, many record manufacturing companies wanted in on the action including Columbia, RCA, Disney, K-TEL, CBC, CBS, and Warner.

So how many records were there? Let me put it to you this way: I've been collecting these Sesame records since my childhood and have yet to find them all!

Below is a list of around 100 Sesame Street records that I'm aware of (there's likely to be a few missing from this lists), of which I have 51, so about half of the collection. Titles on the list that are highlighted are the images shown from my collection. Click on any of the pictures to see a larger version. Titles that are not highlighted are the records that I'm missing. If you know of any other Sesame records that are not on this list (the text list, not the photos), please leave a comment or e-mail me so that I can add it here. I've organized this list by date, with the CTW 's (Children's Television Workshop's) own series of records noted first for each year followed by any additional records released by other companies.

Lastly, I have not included the smaller 45 RPM records as they will require their own blog page, which is a project for another day!

Here's how I presented the info on this page:

Part 1: Sesame Street Records that were released by various companies and were not part of the CTW record series

Part 2: Sesame Street Records released by CTW

Part 3: Sesame Street LP Packages released by CTW

Part 1: Sesame Street Records that were released by various companies and were not part of the CTW record series

Some of these records were later re-released by CTW, but these were the original releases.

1970

I cannot think of any Sesame toys that were available in 1970, as the toy puppets did not come along until 1971, and the plush toys came after that, so it's very possible hat this record was the first Sesame Street item to be marketed. Though it's likely that there were also some books published in 1970 too. It's mind boggling to think that there was a time when no Sesame toys existed considering the volume of merchandise that has been made. This first record from 1970 was only the beginning of a multi-million-dollar marketing license that has continued to be relevant through to present day, showing no signs of slowing down!

Columbia Records

CR 21530 Sesame Street: Original Cast Record [Columbia Records, copyright 1970 noted on front lower right side of album cover]

The cover for the very first Sesame Street record album, "Sesame Street: Original Cast Record" above, shows the infamous orange version of Oscar the Grouch used in the pilot episode. Four versions of this album were released. The first was the one shown above (CR 21530) which has a standard cover (it does not fold open), the second one is shown below (CS 1069) titled "Sesame Street Book and Record: Original Cast" which has a fold open cover with book pages attached inside. Some of the photos on the above cover were included on pages of the book. The third version of this record was reissued under the CTW label (CTW 22064) titled "Sesame Street 1: Original Cast". The album cover for this release features a wide shot of the Sesame Street set with the cast in the background (including Mr. Snuffleupagus before he had been revealed as being real to the human cast). The CTW version of the record was later reissued with a new cover that kept the same numbering, making for two distinct cover variations, both of which are shown below in numerical order. This new cover is pink with a cut out group image with Gordon, Susan, Bob, Mr. Hooper and Big Bird. The songs on all four records are the exact same however the labels used on the actual records were different...

Here is the label for record CR 21530 from 1970, which came with the album cover shown above.

Here is the label for record CS 1069 (book and record set) from 1970, which came with the fold open album cover shown directly below. It came with a large booklet inside attached to the album.

Here is another version of the record label for CS 1069 (book and records set) from 1970, which came with the same album cover shown directly below.

This is the label for the third release of the record in 1974 (CTW 22064), which came with the album cover shown further down on this page in numerical order.

One of the things that I find interesting about these first few records is that it's clear CTW wasn't quite sure how to market the program, and didn't yet realize the power of the Muppet characters. The focus is on the people, the puppets are simply additional content on the side, in the background or used as decoration. Compare these covers with the following year's record, the 1971 Muppet Alphabet Album (shown a little further below), and you can see the huge difference it made to put the colourful Muppets front and center!

Also to be noted is the early version of the Sesame street sign logo shown on the covers of these first records, which doesn't have "CTW" on it yet, as the branding for Sesame Street merchandise had yet to become standardized.

Front cover of CS 1069 showing an earlier version of Big Bird

(this Big Bird had a smaller head as there were fewer feathers).

Inside of the folding cover with book pages and an illustration of the orange Oscar puppet. Ernie and Bert appear to be cuddling! So cute! :) The "Beautiful Day Monster" shown above the street sign was featured as one of the Sesame Street monsters but would later move to The Muppet Show with Kermit the Frog. In my experience when these albums turn up the book pages are usually torn out and missing, so it can be tricky to find these book albums undamaged with all their pages.

One of the book pages shows a rather chaotic "behind the scenes" type of photo of the original cast: Bob McGrath as Bob, Will Lee as Mr. Hooper, Loretta Long as Susan and Matt Robinson as Gordon. Robinson was also one of the producers and the puppeteer for Roosevelt Franklin. All four are dressed the same as seen in the Album cover photo, suggesting that the two pictures may have been taken on the same day. It's very odd that this photo would have been used. The Ernie puppet is just sitting on the ledge and Kermit is on a puppet stand. This was before Ernie was given his classic blue and red striped shirt. The other puppets look like they are being held up by puppeteers but it seems they are unaware the photo is being taken. You can also see a sand bag behind the wall and a blue wooden riser in the background.

Here's the page for Kermit's famous song, Being Green, which is listed here as Green. Even though he appeared on Sesame Street in the 1970's and 80's, Kermit was very rarely marketed as one of the Sesame characters which makes this record unique. Also shown with Kermit is the first version of the Grover puppet which was more shaggy and monster-like, with darker blue fur that had grey highlights.

Disneyland Records
1334 Rubber Duckie and other Songs from Sesame Street [copyright date 1970 noted on front lower right side of the album cover]

It's interesting that none of the Muppet characters are shown on this album cover, as this might mean that Jim Henson's company may not have profited from sales of this record, rather only the CTW studio would have, though I'm only guessing. In any case, it was very shrewd of Disneyland Records to get in on the market for Sesame Street records at this early stage before the producers of Sesame Street were organized enough to produce their own line of Sesame records. Also, in 1970 there were no Sesame toys available yet, so a record had to do if you wanted to bring Sesame Street home with you! The back cover is below.

1971

Unknown Company
The Year of Roosevelt Franklin

I don't have this record so I can't check which company released it. As such I've listed the company as unknown. It may have been produced by Columbia records as it was listed as such on the back of one of my Sesame records, but I'm not certain if the original 1971 record was by the same company. The record was later reissued in 1974 as part of the CTW Sesame record series under the title "My Name is Roosevelt Franklin", shown further below.

Columbia

CC 25503 The Muppet Alphabet Album starring Jim Henson's Muppets from Sesame Street [Columbia Records, copyright date 1971 is noted on record label and the back of the album cover]
The back cover has a letter written by Jim Henson about the creation of the record. It's also interesting to note that the Sesame street sign logo is nowhere to be seen, which suggests that this record was a project of the Henson company rather than CTW. Jim Henson shrewdly retained ownership of the Muppet characters, so this record is likely one of the earliest results of that business move.

The front cover for this record shows a nice illustration of the main cast of Sesame Muppets that had been created to this point. The Count, for example, would not join the gang until the following year in 1972. Notice that Oscar is now green, however Herry Monster's nose is still blue instead of purple. Ernie now has his blue and red striped shirt rather than the orange, red, yellow and purple stripes seen above. Prairie Dawn makes a rare appearance on the cover of a record and is the only female character shown.

Inside folding cover. The album originally came with chalk and 26 die-cut letters, as well as a "make a letter bender" which looks like it was simply a craft store pipe cleaner.

Warner Bros. Records
BS 2569 The Official Sesame Street 2 Book and Record Album [Warner Bros. Records, copyright 1971 listed on the front lower left corner of album cover]

Unfortunately I'm missing the actual record from this album cover. The front cover shows an early version of the street sign logo. The "CTW" is depicted at the top center of the sign likely for the first time on a record cover! Matt Robinson is still Gordon. Guy Smiley makes a rare appearance on the cover of a Sesame record (possibly his only appearance!). This is may also be the only time both Prairie Dawn and Betty Lou are seen together on the cover of a Sesame record.

Back Cover

1972

Disneyland Records
1343 Songs From Sesame Street 2 [Disneyland Records, copyright 1972 noted on front lower right of album cover]

This was the follow up to the 1970 Disneyland Sesame Street record which is advertised on the back cover, shown below, bottom center.

Unknown date, likely early to mid 1970's

Scepter Records
Susan sings songs from Sesame Street [likely from early 1970's, according to a fan who left a comment on the discussion page this album was also produced by Summit Records in Australia]

Pickwick International Inc.

SDLP-319 Sesame St. Square Song [likely from 1970's]

SPC-3241 Sesame Street & Other Children's Pop Hits (This title is from the spine of the record cover, the title on the actual record label is listed as "Songs From: Sesame Street, The Archie's, Pufnstuf, and Bozo".) [unknown date, likely from early to mid 1970's]

This record was made in Canada by Keel Record MFG of Canada Ltd. in Ajax, Ontario with the cover printed in USA and presents a collection of songs from different TV shows as sung by "The Pickwick Children's Chorus and Musical Friends". There is no date noted on the cover or record, so it's unknown when it was made. My estimation is that it's from the very early to mid 1970's as the album includes songs from shows that were popular in the late 1960's which had faded out of the mainstream by the late 70's such as The Archie's, Pufnstuf and Bozo. As Sesame Street premiered on TV in Nov 1969 the album could not have been made before this, so it is likely from the early to mid 70's.

RCA / Camden
CAS-1127 Sesame Street, Rubber Duckie and other Songs from Sesame Street: The Richard Wolf Children's Chorus [unknown date, likely from 1970's]

This record was made in Canada and does not have a copyright date listed anywhere on the cover or the record label. It looks like a bootleg album as there is no copyright information for the producers of Sesame Street or the composers of the original songs. It simply states "Public performance clearance - ASCAP" which seems rather sketchy and makes me wonder if somebody owes somebody some royalties!?!

1975

K-Tel
KF 142 Sesame Street: 25 Greatest Hits [copyright 1975 noted on back of album cover]

You can't get more Canadian in the 70's than K-Tel records! K-Tel records were usually advertised on TV to be mail ordered or ordered over the phone but sometimes a popular K-Tel record would later be sold in stores. This one says "As advertised on television" which suggests that it was being sold in stores. Below is the back cover.

This is possibly the first and only Sesame record that shows Chris (from Chris and the Alphabeats) on the cover of a record! It also shows a older photo of Herry with a blue nose even though in 1973 the character had already been revised to have a purple nose, as seen on the back cover! The photos of the Count and Oscar were previously used on the covers of each of their CTW record albums.

1978

Attic Records Limited

This album was later released as an "LP Package" in 1982 as part of the CTW series of records, numbered CTW 25520.

1979

Peter Pan Records

1106 Animal House Sings and Plays The Muppet Show Theme and other Hit Songs from the Muppet Movie & Sesame Street Show! [Titled on the label of the record as "Animal House Sings & Plays Hits From The Muppet Movie & Sesame Street", copyright 1979 noted on the record label]

Front cover

Back Cover

1980

Columbia

5P 7202 Sesame Street Treasury

This is a five record set in a box style sleeve. The front of the box is red with a photo of the Sesame gang around a microphone. Songs were previously released on "The Muppet Alphabet Album" (26 songs), "Numbers!" (9 songs), "The Sesame Street Book and Record" (5 songs), "What Time is it on Sesame Street?" (4 songs), "Let Your Feelings Show" (4 songs), "Havin' Fun With Ernie and Bert" (3 songs), Every Body's Record" (2 songs), "Ernie and Bert's Sign-Along" (2 songs), and one song from each of the following albums: "Big Bird Leads the Band", "Sesame Disco", "Signs!", "Official Sesame Street 2 Book and Record Album", "Sesame Street Story Time", and "The Count Counts". All of the tracks from "The Muppet Alphabet Album" were included except for one, "J Friends". The same was done with the "Numbers!" album except for the song "Ten Cookies".

1981

Kids Records / CBC
KRL 1001 Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch: Camping in Canada [copyright 1981 noted on back cover and on record label]

This record was a co-production between CTW and Canada's national broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). A message on the back of the record states that in November 1970, one year after the debut of Sesame Street, the CBC's English language station was "the first network beyond the United States to broadcast Sesame Street". The back cover also shows some post cards written by Big Bird.

1984 - 85

Kids Records

(album code number unknown) Bob McGrath, Vol 1 (actual title unknown)

This is not an actual Sesame Street record, it is a solo effort by Bob McGrath who performed Bob on Sesame Street. The record was produced and made in Toronto, Canada. Kids Records is the same company that produced the Camping in Canada record in 1981 (shown above). At least two of the same musicians from the Camping in Canada record played on this one. Note that this is volume 2, so there is another "Bob" record out there as well. I don't have any info about it though.

1985

CBLI-5475 Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (RCA, copyright 1985 noted on back cover and on the record label)

This is the soundtrack for the first Sesame Street movie that played in cinemas. It was an excellent film and the soundtrack is just as much fun. I used to play this record a lot. In addition to the Sesame Muppets it has songs by Waylon Jennings, Ronnie Milsap and Alabama. The plot of the film makes use of all the Sesame characters who drive actual cars, which I always thought was a really cool idea. I especially like the Count's Countmobile! The cars were also featured on several episodes of the TV series throughout the 80's. This movie was shot in Toronto, Canada and is one of my favourite Muppet films.

Noteworthy: Telly Monster makes a rare appearance on the cover of a Sesame record, seen in the car with Oscar. To my knowledge this is also the first appearance of Super Grover on a Sesame record cover!

Also noteworthy: "Ruthie", the little girl who gets to sing "Easy goin' day" with Big Bird during a scene in the film and on the album, went on to perform as Loonette from the hit 1990's kid's TV series "The Big Comfy Couch". Her name (in real life) is Alyson Court!

The album cover opens up to show this game board. A larger card was included that had all the game pieces on it. I was still a kid at the time so I cut it up to play the game! I still have most of the pieces in an envelope somewhere though.

Part 2: Sesame Street Records released by CTW

In 1974 the Children's Television Workshop released a whopping 20 Sesame Street records, and it was only the beginning of what was to come! Following up on the success of the original cast album, the CTW company focused on producing additional Sesame records which all proved to be extremely popular.

At some point during this time Hal Miller takes over as the character of Gordon on the show and is featured on the album covers in place of Matt Robinson, however Matt still did the voice of Roosevelt Franklin on the records! The purple Muppet boy, with all his cool and confidence, was still a main character and had been heavily marketed as part of Sesame toy lines and books. I've always liked Roosevelt, he's one of my top favourite Muppets.

A full list of all of the CTW records is provided below followed with the album covers images of the records that I have in my collection. The titles that are not highlighted are the records that I'm still missing.

1974

CTW 22051 Bert's Block Busters
CTW 22052 The Electric Company
CTW 22053 Bob and Susan Sing Songs from Sesame Street
CTW 22054 Tu Me Gustas (I Like You)
CTW 22055 Letters and Numbers
CTW 22056 Ernie's Hits
CTW 22057 Sing the Hit Songs from Sesame Street
CTW 22058 "C" is for Cookie
CTW 22059 Big Bird Sings!
CTW 22060 Somebody Come and Play (CTW 22060 is listed as "Play-Along Songs" on the back of 22076, 22088 and 22103)

CTW 22061 Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella
CTW 22062 Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street
CTW 22063 Sesame Street Story Time
CTW 22064 Sesame Street 1 - Original Cast
CTW 22065 Sesame Street Zoo
CTW 22066 Grover Sings the Blues
CTW 22067 My Name is Roosevelt Franklin (Listed as "Roosevelt Franklin" on the back of 22088. This record is a reissue of the 1971 record noted above.)

CTW 22068 Bert & Ernie Sing Along
CTW 22069 The Count Counts
CTW 22071 The Sesame Street Monsters!

Note: There are two different covers for CTW 22066 Grover Sings the Blues, one of them has a white background with a large street sign logo, and the other has a purple background with a very small street sign logo. They layout of the title on each one is quite different. I don't yet have either version in my collection.

The Electric Company was a separate children's TV series produced by CTW, the same company that made Sesame Street. So naturally they included a record in their Sesame Street series to promote their other TV show. That's Morgan Freeman in the top row as Easy Reader!

This is one of the few covers that Snuffleupagus appears on.

Hal Miller is shown in the role of Gordon.

The above record was later reissued with a different cover, shown below.

Both covers are numbered the same: CTW 220064.

I especially like this album because Frazzle is on the cover! Frazzle is awesome! He's the orange one.

I've noticed a very distinct colour variation for this album cover. The cover shown on top has more of a reddish tint than the other one. Even the black background has a reddish tint to it.

1976

These records are based on two Muppet specials that Jim Henson recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970's in Toronto, Canada. As such they have nothing to do with Sesame Street other than Kermit! None the less, these records were released by CTW as part of the Sesame record series and are listed on the back of Sesame record covers from 1977 and onward.

CTW22072 The Frog Prince (CRA)
CTW22073 The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (CRA)

1977

CTW 22074 Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast
CTW 22075 Concert On Stage - Live!
CTW 22076 Let Your Feelings Show!
CTW 22077 Signs!

CTW 22078 Happy Birthday from Sesame Street
CTW 22079 Numbers!
CTW 22080 Big Bird Leads the Band
CTW 22081 The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album
CTW 22082 Sleepytime Bird
CTW 22083 Aren't You Glad You're You?

CTW 22084 Bob Sings!

CTW 22550 Sesame Mucho! (Originally released by CRA as LP Package CTW25507)

Unfortunately I'm missing the actual record for this one! Little Jerry and the Monotones along with Biff the construction worker make their debut on the cover of a Sesame record! Biff is later featured on a record again in 1979 (shown further below) called "The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street".

The conductor in this photo is none other than Carroll Spinney himself, puppeteer for Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. (Unfortunately some blue paint got spilled on this one near the top.)

There are two versions of this album cover. The other one has a mostly black background around the Sesame characters and the castle scenery. The layout is also slightly different as more of Oscar's trash can and the wooden boxes are visible along the bottom edge of the above version, while the Sesame gang is closer to the right edge (some of the image is cropped). The castle is also closer to the left of the image on the above album.

1978

CTW 22086 Sesame Street Story Time
CTW 22087 On the Street Where We Live
CTW 22088 Fair is Fair
CTW 22089 At Home With Ernie and Bert
CTW 22090 Every Body's Record
CTW 22091 Welcome!

1980

CTW 22092 The People in Your Neighborhood
CTW 22093 Big Bird's Birdtime Stories
CTW 22094 The Things I Love (Listed as "Love" on CTW 22103 and CTW 22111)

1982

CTW 22095 Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra
CTW 22096 Grin & Giggle with Big Bird
CTW 22097 For the First Time
CTW 22098 Sesame Street Sing-Along

The Honkers make their debut on the cover of a Sesame Street record!

1983

CTW 22101 Surprise!

CTW 22102 The Gang's All Here

CTW 22103 My Record

CTW 22104 Born to Add

CTW 22105 The Best of Cookie Monster

CTW 22106 The Best of Ernie

CTW 22107 The Best of Bert

CTW 22108 The Best of Big Bird

CTW 22109 The Best of Grover

CTW 22110 The Best of The Count

CTW 22111 The Best of Oscar the Grouch

Unfortunately, I'm missing the actual record for this one. All seven of the "Best of" albums followed the same cover design, with a white border and a photo of the featured character under a similar title text font.

Part 3: Sesame Street LP Packages released by CTW

An "LP Package" is just a fancy way of saying that the record album cover folds open rather than being a standard album cover. Some of the earlier LP Packages included book pages or other activities, as shown above, while others have game boards. Some records are listed as a "Carry About" but I do not know what that is.

Copyright dates are listed on the back covers for all of the records produced in 1975 and onward. Although the LP Packages that do not have a CTW catalogue number were released by different companies, Children's Television Workshop included them in the list of available records featured on the back of their albums so I have done the same and included them here.

1970 [shown above in Part 1]

CS 1069 Sesame Street 1 - Original Cast (CBS)

1971 [shown above in Part 1]

BS 2569 Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast (WB)

BS 2636 The Electric Company - Original Cast (WB)
KS 32343 Sesame Street Live! (CBS)
C 30387 The Year of Roosevelt Franklin (CRA)
CC 25503 The Muppet Alphabet Album (CRA)

CC 25504 The Muppet Alphabet Album Carry About (CRA)

1975 - 1976

CC 25505 Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert Carry About (CRA)
CC 25506 Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert (CRA) [copyright 1976 noted on back of album cover]

CC 25509 Sesame Street Carry About (CRA)

CTW 25507 Sesame Mucho! (English-Spanish) (CRA) (Also released as "CTW 22550")

CTW 25517 What Time is it on Sesame Street

CTW 25518 David - Daydreamin' on a Rainy Day

CTW 25519 I've Got a Song - Dinah Visits Sesame Street (Also listed as LP Package CTW 79009 "Dinah! I've Got a Song")
CTW 25520 Sing, Sang Song Singalong (This record was previously released by Attic Records Limited in 1978, numbered LAT 1048, shown above)

This record has a folding cover with what looks to be a game board inside. There are two versions of the album cover for this record. One version opens into three sections, which I assume is the original version. Another variation opens to just two sections. I've shown both below. The label on the record itself has a small illustration of Ernie on side 1 and Bert on side 2. The back cover of both cover variations is the same.

This is the inside of the three section album cover.

This is what is on the back of the third section when it is closed.

This is the inside of the second version of the album which only has the game board. The pages with the Sesame character illustrations were not included.

This is the back cover for both versions of the album.

This record has a 1975 copyright date on the back cover and on the record label, yet the catalogue number, CTW 25516, comes after Havin' Fun With Ernie and Bert, which is from 1976. I'm not sure why they were not catalogued in order by date or if this means that the Christmas album was actually released first?

This record has a folding cover. The inside is shown above. Gordon is now being played by a bearded Roscoe Orman seen at the top left side.

1977

CTW 79001 Gold!: The Best of Sesame Street Limited Edition two record set (There is also a listing for "CTW 89006 Sesame Street Gold" which I don't yet have, but may be the same record.)

CTW 79002 Sesame Street Silver - 10th Anniversary Album

This record has a fold open cover, the inside is shown below. The large gold record on the cover along with the "Gold!" title and the trim around the Sesame street sign logo were made with a shiny, reflective gold surface. Betty Lou finally gets some attention with the main cast!

1978

CTW 79005 Sesame Street Fever
SFT 79005 Special Disco Remix of the Original Sesame Street Fever (This one has a standard record cover, I'm just listing it here so that it is next to the "Sesame Street Fever" record which it is based on.)

CTW 79006 Anne Murray Sings

This Sesame Street record was a huge success and it's popularity lasted several years from the late 70's through to the early 1980's. The cool thing about this record is that it is actually from the disco era of music, so it is a genuine disco album for children! The cover is a parody mimicking the cover for the 1977 soundtrack of the film "Saturday Night Fever" which starred John Travolta. The soundtrack included the Bee Gee's hit song "Stayin' Alive" which was a huge hit that year and was still extremely popular the following year in 1978 when this Sesame record was released. The cover folds open to show Grover, as Travolta, doing some additional disco dance moves, seen below.

The back cover says "Robin Gibb appears courtesy of RSO Records" but it doesn't say specifically what role Mr. Gibb had on this record. Robin Gibb was one of the Bee Gees who created the album that this one is a parody of.

This next record is an oddball as it's not listed on the back of any of the Sesame records, so I had no idea that it even existed until I found it at a second hand record store. It also has a weird number, SFT 79005, which doesn't fit with the CTW numbers but reuses the one for the original Sesame Street Fever album. However the weirdest thing of all is that the Sesame Muppets aren't shown on the front or back covers. The back cover is below. The same six songs as the Sesame Street Fever record are included. I have yet to listen to the record but I assume the tracks are mixed differently. Trez bizarre!

1979

CTW 79007 The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street
CTW 79008 Sesame Disco!

CTW 79009 Dinah! I've Got a Song (Also listed as LP Package CTW 25519 "I've Got a Song - Dinah Visits Sesame Street")

This is an impressive record with stars such as Ray Charles and Johnny Cash!

The cover folds open, shown below.

Riding the wave of success from the Sesame Street Fever album comes this third disco themed record, appropriately titled Sesame Disco! One of my favourite Sesame songs is on this album... Disco Frog! The four Sesame Muppets who were featured on the cover of Sesame Street Fever are wearing the same disco outfits and the record album design is done in a similar style as the "Fever" album. Once again, the cover folds open, as shown below.

1981

CTW 79014 Getting Ready For School (This record has a standard cover that does not open)

CTW 79015 Hans Christian Andersen

CTW 79016 Exercise!

CTW 89001 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
CTW 89002 The Anniversary Album
CTW 89003 Sesame Country
CTW 89004 Bert and Ernie Side by Side (This record has a standard cover that does not open)
CTW 89005 The Count Presents Numbers

CTW 89006 Sesame Street Gold! (Listed on CTW 22111, this may be the same record as CTW 79001)
CTW 89007 Just the Two of Us
CTW 89008 Just Friends

This cover folds open, shown below. It's quite remarkable how boring the inside of this album is considering the amount of work that went into some of the previous Sesame records. I would have thought that by the early 1980's there would be an archive of western themed Sesame photos that they could have reused just for the sake of decorating this record. The other odd thing about this record album design is that it doesn't promote at all that there are actual Country singers on the record. In fact Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn and Tanya Tucker each have a song on the record.

Here is the back cover for the Side by Side record shown above.

There are two interesting things to see here...

...The first is that there is a pretty bad typo. Fran Brill's name was listed as "Frank". That's a big oops!!!

...The second thing is a silver reflective sticker with blue printing that says:

"Manufactured and Distributed in Canada by

Quality

Records Limited,

Jacket Printed in USA,

380 Birchmount Road Toronto, ONT."

Considering the typo it's a good thing the company specified that they didn't print the album cover! LOL :) None the less, this sticker preserves a cool piece of the manufacturing history for these Sesame records. Of course, I had to Google the address to see what business is in operation there now. It comes up as "Apple Self Storage".

This is where any info that I have about Sesame Street records ends. There very well may have been more Sesame records made in 1985 and onward, as CD's weren't introduced until the early 1990's, however the Follow that Bird album is the most recent record album that I own or am aware of. If this was in fact the last Sesame Street record made I find this to be a nice, fitting way to end such an epic body of work. What an amazing record collection!!! Thank you Sesame Street!

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Here is the complete list of all the records!

I've highlighted the record titles on the following list which were shown above. The titles on the list that are not highlighted are still missing from my collection.

Sesame Street Records by various companies

1970 Release

Disneyland Records

1334 Rubber Duckie and other Songs from Sesame Street [copyright date 1970 noted on front lower right side of the album cover]

1971 Releases

Unknown Company
The Year of Roosevelt Franklin [I don't have this record so I can't check which company released it. As such I've listed the company as unknown. It may have been produced by Columbia records.]

1972 Releases

Disneyland Records
1343 Songs From Sesame Street 2 [Disneyland Records, copyright 1972 noted on front lower right of album cover]

Unknown date, likely early to mid 1970's

Unknown company
Susan sings songs from Sesame Street

Pickwick International Inc.

SPC-3241 Sesame Street & Other Children's Pop Hits (This title is from the spine of the record cover, the title on the actual record label is listed as "Songs From: Sesame Street, The Archies, Pufnstuf, and Bozo".) [unknown date, likely from early to mid 1970's]

RCA / Camden
CAS-1127 Sesame Street, Rubber Duckie and other Songs from Sesame Street: The Richard Wolf Children's Chorus [unknown date, likely from 1970's]

1975 Release

K-Tel
KF 142 Sesame Street: 25 Greatest Hits [copyright 1975 noted on back of album cover]

1978 Release

Attic Records Limited

This album was later released as an "LP Package" in 1982 as part of the CTW series of records, numbered CTW 25520.

1979 Release

Peter Pan Records

1981 Release

Kids Records / CBC
KRL 1001 Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch: Camping in Canada [copyright 1981 noted on back cover and on record label]

1984 - 85 Release

Kids Records

(album code number unknown) Bob McGrath, Vol 1 (actual title unknown)

1985 Release

CTW Sesame Records

These have standard album covers that do not open. All have a copyright date noted on the back covers.

1974 Releases
CTW 22051 Bert's Block Busters
CTW 22052 The Electric Company
CTW 22053 Bob and Susan Sing Songs from Sesame Street
CTW 22054 Tu Me Gustas (I Like You)
CTW 22055 Letters and Numbers
CTW 22056 Ernie's Hits
CTW 22057 Sing the Hit Songs from Sesame Street
CTW 22058 "C" is for Cookie
CTW 22059 Big Bird Sings!
CTW 22060 Somebody Come and Play (CTW 22060 is listed as "Play-Along Songs" on the back of 22076, 22088 and 22103)

CTW 22068 Bert & Ernie Sing Along
CTW 22069 The Count Counts
CTW 22071 The Sesame Street Monsters!

1976 Releases

CTW22072 The Frog Prince (CRA)
CTW22073 The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (CRA)

1977 Releases

CTW 22074 Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast
CTW 22075 Concert On Stage - Live!
CTW 22076 Let Your Feelings Show!
CTW 22077 Signs!

CTW 22084 Bob Sings!

CTW 22550 Sesame Mucho! (Originally released by CRA as LP Package CTW25507)

1978 Releases

CTW 22086 Sesame Street Story Time
CTW 22087 On the Street Where We Live
CTW 22088 Fair is Fair (copyright 1978)
CTW 22089 At Home With Ernie and Bert
CTW 22090 Every Body's Record
CTW 22091 Welcome!

1980 Releases
CTW 22092 The People in Your Neighborhood
CTW 22093 Big Bird's Birdtime Stories
CTW 22094 The Things I Love (Listed as "Love" on CTW 22103 and CTW 22111)

1982 Releases
CTW 22095 Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra
CTW 22096 Grin & Giggle with Big Bird
CTW 22097 For the First Time
CTW 22098 Sesame Street Sing-Along

1983 Releases

CTW 22101 Surprise!

CTW 22102 The Gang's All Here

CTW 22103 My Record

CTW 22104 Born to Add

CTW 22105 The Best of Cookie Monster

CTW 22106 The Best of Ernie

CTW 22107 The Best of Bert

CTW 22108 The Best of Big Bird

CTW 22109 The Best of Grover

CTW 22110 The Best of The Count

CTW 22111 The Best of Oscar the Grouch

CTW LP Packages

These have fold open album covers. I do not know what a "Carry About" record is. Copyright dates are listed on the back covers for all of the records produced in 1975 and onward. Although the LP Packages that do not have a CTW catalogue number were released by different companies, Children's Television Workshop included them in the list of available records featured on the back of the albums.

1970 Release

1971 Releases
BS 2569 Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast (WB) [copyright 1971, shown above]

BS 2636 The Electric Company - Original Cast (WB)
KS 32343 Sesame Street Live! (CBS)
C 30387 The Year of Roosevelt Franklin (CRA) [copyright 1971]
CC 25503 The Muppet Alphabet Album (CRA) [copyright 1971, shown above]

CC 25504 The Muppet Alphabet Album Carry About (CRA)

1975 - 1976 Releases
CC 25505 Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert Carry About (CRA)
CC 25506 Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert (CRA) [copyright 1976 noted on back of album cover]

CC 25509 Sesame Street Carry About (CRA)

CTW 25507 Sesame Mucho! (English-Spanish) (CRA) (Also released as "CTW 22550")

CTW 25516 Merry Christmas from Sesame Street (CRA) [copyright noted as 1975 on back of album cover and on record label]

CTW 25517 What Time is it on Sesame Street

CTW 25518 David - Daydreamin' on a Rainy Day

1977 Releases

CTW 79001 Gold!: The Best of Sesame Street Limited Edition two record set (There is also a listing for "CTW 89006 Sesame Street Gold" which I don't yet have, but may be the same record.)

CTW 79002 Sesame Street Silver - 10th Anniversary Album

1978 Releases

CTW 79006 Anne Murray Sings

1979 Releases
CTW 79007 The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street
CTW 79008 Sesame Disco!

CTW 79009 Dinah! I've Got a Song (Also listed as LP Package CTW 25519 "I've Got a Song - Dinah Visits Sesame Street")

1981 Releases

CTW 79014 Getting Ready For School (This record has a standard cover that does not open)

CTW 79015 Hans Christian Andersen

CTW 79016 Exercise!

CTW 89001 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
CTW 89002 The Anniversary Album
CTW 89003 Sesame Country
CTW 89004 Bert and Ernie Side by Side
CTW 89005 The Count Presents Numbers

CTW 89006 Sesame Street Gold! (Listed on CTW 22111, this may be the same record as CTW 79001)
CTW 89007 Just the Two of Us
CTW 89008 Just Friends

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