Sesamstraat (album)

The first record album soundtrack for Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street, was released by Philips in 1976.

The album featured translated songs from Sesame Street. The orchestrations are different from the original songs. The songs are introduced by sketches which are referred to as "background music" tracks on the tracklist (the music plays during the sketches). The sketches are written by Ton Hasebos, the original Sesamstraat head writer/producer.

Tracklist
Side A:
 * Sesamstraat Thema (Sesame Street Theme)
 * Background Music (Ernie is afraid of taking a bath)
 * Troeteleendje (Rubber Duckie)
 * Background Music (Grover helps Tommie build a tractor)
 * Over, Onder, In Het Rond, Door (Over, Under, Around, Through)
 * Background Music (Anything Muppet kids discuss how they're different)
 * Iedereen Lust IJsjes (Everyone Likes Ice Cream)
 * Background Music (Bert, Tommie and a grownup discuss different people in your neighborhood)
 * De Mensen Die Je Tegenkomt (People in your Neighborhood)
 * Background Music (A family discusses what a family is)
 * Thuis Samen Met Z'n Vijven (Five People In My Family)
 * Background Music (Ernie teaches Bert how to see things with his eyes closed)
 * Soms Als Ik Zomaar Wat Zit Na Te Denken (Imagination)
 * Background Music (Pino and Tommie discuss dancing on one leg)

Side B:
 * Ik Dans De Pinguïn (Doin' the Pigeon)
 * Background Music (Grover, Pino and Tommie discuss last names)
 * Omhoog, Omlaag (Up and Down) (performed by Grover and Tommie)
 * Background Music (Bert doesn't understand Ernie and Tommie are playing make believe)
 * Op Reis (Goin' For A Ride) (performed by Bert, Tommie and Ernie)
 * Background Music (Tommie pretends he has a snackbar, but all his customers forget the names of the snacks)
 * Hoe Heet Dat Liedje Ook Weer (What's The Name Of That Song?)
 * Background Music (Tommie and Pino can't come up with the words for a Dutch children's song)
 * Zing een Lied (Sing)
 * Background Music (Ernie and Bert clean up... well, Bert does...)
 * Sesamstraat Thema (Sesame Street Theme)

Cast

 * Dirk Gijspert as Pino
 * Paul Haenen as Bert and Grover
 * Ton Hasebos as grownup
 * Hellen Huisman as various little girls
 * Nike van Lil as grownup
 * Stef van der Linde as Tommie
 * Wim T. Schippers as Ernie and various little boys

Trivia

 * This album is one of a few rare occasions that the American characters interact with the Dutch characters Pino and Tommie, whose voices are still performed by their original puppeteers. Some tracks still show up on recent CD releases, even though the voices are not very recognizable anymore. Ieniemienie has not yet been created at this point. Cookie Monster is strangely absent, probably because his voiceperson was not available.


 * The album was released with two different covers: one with a drawing of the whole Muppet cast (Bert, Ernie, Grover, Cookie Monster, Sherlock Hemlock, Roosevelt Franklin and Betty Lou) in a theater with screenshots from Sesame Street skits, and the cover from Ernie's Hits (LP).


 * The name of the family that sings Five People In My Family has been revealed: on this album, they're named the Rijnwinkel Family.


 * Due to translation problems, "Doin' the Pigeon" has been translated to "Doin' the Penguin".