The Sesame Street Book & Record



The Sesame Street Book & Record was the very first record album of Sesame Street material ever released. It was originally packaged in a gatefold sleeve that contained a full-color poster and a 24-page book featuring illustrations by Brian Cranner, as well as lyrics to all of the songs. It was also released simultaneously in a less expensive edition with a different cover, no book, and no poster. The songs from this album were also released on nine consecutively numbered 45-rpm, 7-inch records. The first six of these were also available in a "Carry About" boxed set, and the final three were also available as a set.

The album peaked at #23 on Billboard's Top LP's chart in 1970, and was certified Gold (sales of 500,000 copies) by the RIAA. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children. It was subsequently reissued many times (without the book or poster), first on Columbia under several different titles and covers, then on other labels (see below for details). It was also later issued as part of the 1977 2-LP set Sesame Street Gold!

Track listing
Side One
 * 1) Sesame Street - The Entire Cast
 * 2) ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird
 * 3) I've Got Two - Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch plus everybody including Mr. Hooper
 * 4) Goin' for a Ride - Anything People
 * 5) What Are Kids Called - Bob and Susan
 * 6) Everybody Wash - Ernie and Bert
 * 7) One of These Things - Bob and Susan
 * 8) Up and Down - Two Monsters (aka Cookie Monster and Herry Monster)
 * 9) Green - Kermit the Frog

Side Two
 * 1) Somebody Come and Play - The Kids
 * 2) I Love Trash - Oscar the Grouch
 * 3) A Face - Bob
 * 4) J-Jump - The Kids
 * 5) People in Your Neighborhood - Bob and The Anything People
 * 6) Rub Your Tummy - Gordon
 * 7) Number 5 - The Kids
 * 8) Five People In My Family - Anything People
 * 9) Nearly Missed - Susan
 * 10) Rubber Duckie - Ernie

Edits
On all releases that don't contain the book, the song "One of These Things" was edited to remove the following material after Susan says "Ernie's Rubber Duckie!":


 * A woman's voice: "Here are some more sounds. Listen."


 * (sounds of three bells ringing one at a time, followed by a trumpet playing)


 * (sounds of three dogs barking one at a time, followed by a cat meowing)

Then the closing music plays on all versions.

Cast

 * Matt Robinson as Gordon
 * Loretta Long as Susan
 * Bob McGrath as Bob
 * Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
 * Jim Henson as Ernie and Kermit
 * Frank Oz as Cookie Monster and Bert
 * Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
 * and the voices of the kids: Lois Winter, Ana Isa Otis, Clyde Otis Jr., Althea Jackson, Todd Graff, Tom Spiro, Andrea Giglio, Christine Winter

Production credits

 * Album Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard
 * Written by Jeffrey Moss
 * Words and Music Mostly by Jeffrey Moss and Joe Raposo
 * Project Director: Arthur Shimkin