Changes: Bert's Blockbusters

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Songs from	Sesame Street
Released	1974
Format	LP
Label	Sesame Street Records
Cat no.	CTW 22051

Bert's Blockbusters is one in a series of character-centered Sesame Street albums released in 1974. Although some of the material comes from the earlier Columbia and Warner Brothers albums, some tracks appear here for the first time, including three classic Ernie and Bert sketches. This album was later released as part of the 2-LP set, Bert and Ernie: Side by Side.

Track listing

Side One

La, La, La - Bert and Ernie
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
from The Muppet Alphabet Album
The National Association of "W" Lovers - Bert
(Raposo-Juhl)
from The Muppet Alphabet Album
Doin' the Pigeon - Bert
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
The R Machine - Bert and Ernie
Written by Jim Henson
from The Muppet Alphabet Album
Stop - Bert
(Raposo-Moss)
Bert's Nap - Bert and Ernie
Loud and Soft - Bert and Farley
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo

Side Two

Clink, Clank - Bert and Ernie
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
from Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert
Pat Pat Patty Pat - Bert, Herbert Birdsfoot, Big Bird, Oscar, Prairie Dawn, Grover, and Ernie
(Raposo-Juhl)
from Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert
High, Middle, Low - Bert, Ernie, and Herbert Birdsfoot
Music by Jeff Moss, Lyrics by Emily Kaplin
from The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album
I Want to Hold Your Ear - Bert
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
The Bath Story - Bert and Ernie
Bert is Sick - Bert and Ernie

Trivia

The Bath Story is an excerpt from the first Ernie and Bert sketch that was broadcast, from Episode 0001.

Other releases

International releases

Cast

Jim Henson as Ernie
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Frank Oz as Grover and Bert
Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot and Farley
Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn

Production Credits

Album Produced by

Joe Raposo

Project Supervisor

Arthur Shimkin

Words and Music Mostly by

Jeffrey Moss and Joe Raposo

Additional material written by the Sesame Street writers:

Jeffrey Moss, Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey, Jerry Juhl, Emily Perl Kingsley, Nina Link, Robert Oksner, Ray Sipherd, Norman Stiles and Daniel Wilcox

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+{{album|image=Bertsblockbusters.jpg|soundtrack=''[[Sesame Street]]''|date=[[1974]]|format=LP|label=[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]|catalogue=CTW 22051}}
-[[Image:Bertsblockbusters.jpg|300px|thumb|''Bert's Blockbusters'' album cover.]]
+'''''Bert's Blockbusters''''' is one in a series of character-centered ''[[Sesame Street]]'' albums released in [[1974]].  Although some of the material comes from the earlier [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] and [[Warner Brothers Records|Warner Brothers]] albums, some tracks appear here for the first time, including three classic [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] sketches.  This album was later released as part of the 2-LP set, ''[[Bert and Ernie: Side by Side]]''.
-{{album|soundtrack=''[[Sesame Street]]''|date=[[1974]]|format=LP|label=Sesame Street Records|catalogue=CTW 22051}}
-[[Image:Bertsblockbusters8track.jpg|300px|thumb|Also available on 8-track!]]
-'''Bert's Blockbusters''' is one in a series of character-centered ''[[Sesame Street]]'' albums released in [[1974]].
 ==Track listing==
-<nowiki>@ - Previously unreleased</nowiki><br>
-<nowiki>+ - TV soundtrack</nowiki>
 '''Side One'''
-#[[La, La, La]] + - [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]]<br>(Raposo)
+#[[La, La, La]] - [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]]<br><small>Music and Lyrics by [[Joe Raposo]] </small><br><small>from ''[[The Muppet Alphabet Album]]''</small>
-#[[The National Association of "W" Lovers]] + - Bert<br>(Raposo-Juhl)
+#[[The National Association of "W" Lovers]] - Bert<br>(Raposo-Juhl)<br><small>from ''The Muppet Alphabet Album''</small>
-#[[Doin' The Pigeon]] @ + - Bert<br>(Raposo)
+#[[Doin' the Pigeon]] - Bert<br><small>Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo</small>
-#[[The R Machine]] - Bert and Ernie<br>(Henson)
+#[[The R Machine]] - Bert and Ernie<br><small>Written by [[Jim Henson]]</small><br><small>from ''The Muppet Alphabet Album''</small>
-#[[Stop]] @ - Bert<br>(Raposo-Moss)
+#[[Stop]] - Bert<br><small>(Raposo-Moss)</small>
-#[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Nighttime#bertsnap|Bert's Nap]] @ + - Bert and Ernie
+#[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment#bertsnap|Bert's Nap]] - Bert and Ernie
-#[[Loud and Soft]] @ - Bert and [[Farley]]<br>(Raposo)
+#[[Loud and Soft]] - Bert and [[Farley]]<br><small>Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo</small>
 '''Side Two'''
-#[[Clink Clank]] - Bert and Ernie<br>(Raposo)
+#[[Clink, Clank]] - Bert and Ernie<br><small>Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo</small><br><small>from ''[[Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert]]''</small>
-#[[Pat Pat Patty Pat]] - Bert, [[Herbert Birdsfoot]], [[Big Bird]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Grover]], and Ernie<br>(Raposo-Juhl)
+#[[Pat Pat Patty Pat]] - Bert, [[Herbert Birdsfoot]], [[Big Bird]], [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Grover]], and Ernie<br><small>(Raposo-Juhl)</small><br><small>from ''Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert''</small>
-#[[High, Middle, Low]] - Bert, Ernie, and Herbert Birdsfoot<br>(Moss-Kingsley)
+#[[High, Middle, Low]] - Bert, Ernie, and Herbert Birdsfoot<br><small>Music by [[Jeff Moss]], Lyrics by [[Emily Perl Kingsley|Emily Kaplin]]</small><br><small>from ''[[The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album]]''</small>
-#[[I Want to Hold Your Ear]] @ - Bert <br>(Moss)
+#[[I Want to Hold Your Ear]] - Bert <br><small>Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</small>
-#[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Bathroom#rosie|The Bath Story]] @ + - Bert and Ernie
+#[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Bathroom#rosie|The Bath Story]] - Bert and Ernie
-#[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Nighttime#bertissick|Bert is Sick]] @ + - Bert and Ernie
+#[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment#bertissick|Bert is Sick]] - Bert and Ernie
 ==Trivia==
-[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Bathroom#rosie|The Bath Story]] is an excerpt from the very first Ernie and Bert sketch that was broadcast, from [[Episode 0001]] of Sesame Street.
+*[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Bathroom#rosie|The Bath Story]] is an excerpt from the first Ernie and Bert sketch that was broadcast, from [[Episode 0001]].
+==Other releases==
+<gallery>
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}1974<br>Sesame Street Records<br>C 5051
+Image:Bertsblockbusters8track.jpg|{{GNH|8-track}}1974<br>Sesame Street Records<br>8T 5051
+</gallery>
+==International releases==
+<gallery>
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|LP}}[[Australia]]<br>[[Axis Records]]<br>AXIS 6281
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Axis Records<br>TC-AXIS 6281
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|LP}}Australia<br>[[Summit Records]]<br>8010
+Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Summit Records<br>8010
+</gallery>
 ==Cast==
+*[[Jim Henson]] as [[Ernie]]
-:'''SESAME STREET'''
+*[[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]
-::Northern Calloway as ''[[David]]''
+*[[Frank Oz]] as [[Grover]] and [[Bert]]
-::Emilio Delgado as ''[[Luis]]''
+*[[Jerry Nelson]] as [[Herbert Birdsfoot]] and [[Farley]]
-::Will Lee as ''[[Mr. Hooper]]''
-::Loretta Long as ''[[Susan]]''
+*[[Fran Brill]] as [[Prairie Dawn]]
-::Sonia Manzano as ''[[Maria]]''
-::Bob McGrath as ''[[Bob]]''
-::Hal Miller as ''[[Gordon]]''
-:'''THE MUPPETS'''
-::'''Created by [[Jim Henson]]
-::[[Caroll Spinney]] as ''Big Bird and Oscar''
-::[[Frank Oz]] as ''Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert''
-::[[Jerry Nelson]] as ''Herbert Birdsfoot, Snuffle-upagus, The Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Farley, Herry Monster and various Little Boys''
-::[[Fran Brill]] as ''various Little Girls''
-::[[Jim Henson]] as ''Ernie''
 ==Production Credits==
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 ::[[Arthur Shimkin]]
 :'''Words and Music Mostly by'''
-::[[Jeffrey Moss]] and Joe Raposo
+::[[Jeff Moss|Jeffrey Moss]] and Joe Raposo
 :'''Additional material written by the Sesame Street writers:'''
-::Jeffrey Moss, [[Jon Stone]], [[Joseph A. Bailey]], [[Jerry Juhl]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Nina B. Link|Nina Link]], Robert Oksner, [[Ray Sipherd]], [[Norman Stiles]] and [[Daniel Wilcox]]
+::Jeffrey Moss, [[Jon Stone]], [[Joseph A. Bailey]], [[Jerry Juhl]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Nina B. Link|Nina Link]], [[Robert Oksner]], [[Ray Sipherd]], [[Norman Stiles]] and [[Daniel Wilcox]]
+==See also==
+*[[Sesame Street discography]]
-==See Also==
-*[[Sesame Street Discography]]
+__NOWYSIWYG__
 [[Category:Sesame Street Albums]]

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Changes: Bert's Blockbusters

Revision as of 04:15, 8 January 2019

Contents

Track listing

Trivia

Other releases

International releases

Cast

Production Credits

See also