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| Released | 1978 |
| Format | LP |
| Label | Sesame Street Records |
| Cat no. | CTW 22087 |
On the Street Where We Live - Block Party! is notable for being co-produced by Sesame Street cast member Northern Calloway. Unusual for a Sesame album, it focuses almost entirely on the human cast. Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are the only Muppets who appear, and only on four tracks.
Track listing[]
Side One
- Come Along - Big Bird and the Cast
by Gavin Spencer and Northern Calloway - Monkey See, Monkey Do - Big Bird, with Bob and Maria
by Gavin Spencer and Northern Calloway - Soul Food - Gordon
Gorham and Malamet - Blowin' My Bubbles - Susan
Fechtor - Here In My Neighborhood - Bob
by Alan Menken - Who Wants to Go to a Party? - Oscar
by Joe Raposo
Side Two
- Block Party - Olivia
by Gavin Spencer and Northern Calloway - The Shim Sham Jamboree - David
by Brown and Jon Stone - You're the Best Friend I Ever Had - Maria
by Gavin Spencer and Northern Calloway - Upside Down, Inside Out - Bob and the Kids
Namanworth and Levine - Win or Lose - Susan
by Alan Menken - Just One Person - David, Gordon, and Susan
by Hal Hackady and Larry Grossman
Production credits[]
- Produced by:
- Gavin Spencer and Northern Calloway
- Arranged and Conducted by:
- Engineered by:
- Lou Gonzalez and Jerry Garszva
- Assisted by:
- Claude Watts
The Band[]
- Drums:
- Jimmy Young
- Bass:
- Bob Babbitt, Russell George, Jule Ruggiero
- Guitars:
- Vini Bell, Jack Cavari, Bob Rose
- Keyboards:
- Ben Lanzarone, Jeremy Stone
- Percussion:
- Kazoos:
- Jeremy Stone, Lou Gonzalez, Gavin Spencer
- Bass Harmonica
- Gavin Spencer
- Trumpets:
- Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Bob Millikan, Danny Cahn
- Sax:
- George Young
- Trombone:
- Alan Raph
- Woodwinds:
- Les Scott, Leon Cohen, Phil Bodner
- Strings:
- Richard Bock, Fred Buldrini, Peter Dimitriades, Harold Kohon,
Jesse Levy, Carmel Malin, Joe Malin, Richard Maximoff,
Gene Orloff and Emanuel Vardi
- Richard Bock, Fred Buldrini, Peter Dimitriades, Harold Kohon,
- Synthesizer:
- Ken Bichel
- Sound Effects:
- Roy Carch
- Contractor:
- Arthur Kaplan
- Recorded and Mixed at Quadrasonic, New York City
Cast[]
- Northern Calloway as David
- Loretta Long as Susan
- Sonia Manzano as Maria
- Bob McGrath as Bob
- Roscoe Orman as Gordon
- Alaina Reed as Olivia
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
- The Kids: Richard Bassin, Robyn Finn, Jaime Roberts, Dana Sokoloff and Damon Wilson
- Background Vocals: Carl Maults-By, Gordon Grody, Priscilla Baskerville and Syndi Jordan