Sesame Country

Released	1981
Format	LP
Label	Sesame Street Records
Cat no.	CTW 89003

Sesame Country is a Sesame Street concept album presented as a country music concert hosted by Big Bird. The album includes guest star appearances by Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn, Glen Campbell, and Tanya Tucker.

This album won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children. It was re-issued in 1992 by Golden Music on cassette and CD. On this version, the tracks segue into each other. A bonus track not included on the record, "Roll Over", is also added.

Track listing

Side One

1. Sesame Jamboree - Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, The Count, Ernie, Bert and Oscar the Grouch
2. Songs - Crystal Gayle and Big Bird
3. The Last Cookie Roundup - Cookie Monster
4. Keep on Smilin' - Glen Campbell and Oscar the Grouch
5. Count von Count's Continuous Country Cookin' Downhome Diner - The Count with Cookie Monster, Ernie, Grover, Herry Monster, Big Bird and Bert

Side Two

1. Kin Folk - Ernie, Bert and Oscar the Grouch
2. Count on Me - Loretta Lynn and The Count
3. Takin' Turns - Big Bird, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Ernie, The Count and Bert
4. You'll Never Take the Texas Out of Me - Tanya Tucker and Big Bird
5. Roll Over (CD only) - Cookie Monster, Herry Monster, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, The Count and Big Bird
6. Sesame Jamboree (Reprise) - Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie, The Count and Herry Monster

Cast

• Carroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
• Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert and Grover
• Jerry Nelson as The Count and Herry Monster
• Jim Henson as Ernie
• The Sesame Street O. K. Corral Chorus: Lea Jane Berinati, Jackie Cusic, Michael Myers, Duane West

Credits

• The Players: Jerry Carrigan, Russ Hicks, Michael Leech, Billy Linneman, Charlie McCoy, Tony Migliore, Mark Morris, Buddy Spicher, Robert Thompson, Pete Wade
• The Strings: Byron Theodore Bach, Joann Cruthirds, Solie Isaac Fott, Lawrence Lasson, Paul Tobias, Kristin Wilkinson
• Produced by Dennis Scott
• Continuity by Norman Stiles
• Musical arrangements by Dennis Scott
• String arrangements by Timmy Tappan
• Associate producer: Geri Van Rees
• Project director: Sharon Lerner
• Art director: Robert Pierce
• Art director for the Muppets: Rick Wetzel
• Cover photography: Richard Goldman
• Engineering by
  • Travis Turk, The Sound Shop, Nashville
  • Frank Laico, CBS Recording Studios, New York
  • David Hunt, The Music Centre, London

Other releases

with retail stickers

Cassette1981
Sesame Street Records
C 89003

Cassette1992
Golden Music
5210

CD 1992
Golden Music (longbox)
5685

CD 1992
Golden Music (back)
5685

Gallery

1981 release

1992 rerelease

See also

• Sesame Street discography