Sesame Street LIVE!

Sesame Street LIVE! is a live album featuring the Sesame Street cast and Muppets performing to an audience of children. It was recorded at three live concerts held on March 15 and 16, 1973 with a total of nearly 1,000 day care center children from the New York area.Children's Television Workshop Newsletter. March 30, 1973
The first edition of the album featured a unique package design that included a quad-fold record sleeve. The front of the sleeve contained a cut-out of Big Bird standing next to the Sesame Street lightpost which, when opened, would fold over and create a new scene with the picture on the other side. The packaging also included a large poster, created by Terry Anderson, featuring the lyrics to all of the songs, as well as cartoon drawings of the characters. 
This album reached #211 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Top LPs chart. It won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children.
In 1976, this album was released on a set of consecutively numbered 45's. A book of sheet music of songs from the album was available separately. In 1977, the album was reissued as Concert: On Stage-Live!.
==Track listing==
Side One
#Sesame Street Theme - The GangMusic by Joe Raposo, Lyrics by Joe Raposo, Jon Stone, and Bruce Hart
#Welcome! - David, Mr. Hooper, Bob, Maria, Luis, Gordon and SusanMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
#The Arm - Davidby Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss
#How Do I Know I'm Here? - Big Bird, Luis, Bob, Susan and GordonMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
#Tu Me Gustas - Mariaby Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss
#Show Me How You Feel - GordonMusic and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
#Mr. Hooper's Poem - Mr. HooperWritten by Jeff Moss
#C Is for Cookie - Cookie MonsterMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
Side Two
#My Little Game - SusanMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
#Believe in Yourself - LuisMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
#What Can I Do? - BobMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
#Still We Like Each Other - GroverMusic and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
#My Name Is David - David, Susan, Luis and BobMusic and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
#Nobody - Mr. SnuffleupagusMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
#Sing - Bob and the CastMusic and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
==Note==
*The first pressings of this album have a custom label that looks similar to the subsequent Sesame Street Records label. Later pressings have the standard red Columbia label.
*This was the only album recorded during Hal Miller's tenure as Gordon.
==Other releases==
Image:Live2LP.jpg|1977Sesame Street RecordsCTW 22075Concert: On Stage-Live! (reissue title)
==International releases==
File:CBSAustraliaSSLiveLP.jpg|Australia, 1973CBS RecordsSBP 234378
==Cast==
*Bob McGrath as Bob
*Loretta Long as Susan
*Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
*Hal Miller as Gordon
*Northern Calloway as David
*Sonia Manzano as Maria
*Emilio Delgado as Luis
*Frank Oz as Cookie Monster and Grover
*Jerry Nelson as Mr. Snuffleupagus
*Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
==Production credits==
*Album Produced By Joe Raposo
*Written and Directed By Jeffrey Moss
*Live Show Produced By David Connell
*Project Director: Christopher Cerf
*Musical Director: Joe Raposo
*Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
*Assistant To The Music Director: David Conner
*Production Coordinators: Lynn Klugman, Joan Lufrano, Jacquie Turner, Geri Van Rees, Evangeline Vaughn
*Properties Director: Nat Mongioi
*Banner and Crepe Hanging/Supervised For Columbia Records By Arthur Shimkin
*Studio Control And Editing By James Timmens
*Engineering By Frank Laico and Arthur Kendy
*Album Concept & Design: Pacific Eye & Ear
*Poster Illustration: Jerry Anderson
*Photography: Judy Ross & Sandy Speiser
===1977 reissue===
*Art Director: Robert Pierce
*Cover Photography By Neil Selkirk
==Sources==
==See also==
*Sesame Street discography
* Sesame Street Live, a live touring stage show
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Category:Sesame Street Albums