Love (album)

Songs from	Sesame Street
Released	1980
Format	LP
Label	Sesame Street Records
Cat no.	CTW 22094

Love is comprised of songs by the various Sesame Street characters, singing about the people, places, and things that they like and love. This album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children, but lost to In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record.

Track listing

Side One

1. Love - The Kids from Sesame Street
   (Raposo)
2. Wonderful Me - Big Bird
   (Geiss/Pottle)
3. The Things I Love - Oscar the Grouch
   (Geiss)
4. Do You Like Me? - Ernie and Bert
   (Namanworth)
5. I Love a Waltz - The Count
   (Parnes)
6. The Lovable Monsters of Sesame Street - The Sesame Street Monsters
   (Axlerod/Pottle)
   from The Sesame Street Monsters!
7. Bert's Love Song - Bert
   (Kingsley/Pockriss)
8. I Just Adore 4 - Big Bird
   (Bailey/Pottle)
   from The Count Counts

Side Two

1. I Love When It Rains - Bob and Oscar the Grouch
   (Cahn/Kahn)
2. A Really Good Feeling - Big Bird
   (Korr/Pottle)
   from Bert & Ernie Sing-Along
3. I Love a March - Bert and Ernie
   (Hall/Pottle)
4. Filling the Air with Love - Olivia
   (Cozell/Fontana)
5. Transylvania Love Call - The Count and The Countess
   (Swet/Pockriss)
6. The Happiest Street in the World - Big Bird
   (Raposo)
   from Sesame Disco!

Notes

• A 1979 CTW memo to Danny Epstein mentions some songs proposed to be included on the album, but not included^[1]:
  • "Sunshine on a Rainy Day"
  • "I'm Glad I'm Friends With You"
  • "Wonderful To Be You"
  • "Try a Little Harder"
  • "Help Me"
  • "Sully's Love Song (Yes)"

Cast

• Bob McGrath as Bob
• Alaina Reed as Olivia
• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
• Frank Oz as Bert
• Jerry Nelson as the Count
• Richard Hunt as the Countess
• Jim Henson as Ernie

Production credits

• Produced by Arthur Shimkin
• Associate Producer: Geri Van Rees
• Mixed and Edited by Dave Conner
• Engineering by Russ Payne
• Project Director: Sharon Lerner
• Project Coordinator: Pat Tornborg
• Art Director: Robert Pierce
• Cover Photography by Neil Selkirk

Other releases

• C 5094 (Sesame Street cassette)

See also

• Sesame Street discography

Sources