Sesame Street music from the 70s

Stereolab is probably my all-time favorite band. It wasn't until a few years ago that I discovered 70s library music, and it wasn't until recently that I made the connection between library music and the music of classis Sesame Street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joJ2sm_GWc

I guess a lot of this was written by a man named Joe Raposo. I don't know if all the songs an background music was commissioned, or licensed, but I would love to track down some of this music.

I've looked around online and on file sharing networks and I can only find the more straightforward kids' songs (I Love Trash etc.). Does anyone know where I can discover more of this Children's Television Workshop music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McwbExWVwPM

(this one's by Peter Schickele)

Raposo is a genius for sure. There was a nice little documentary on life that ran on public television in 1990, don't know how available it is. I remember it well because it ran, by chance, on the very day Jim Henson died.

Anyway if you plug his name into YouTube you'll get all KINDS of things. And here's the IMDB listing for the documentary if you want to look for it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0933391/

His official site is fairly barebones; mostly exists for licensing purposes (understandably enough), but the slideshow is sweet enough.

Raposo's Wikipedia entry is also worth the read through. I knew Sinatra enjoyed his work, but I hadn't realized the full extent.

I would guess you might have to roll your own from the Sesame Street Old School DVDs. Like people used to do with Carl Stalling's stuff, taping the audio off TV before those compilations came out.

One of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPh8As-y6E

It's all about this for me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5ZP1E_Vzs

Pinball Number Count is the Pointer Sisters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrxlnBJ4R0o

i was hoping someone would post the "milk" song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-Q5vJ-GHk

that's amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZNSGdg2ms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCExQ2lrO4

Actually this is a better version of the same clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOkbuwRUTZo

yes, the milk song! Do we know who wrote that one?

the mystic 20 is great too, I remember that one from childhood, made a strong impression on me

Cardiacs fans can try and spot what they lifted from this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNQRT65RLM

This is a jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb-qsI-XNRQ

A lot of the music I wound up liking most as an adult sounds strikingly like the music in the Sesame Street and Mr Rogers of my childhood.

Love the Rhodes and Mellotron in the milk song.

This is a good song, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McwbExWVwPM

XXXXXP - Everything, ha no way! I wonder if that's a common expression or Tim lifted that directly, bet I could find out.

What?

While this clip doesn't echo the Stereolab examples cited above, it's certainly worthy of mention for it's tone and delivery....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv58qiMgGvY