For What It’s Worth
Louise Gold sang as a Muppet Performer background
vocalist, record produced in 1978.
Catalogue number (45 RPM
Record): PYE 7N 46085
Cast
Featuring
Frank Oz - as Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear
Jim
Henson - as Kermit The Frog
With (uncredited)
The Entire Muppet Show Cast - Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard
Hunt, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold
Production Team
Produced by – PYE
Records, and, ATV Music Ltd
Orchestra
conducted by Jack Parnell
Track Listing
Side A
For What It’s Worth – The Entire Muppet Show Cast (Jerry Nelson with Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz,
and, Louise Gold)
Side B
Pig Calypso – Featuring Miss Piggy (Frank Oz), and, Kermit The Frog (Jim Henson), with backing pigs (Louise Gold, Richard Hunt, and, Jerry
Nelson)
As stated on the record itself the songs on this
single are from The Muppet Show 2
All of this record’s performers (including the
conductor) of course worked on The Muppet
Show. They also all featured on The Royal Variety Performance
(1977), and, Of Muppets And Men. Their
work can also be heard on The Muppet Show
Music Album, Jim Henson
Presents Silly Songs, Muppet Hits 1, and, Muppet Hits 2. The latter included the contents of
this record.
All of them also worked on The Muppet Show Music Hall, which was
also produced by PYE Records.
Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and, Louise
Gold went on to appear in “a burlesque
show with some of the Muppet-company”.
The six puppeteers went on to puppeteer on The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Go To The Movies; and
they can be heard on The Great
Muppet Caper (Soundtrack album), John Denver &
The Muppets A Christmas Together, John
Denver & The Muppets Merry Christmas 45RPM, Favorite Songs From Jim
Henson’s Muppets, Muppet Music Sampler,
Muppet Music Mix, Christmas For Kids, John Denver
Christmas, Music Mayhem & More.
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold
went on to puppeteer on The Dark Crystal, for
which Jerry Nelson did some
voice-work.
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and, Dave Goelz went on to puppeteer on Labyrinth,
for which Louise Gold made a cameo
appearance as an actress/dancer. Some of those involved with that film feature
in the documentary Inside The Labyrinth.
Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, and, Louise Gold went on to puppeteer on Tale
Of The Bunny Picnic.
Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, and, Louise Gold’s recording credits include Jerome Kern The First 100 Years.
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt,
and, Louise Gold’s recording credits
include Elmo’s Lowdown Hoedown.
Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz,
and, Louise Gold went on to
puppeteer at Jim Henson’s Memorial
Service.
Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold
went on to puppeteer together on Sesame Street,
The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island their recording
credits include The Muppet
Christmas Carol (Soundtrack album).
Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and, Louise
Gold’s recording credits include Born To Add.
Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold went on to puppeteer on The Animal Show, on which Frank Oz made an appearance as a guest puppeteer.
Jerry Nelson, and, Dave Goelz did voices on the
outer-space segments for the International Fraggle
Rock, on which Louise Gold
puppeteered.
Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold went on to puppeteer together on The Secret Life Of Toys. Their recording
credits include A Green And Red
Christmas.
Louise
Gold, and, Richard Hunt went on
to puppeteer on The Ghost Of Faffner
Hall.
Review
by Emma Shane, 18
September 2007
This
is a rather little known Muppet Show 45 single, indeed until
recently I didn’t know of its existence. Judging by the record itself, it seems
to have been produced to promote the album The Muppet Show Two, although it is
a proper single in its own right (it is not sold as a promo or such like). As
for the songs, well the A side For What It’s Worth has an
uncredited Jerry Nelson heading the
company with one of the most moving anthems against hunting there is. He sings
the number with beautiful simplicity and warmth. The B side Pig
Calpyso stars Frank Oz and Jim Henson, who actually are credited,
in one of their characteristic double acts as Piggy and Kermit. It also
features some classic Muppet backing vocals from a number of uncredited
legendary Muppet Show puppeteers, including the distinctive Louise Gold being her best known
character, Annie Sue Pig. The recordings on this record seems to sound as good
as the LP from which it comes, and the later CD reissue of the songs. For
completeist Muppet memorabilia collectors it would be a nice addition to a
collection, but for anyone else there is not a lot to be gained by acquiring
this record, the tracks have turned up on a couple of other albums including on
CD. A nice little record, but apart from being little known, not really
anything special.
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