Muppet Music Sampler
Louise Gold featured as a Muppet Performer on a number
of tracks
Catalogue number: (Cassette)
MUPPET 1. compilation produced 1993 (album undated but The
Kermitage lists it as being 1993), produced by BMG KIDZ
According to The Kermitage website, this
album was only produced as a Cassette, it was a free album (intended to promote
their other Muppet albums), and, obtained by writing to BMG KIDZ to
request it.
Cast
(Note, none are actually credited on the album)
Kevin
Clash
Dave
Goelz
Louise
Gold
Jim
Henson
Richard
Hunt
Kathryn
Mullen
Jerry
Frank Oz
Steve
Whitmire
Production Team
Produced by - BMG KIDZ
Track Listing
Side A
1. Mahna Mahna
(from the album Muppet Hits) - Mahna Mahna and The Two Snooths (Jim
Henson, Frank Oz, and, Richard Hunt)
2. Surfin’
3. Rainbow Connection
(from the album The Muppet Movie) - Kermit The Frog (Jim
Henson)
4. At The Dance
(from the album Muppet Hits) - Scooter, a muppet girl, Male
chicken, Female chicken, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, another muppet girl,
Animal, a sheep (Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Jim
Henson, and, Louise Gold)
5. Fozzie On Skates
(from the album Muppet Hits) - Fozzie Bear with Stadler and
Waldof (Frank Oz with Jim Henson and Richard Hunt)
6. Can You Picture That
(from the album The Muppet Movie) - Dr Teeth and Electric Mayhem
(Jim Henson with Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson,
and Dave Goelz).
Side B
7. One More Step ‘Til Christmas
(from the album Muppet Christmas Carol) - Kermit The Frog (Steve
Whitmire)
8. Walkin’ On Sunshine
(from the album Muppet Beach Party) - Clifford with Gonzo and
Rizzo (Kevin Clash with Dave Goelz and Steve Whitmire)
9. The First Time It Happens
(from the album The Great Muppet Caper) - Kermit The Frog and
Miss Piggy with chorus (Jim Henson and Frank Oz with: Jerry
Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise
Gold, and, Kathryn Mullen)
10. The Rhyming Song
(from the album Muppet Hits) - Fozzie Bear, Link Hogthrob,
Scooter, and, Annie Sue (Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt,
and, Louise Gold)
11. I’m Going To Go Back There Someday
(from the album The Muppet Movie) - Gonzo (Dave Goelz)
12. The Magic Store
(from the album The Muppet Movie) - The Muppets (Jim Henson,
Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Steve Whitmire,
and, Kathryn Mullen)
This album features Dave Goelz’s original 1978
recording of I’m Going To Go Back There Some Day, he rerecorded
the song for the film Muppets From Space in 1999, and that later
version can be found on the album Music
Mayhem And More.
Although she has never recorded it, Louise Gold
has sung Rainbow Connection in her cabaret act LOUISE GOLD....By Appointment.
The Big Five from The Muppet Show (Jim Henson, Frank
Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and, Dave Goelz), plus
Louise Gold, all appeared on The Royal Variety Performance
(1977), and can all be heard on the albums: The Muppet Show Music Hall, The Muppet Show 2 (from which the tracks At
The Dance, Fozzie On Skates originate, For What It’s Worth, and, Jim Henson Presents Silly Songs
(as can The Rhyming Song in its full form).
The Muppet Show Eight (Jim Henson, Frank
Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire,
Louise Gold, and, Kathryn Mullen) all puppeteered on The Muppet Show, the film
The Great Muppet Caper (from which the
song The First Time It Happens
originated), and The
Muppets Go To The Movies. They
featured in the documentary Of Muppets
And Men. They can all be
heard on (although were not always credited on) the albums: The Muppet Show Music Album (from which The
Rhyming Song originates), The
Great Muppet Caper (Soundtrack album) (from which the song The First
Time It Happens originates), John Denver And The
Muppets A Christmas Together, John
Denver & The Muppets Merry Christmas 45RPM, Christmas For
Kids, John Denver Christmas, Favorite Songs From Jim
Henson’s Muppets (as can the songs: Mahna Mhana, Rainbow
Connection, The First Time It Happens, The Rhyming
Song - in its full form), Muppet Hits 1
(as can the tracks Mahna Mahna, At The Dance, Fozzie
On Skates, and The Rhyming Song in its full form - although Steve and Kathy were not
credited), Muppet Hits 2 (although Steve and
Kathy were not credited), and, Music Mayhem
And More (as can the songs Mahna Mahana, Rainbow
Connection, Can You Picture That, One More Step
Till Christmas, The First Time It Happens, and The
Magic Store - although Jerry,
Louise, and, Kathy were not credited)
All nine performers on this album (The Muppet
Show Eight and Kevin Clash - although Louise was not credited)
can be heard on Muppet Music Mix (as can the
songs: Sufin USA, Rainbow Connection, The
First Time It Happens, and The Rhyming Song in its full
form)
Frank Oz, Jerry
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry
Nelson, Richard Hunt, Louise Gold, and, Kevin Clash
can also be heard on Elmo’s Lowdown
Hoedown.
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave
Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, and, Kathryn Mullen
puppeteered on The Dark Crystal, for which Jerry
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave
Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, and, Kevin Clash,
puppeteered on Labyrinth
Frank Oz, Jerry
Jim Henson, Jerry
Jim Henson, Jerry
Kevin Clash, Louise Gold, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt,
and, Steve Whitmire puppeteered on Tale Of The Bunny Picnic.
Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Jerry Nelson,
Frank Oz, and, Steve Whitmire puppeteered on Muppet
Treasure Island,
Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Kathryn Mullen,
Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, and, Steve
Whitmire puppeteered together on Sesame Street
(in the early 1990s).
Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold went on to puppeteer on The Animal Show, on which Frank Oz did a guest puppeteering appearance.
Jerry Nelson, and, Dave Goelz (besides puppeteering on Fraggle
Rock itself) did voice-work on the UK Co-Production of Fraggle Rock, on which Louise Gold puppeteered.
Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Richard Hunt,
Kathy Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz,
and, Steve Whitmire had performed at
Jim Henson’s Memorial Service.
Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Jerry Nelson, and, Steve
Whitmire’s recording credits include A
Green And Red Christmas.
Louise Gold, and, Richard Hunt had puppeteered on The Ghost Of Faffner Hall.
Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold went on to puppeteer on The Secret Life Of Toys.
Kevin Clash, Louise Gold, Richard Hunt, and, Jerry
Nelson’s recording credits include The Count’s
Coundown, though there has been some debate as to whether Louise Gold actually sang on it.
Review
by Emma Shane, 9
February 2005
While
I found this album very enjoyable to listen to, I couldn’t help feeling that
all the songs were better represented on other Muppet albums. There are also
some startling omissions (for example: The Muppet Show Theme Tune,
and the classic We Got Us). Of course I particularly liked Jim
Henson’s own wonderful original rendition of Rainbow Connection
(I can only think of two other artistes who can do that song anything like as
well as he can), and the award winning The First Time It Happens.
I also thoroughly enjoyed, as usual, the At The Dance segment.
Though it was nice to hear The Rhyming Song, I could not help
noticing that part of it (notably Annie Sue’s main verse “I left my knees in
your car/ My laundry’s ready at half past one”) had been cut. I can’t help
feeling that the sweet-but-ambitious young pig might not have been too
impressed by that, I am sure her fans certainly won’t be.
All
in all, while this is a fun album to have if you happen to come across it, its
not really worth going out of ones way for. Except for fans who are such
serious collectors they want to have everything, most people would be much
better off looking for the more commonly findable albums that this songs have
appeared on, often in a much more complete form.
Critics Comments
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Links about Muppet
Music Sampler
Kermitage’s listing for this album (and
other Muppet albums): http://www.kermitage.com/html/collectibles/musicandvideo/musicpages4.htm
WRUI Children’s Show’s page for the album The
Muppet Beach Party: http://www.wriukids.org/wish/muppetbeach.html
