peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) (08/11/83)
A new release announcement (not a review): Children's Television Workshop
and Jim Henson present CTW22104-- Born to Add (The Great Rock and Roll from
Sesame Street). From the Toronto Globe & Mail review, August 6: "Conceived
by former Nat'l Lampoon parodist Christopher Cerf, this is a very funny
children's record based on rock hits. Starting with the Bruce Springsteen
parody, Born to Add ("And we scream into the bitter night, three plus one
is four"), the songs here provide as good an education in rock as they do in
telling the time, obeying health rules and other matters essential to
developing a healthy citizenry. ..."
I post this now, before I've had time to listen to it, so other
Torontonians can take advantage of my hindsight-- I've seen it available
for $8.99, $6.99, and $4.99, the last at A&A's downtown, near Yonge & Dundas
(2nd floor, near the front of the store) and so the net at large
is alerted to a potential gem of a record.wombat@uicsl.UUCP (08/14/83)
#R:utcsrgv:-192900:uicsl:10400004:000:306 uicsl!wombat Aug 13 12:43:00 1983 All Things Considered, the NPR news program, played some of "Born to Add" a few months back. It's really hilarious, and I suspect a lot of people who don't have school age children will be seen in the checkout aisles with it. I certainly will when I find it. Wombat pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat