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| - During the years that Columbia Records was making Sesame Street records, the soundtracks from The Frog Prince and The Muppet Musicians of Bremen were released. These were packaged in a similar format, with gatefold covers and pictures of scenes from the specials on the inside. The two albums were reissued in 1976 on Sesame Street Records with non-gatefold covers, and slightly different artwork. Unlike the Sesame Street recordings, which were kept in print for up to ten years at a time on whichever label currently held their license, other Muppet recordings have been under very short-term agreements, sometimes only for one or two albums from a TV show or other production. As a result, many labels have released Muppet music. In 1976, when The Muppet Show began, a deal was struck with Pye Records in the UK, and Arista Records in the US, to release records of music from the program. The Pye records are very desirable for collectors, since some of the artwork is different, some titles have extra songs, and some titles were never released in the United States (see below for details). A similar deal was struck with Atlantic Records in the US to release the soundtrack albums from the first two Muppet theatrical movies. However, in the UK and various other countries, The Muppet Movie's album was released by CBS Records. Then for The Great Muppet Caper, UK distribution had changed to Warner Bros. Records. By 1982, US Muppet recordings had moved from Atlantic to Warner, and they put out everything from movie soundtracks (including The Dark Crystal) to an exercise album by Miss Piggy. This recording showcased how much her character had grown since she had begun on The Muppet Show, to the point that she could carry an entire album by herself. Also during this period, RCA Records released two albums from specials that had featured Muppet Show guest star John Denver. Concurrently with the Warner material, in the early 1980's, an actual record label called Muppet Music was formed, to be distributed by I.J.E., a record company that was releasing records by Strawberry Shortcake, Schoolhouse Rock, and other children's properties. This label released soundtracks to various Muppet projects, including the first Fraggle Rock album, another album of songs from The Muppet Show, as well as nine 7" book and record/tape sets. However, this arrangement, similar to what had been done with the Sesame Street records from 1974 to 1983, only lasted for about two years, and by 1986, other than some reissues of earlier material, there would be no more original Muppet records released during Jim Henson's lifetime. Other than A Christmas Together being reissued on CD for the first time in 1990, Muppet music was dormant until 1992, when a new deal was struck to form a label called Jim Henson Records, to be distributed by BMG, the parent of RCA. This turned out to be the most prolific period for Muppet music since Jim's death, with new and reissued movie soundtracks, compilations of Muppet Show songs (including some tracks never released in the US before), original albums of country and pop music, and even an album performed by Rowlf the Dog, which had been recorded back in 1984, but never released until now. Unfortunately, after only two years, the Muppets again found themselves without a label, and during the next ten years they would bounce from label to label for various movie soundtracks, reissues and compilations. With the purchase of the Muppets by The Walt Disney Company in 2004, the Muppets finally found some stability. Their soundtracks and original albums would now be released by Walt Disney Records, the music division of the studio. See also: International Muppet Singles and Muppet Singles. 1971Columbia Records Image:Bremen72Record.jpg| The Muppet Musicians of Bremen 1972Columbia Records Image:Frogprincelp.jpg | The Frog Prince 1976reissueSesame Street Records Image:BremenLP.JPG| The Muppet Musicians of Bremen 1976reissueSesame Street Records Image:Album.muppetshowlp.jpg| The Muppet Show 1977Arista Records Image:Album.musichall.jpg| The Muppet Show Music Hall 1977EP (Not released in US)Pye Records Image:Album.muppetshowlp2.jpg| The Muppet Show 2 1978Arista Records Image:Album.muppetshowmusic.jpg| The Muppet Show Music Album 1979(Not released in US)Pye Records Image:Album.tmm-lp.jpg| The Muppet Movie 1979Atlantic Records Image:LP_A_Christmas_Together_.jpg| A Christmas Together 1979RCA Records Image:Gmcsoundtrack.jpg| The Great Muppet Caper 1981Atlantic Records Image:Album.aerobique.jpg| Miss Piggy's Aerobique Exercise Workout Album 1982Warner Bros. Records Image:LP_Rocky_Mountain_Holiday.jpg| Rocky Mountain Holiday 1983RCA Records Image:Album.mtm.jpg| The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984Warner Bros. Records Image:Album.sillysongs.jpg| Silly Songs 1984Muppet Music Image:Album.favoritejimhenson.jpg| Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets 1986Magic Video Publishing Company Image:Album.xmastogether.jpg| A Christmas Together 1990reissueWindstar Records Image:Album.mcc-original.jpg| The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992Jim Henson Records Image:Muppethitscd.jpg| Muppet Hits 1993Jim Henson Records Image:Album.brownears.jpg| Ol' Brown Ears is Back 1993Jim Henson Records Image:Album.beachparty.jpg| Muppet Beach Party 1993Jim Henson Records Image:Album.tmm-cd.jpg| The Muppet Movie 1993reissueJim Henson Records Image:Album.gmc-cd.jpg| The Great Muppet Caper 1993reissueJim Henson Records Image:MMS_CT_BMG.jpg| Muppet Music Sampler 1993UK Promotional CassetteBMG Kidz/Jim Henson RecordsMUPPET 1 Image:Album.muppethitstake2.jpg| Muppet Hits Take 2 1994Jim Henson Records Image:Cassette.zingspring.jpg| Put Some Zing in Your Spring 1994Jim Henson Records Image:Album.unpigged.jpg| Kermit Unpigged 1994Jim Henson Records Image:MuppetMusicMixCover.jpg| Muppet Music Mix 1994Jim Henson Records Image:Album.mti.jpg| Muppet Treasure Island 1996Angel Records Image:Album.xmastogether.jpg| A Christmas Together 1996reissueLaserlight Digital Image:Muppets_from_space_soundtrack.jpg| Muppets from Space (soundtrack) 1999Sony Wonder/Epic Image:Muppets_from_space_score.jpg| Muppets from Space (score) 1999Varèse Sarabande Image:Album.xmastogether.jpg| A Christmas Together 2000reissueLaserlight Digital Image:Album.tms25.jpg| Music, Mayhem and More! 2002Rhino Records Image:Album.oz.jpg| Best of the Muppets 2005Walt Disney Records Image:Christmas_carol_cd.jpg| The Muppet Christmas Carol 2005reissueWalt Disney Records Image:Album.xmastogether.jpg| A Christmas Together 2006reissueLaserlight Digital Image:Greenred.jpg| A Green and Red Christmas 2006Walt Disney Records Image:Letters to Santa soundtrack.jpg| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa 2009Walt Disney Records(Digital Download only) Image:GreenAlbum.jpg| The Green Album 2011Walt Disney Records 136209194.jpg| A Green and Red Christmas 2011reissueWalt Disney Records|link=A Green and Red Christmas Image:The-Muppets-2011-Soundtrack.jpg| The Muppets (soundtrack) 2011Walt Disney Records Image:2013 Muppet Movie CD.jpg| The Muppet Movie 2013reissueWalt Disney Records Image:MMW-Soundtrack.jpg| Muppets Most Wanted 2014Walt Disney Records Image:muppets most wanted score.jpg| Muppets Most Wanted (score) 2014Intrada/Walt Disney Records
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