Big Red Car Explained
| Big Red Car |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | the Wiggles |
| Cover: | Big_Red_Car_Album.jpg |
| Released: | 1995 (AUS)
2001 (USA) |
| Studio: | Tracking Station Studios and Struggle Street Studios |
| Genre: | Children's music |
| Length: | 35:38 |
| Label: | ABC, EMI Music Group Australasia (AUS)
Lyrick Studios / Koch Records (USA) |
| Producer: | The Wiggles |
| Prev Title: | Yummy Yummy |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Wake Up Jeff! |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Big Red Car is the fifth album by Australian band the Wiggles, released in 1995 by ABC Music distributed by EMI. This album won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1995.[1]
Personnel
Adapted from the album booklet.[2]
The Wiggles
- Murray Cook – bass, guitar, vocals, vibraslap
- Jeff Fatt – piano, Lowrey Colour Glow organ, lead vocal on "I'm a Cow", backing vocals, vibraslap
- Anthony Field – acoustic guitar, vocals, vibraslap co-ordinator
- Greg Page – lead vocals, Hammond B-3, vibraslap
Additional musicians
- Terry Murray – guitar
- Tony Henry – drums on "Brown Girl in the Ring", "Big Red Car", "Five Little Joeys", "Can You.."
- Andrew Bignall – drums on "Wags the Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Hat on My Head", "Do the Flap", "Teddy Bear Hug"
- Greg Truman – backing vocals on "Wags the Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Do the Flap", "Hat on My Head", "Teddy Bear Hug"
- Gerry Brady – backing vocals on "The Four Presents" and guitar on "Pufferbillies"
- Emma Buter – Character voice
- John Field – sequencing and guitar on "Dorothy's Dance Party"
Video
Big Red Car was made into a video, released in 1995 by the Wiggles. It marks the first appearances of the Big Red Car and the S.S Feathersword, although they were merely cardboard props. This video also debuts Wags the Dog. In the United States, the video was marketed as Dance Party.
Songs and skits
- Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
- Wags the Dog
- Five Little Joeys
- Di Dicki Do Dum
- I'm a Cow
- Do the Flap
- On Your Holiday
- Hat on My Head
- Greg's Magic Show (The Magic Bag) (skit)[4]
- Brown Girl in the Ring
- Georgia's Song
- Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
- Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
- Dorothy's Dance Party
- Big Red Car
Cast
The Wiggles
Also featuring
- Alex Harfield and Jacqui Field as Wags the Dog
- Emma Buter as Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Vanessa Fallon-Rohanna as Henry the Octopus
- Anthony, John, or Paul Field as Captain Feathersword[5]
- Alex Harfield, Mary Ann Hull, Rhiannah Kitching as "Georgia's Song" Dancers
Choreography
- Leanne Halloran[6]
- Assistants: Donna Halloran, Judy Halloran
Release
This video was released on VHS in September 1995 in Australia,[3] and 2001 to the United States.The DVD was released to the United States on 4 February 2003 under the title Dance Party.[7] In 2018, the video was uploaded on the Wiggles' YouTube channel as the first part on 19 April,[8] the second on 6 May,[9] and the third on 17 May.[10]
Here Comes the Big Red Car
Here Comes the Big Red Car is the 22nd album release from Australian children's music group the Wiggles. It contains tracks that were mostly recorded for the Big Red Car album.
Track listing
- Big Red Car
- Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
- Wags the Dog
- Five Little Joeys
- Di Dicki Do Dum
- Brown Girl in the Ring
- Sorry Again
- Introduction
- I'm A Cow
- Do the Flap
- Pufferbillies
- Joannie Works with One Hammer
- I Want to Wear the Jacket
- Introduction
- Hat on My Head
- The Four Presents
- Introduction
- Georgia's Song
- I am a Dancer
- Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
- Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
- Dorothy's Dance Party
- Henry's Dance
- Sanctissima
- Here We Go Dorothy
- My New Shoes
2006 video
The companion video was released in 2006. DVD extras include a song jukebox, photo gallery, electronic songbook, Dorothy the Dinosaur special announcements, and two episodes of "Lights, camera, action, Wiggles".[11]
Song list
- Big Red Car
- Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
- Wags the Dog
- Five Little Joeys
- Di Dicki Do Dum
- I'm a Cow – animated
- Do the Flap
- Hat on my Head
- Brown Girl in the Ring
- Georgia's Song
- I Want to Wear the Jacket
- Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
- Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
- Dorothy's Dance Party
- Sorry Again
- Henry's Dance
Personnel
- Vocals: Greg Page, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Paul Paddick, Emma Buter, Caterina Mete, Brett Clarke, Ryan De Saulnier and Sam Moran,
- Backing Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Kevin Bennett, Greg Truman and Gerry Brady
- Guitar: Murray Cook, Anthony Field, John Field, Gerry Brady and Terry Murray
- Bass: Murray Cook and Chris Lupton
- Keyboard: Jeff Fatt and Dominic Lindsay
- Piano Accordion: Dominic Lindsay
- Drums: Tony Henry and Andrew Bignall
- Bouzouki: George Tseros
Notes and References
- Web site: ARIA Awards 2010 : History: Winners by Year – 1995 . ariaawards.com.au . 15 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015323/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 . 19 May 2011 . dead.
- Big Red Car booklet last page, 1995
- Web site: Powerhouse Museum – The Wiggles Videography. 27 February 2012. Powerhouse Museum.
- The background songs played during Greg's Magic Show skit are a mashup of "Camptown Races" and "Long, Long Ago"
- [Paul Field (musician)|Paul Field]
- Halloran also played the girl pirate in "Our Boat Is Rocking on the Sea" and "Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo".
- News: Wiggles Dance Party DVD. Amazon.com. 8 September 2011.
- Web site: Classic Wiggles: Big Red Car (Part 1 of 3) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/oTPgD7dx_38 . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube. 19 April 2018.
- Web site: Classic Wiggles: Big Red Car (Part 2 of 3) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/o0yuEJmdB4M . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube. 6 May 2018.
- Web site: Classic Wiggles: Big Red Car (Part 3 of 3) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/U6T723MkOIM . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube. 17 May 2018.
- Web site: Trove.
