It may be snowing in my part of the world, but catalogue fans should prepare themselves to be on their way to where the air is sweet.

That's right, kids (and kids at heart): E1 Records is releasing Sesame Street Old School Volume 1, a box set collating three classic albums by the Sesame Street Muppets. The box features Sesame Street: The Original Cast Recording (1970), Big Bird Sings (1974) and Bert & Ernie Sing Along (1975), all of which are making their CD debuts with remastered sound and reproduced artwork from the original LPs.

Read the full press release, with release date, complete track listings and a stunningly low SRP, after the jump.

E1 MUSIC TO RELEASE SESAME STREET OLD SCHOOL VOL. 1, NEW REISSUE BOX SET, ON MARCH 23RD, 2010

Following the 40th birthday of Sesame Street, the world's largest informal educator of children, comes the CD box set Sesame Street Old School Vol. 1, on March 23rd, 2010. Sesame Street Old School Vol. 1 features three of the earliest Sesame Street albums, original art, and cast.

The package includes; The Original Cast Recording (first released in 1970), Big Bird Sings (1974) and Bert & Ernie Sing Along (1975) and has an SRP of $21.98. All albums have been fully remastered and will be available for the first time ever on CD. The Original Cast Album peaked at #23 on Billboard Top LPs chart in 1970, and was RIAA Gold Certified. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children. Bert & Ernie Sing Along was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children in 1975.

Sesame Street celebrated its 40th birthday on November 10, 2009, the exact day the series debuted on television four decades ago, and is the longest running preschool children's show. Produced by the non-profit educational organization, Sesame Workshop, the series' music has won critical acclaim since the show began. Ernie's "Rubber Duckie" song made #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970, and Sesame Street has won 11 Grammy Awards, most recently for 2001 release Elmo and the Orchestra. Sesame Street has won a total of 122 Emmys Awards, more than any other program in the history of the Emmy competition, and was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy.

Tracklisting:

Sesame Street Original Cast Recording

1. Sesame Street - The Entire Cast
2. ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird
3. I've Got Two - Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch plus everybody including Mr. Hooper
4. Goin' for a Ride - Anything People
5. What Are Kids Called - Bob and Susan
6. Everybody Wash - Ernie and Bert
7. One of These Things - Bob and Susan
8. Up and Down - Two Monsters (aka Cookie Monster and Herry Monster)
9. Green - Kermit the Frog
10. Somebody Come and Play - The Kids
11. I Love Trash - Oscar the Grouch
12. A Face - Bob
13. J-Jump - The Kids
14. People in Your Neighborhood - Bob and The Anything People
15. Rub Your Tummy - Gordon
16. Number 5 - The Kids
17. Five People in My Family - Anything People
18. Nearly Missed - Susan
19. Rubber Duckie - Ernie

Big Bird Sings

1.ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird
2.The Noodle Song - Big Bird and Oscar
3.The "J" Poem - Big Bird
4.Very, Very Special Letter - Big Bird
5.Big Bird Writes a Poem - Big Bird, Snuffleupagus and Herbert Birdsfoot
6.How Do I Know I'm Here? - Big Bird
7.Everyone Likes Ice Cream - Big Bird, Three Friends and Monster
8.Y'all Fall Down - Big Bird, Bert and Cookie Monster
9.Everyone Makes Mistakes - Big Bird and Farley
10.The Sound of the Letter A - Big Bird
11.Just Three Colors - Big Bird and Oscar
12.Ha Ha - Big Bird, Harvey Kneeslapper and Herry Monster
13.No Matter What Your Language - Big Bird and Luis
14.Big Bird's Poem - Big Bird

Bert & Ernie Sing Along

1.I Refuse to Sing Along - Bert and Ernie
2.I've Been Working on the Railroad - Ernie, Gordon, Susan and the Company
3.Old MacDonald Had a Farm - Bob, Luis, Maria, David and the Company
4.A Really Good Feeling - Big Bird
5.Bats in My Belfry - The Count
6.Row, Row, Row Your Boat - Grover, Herry Monster and Cookie Monster
7.I'll Give You a Song - Oscar the Grouch
8.Oscar Don't Allow - David, Big Bird, Ernie, Luis and the Company
9.The Limerick Song (Come On and Sing Along With Me) - Susan, Bob, the Count, Ernie, Bert and the Company
10.On Top of Old Smokey - Grover and the Company
11.Living Hand in Hand - Gordon and Susan
12.What's the Name of That Song? - Luis, Bob, Susan, Gordon, Maria, Ernie, David, Bert and Big Bird
13.A Very Simple Dance - David and the Company
14.Morningtown Ride - Bob
15.Everyone Likes Ice Cream - Susan, David, Prairie Dawn, Bob, Bert, Ernie and Grover
16.C is for Cookie - Cookie Monster and the Company
17.Peanuts - Luis, Prairie Dawn, Ernie, Big Bird and the Company
18.John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith - The Company
19.She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain - Maria, Susan, Gordon, David and the Company
20.Finale: What's the Name of That Song? (Reprise) - The Company
21.Sing - Bert and the Company