At long last! The entirety of the "Nifty Digits" album is good, and I believe all the instruments are played by Harvey. Nice that both this and the "toys, robots, satellites" music also from Sesame Street have been IDed.
I remember hearing this song for the first time on Sesame Street when I was three years old. I never thought I'd find out the composer or name of the song. Now I'm 25, and my day has been made.
Thanks for posting this! This is the best discovery of a PBS musical origin I've had ever since I uncovered the theme music to Newton's Apple (which is "Ruckzuck" by Kraftwerk.)
@jhillst Did NA ever actually use "Ruckzuck", or just a soundalike? I can't find opening credits that have anything more than something vaguely resembling that.
@SecretTimeWarp NA definitely did use the original "Ruckzuck" in 1988 and for a few years afterward. They played the gentle flute intro during the "Coming up..." announcement and then the main song during the opening credits. They also played it during the ending credits, fading it out around the point where the song starts to speed up.
Alas, it seems to have been deleted from YouTube. I know it was on here at one time.
The original KPM LP is finally out on itunes....at last! "Water course" and "Exchange" are the tracks used here....... "Richard Harvey's nifty digits" is the album name btw...
Richard Harvey, the guy who composed this amazing music, is playing in Kingston on 20 July 2009, in a duo with John Williams (yup, the John Williams). They're at the Rose Theatre, as part of an extended world tour. JW plays guitar like no-one else on earth, while RH plays recorders, mandolin, pan pipes, ocarina, percussion, flutes, psaltery and many other instruments, most of them more or less at the same time. Tickets available now online from Rose Theatre Kingston
25 years after I first heard this tune - and apparently 30 years after it was originally composed - this is quite a treat. I wonder if anyone has ever emailed Richard Harvey to reveal to him the community of folks who practically obsessed over these works and their lingering mystery.
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Mary0373 7 months ago 4
At long last! The entirety of the "Nifty Digits" album is good, and I believe all the instruments are played by Harvey. Nice that both this and the "toys, robots, satellites" music also from Sesame Street have been IDed.
JonasClark 9 months ago
AT. LAAAAAAAAAASSST!
vicetube 11 months ago
I remember hearing this song for the first time on Sesame Street when I was three years old. I never thought I'd find out the composer or name of the song. Now I'm 25, and my day has been made.
DNBJerk 1 year ago 2
this was the great thing about 'sesame street' back then was that it not only educated kids it opened their ears to interesting and unusual music.
milkbluemilk 1 year ago
Wow, I didn't know it was an early mashup!
Crackrzz 1 year ago
You should check out "Dragonfly dance" from the same album....was originally part of "Exchange".....
mrDryMartin 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this! This is the best discovery of a PBS musical origin I've had ever since I uncovered the theme music to Newton's Apple (which is "Ruckzuck" by Kraftwerk.)
jhillst 2 years ago
@jhillst Did NA ever actually use "Ruckzuck", or just a soundalike? I can't find opening credits that have anything more than something vaguely resembling that.
SecretTimeWarp 1 year ago
@SecretTimeWarp NA definitely did use the original "Ruckzuck" in 1988 and for a few years afterward. They played the gentle flute intro during the "Coming up..." announcement and then the main song during the opening credits. They also played it during the ending credits, fading it out around the point where the song starts to speed up.
Alas, it seems to have been deleted from YouTube. I know it was on here at one time.
jhillst 1 year ago
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royalblue7777 2 years ago
The original KPM LP is finally out on itunes....at last! "Water course" and "Exchange" are the tracks used here....... "Richard Harvey's nifty digits" is the album name btw...
mrDryMartin 2 years ago 2
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PENETRATION
MettallicDesease 2 years ago
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that was rubbbish
Mimodave123456 2 years ago
This is the best audio of this track so far! :D Thankyou!
Beshrewed 2 years ago
lol the harry potter puppet pals guy commented below me :D
trevdog45 2 years ago 3
Thank you so much! is there any way I can get an mp3 of this?
NeilCicierega 2 years ago 15
Yes, buy it on iTunes.
AlexRGravlin 2 years ago
@NeilCicierega KPM 1251 is now on i-tunes...Water course and exchange are the track names...
mrDryMartin 1 year ago
@NeilCicierega Wow! Neil Cicierega digs the crayons too! :-)
SecretTimeWarp 1 year ago 2
@NeilCicierega If you have an Amazon account you can purchase an mp3 of it there -- just do a search for "Richard Harvey's Nifty Digits".
jhillst 1 year ago
Richard Harvey, the guy who composed this amazing music, is playing in Kingston on 20 July 2009, in a duo with John Williams (yup, the John Williams). They're at the Rose Theatre, as part of an extended world tour. JW plays guitar like no-one else on earth, while RH plays recorders, mandolin, pan pipes, ocarina, percussion, flutes, psaltery and many other instruments, most of them more or less at the same time. Tickets available now online from Rose Theatre Kingston
criticalmess1 2 years ago
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singinglawnchair 2 years ago
25 years after I first heard this tune - and apparently 30 years after it was originally composed - this is quite a treat. I wonder if anyone has ever emailed Richard Harvey to reveal to him the community of folks who practically obsessed over these works and their lingering mystery.
Asterra2 2 years ago 16
@Asterra2 this is a pretty good deconstruction of the ridiculous nostalgia i feel from this tune
vaginadeluxe 1 year ago
A major mystery solved. Thank you.
dijeinyje 2 years ago 4