Big Red Car

Big Red Car
Studio album by The Wiggles
Released	February 20, 1995
Recorded	1994-1995
Genre	Children's
Length	35:38
Label	ABC, EMI Music Group Australasia
Producer	The Wiggles
The Wiggles chronology
Yummy Yummy (1994) Big Red Car (1995) Wake Up Jeff! (1996)

Big Red Car is the fifth album by the popular children's band The Wiggles, released in 1995. This album won the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by (or trad. arr. by) M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page except spoken or listed below. 

Personnel

source Big Red Car booklet last page:^[2]

The Wiggles are

• Murray Cook – Bass, guitar, vocals and vibraslap
• Jeff Fatt – Piano, Lowrey Colour Glow organ, lead vocal on "I'm a Cow", backing vocals and vibraslap
• Anthony Field – Acoustic guitar, vocals, vibraslap co-ordinator
• Greg Page – Lead vocals, Hammond B-3 and vibraslap

Additional musicians

• Terry Murray – Guitar
• Tony Henry – Drums on "Five Little Joeys", "Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)", "Brown Girl in the Ring" and "Big Red Car"
• Andrew Bignall – Drums on "Wags the Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Teddy Bear Hug", "Hat on My Head" and "Do the Flap"
• Greg Truman – Backing vocals on "Wags the Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Teddy Bear Hug", "Hat on My Head" and "Do the Flap"
• Gerry Brady – Backing vocals on "The Four Presents" and guitar on "Pufferbillies"
• Emma Buter – Dorothy's Voice
• John Field – Sequencing and guitar on "Dorothy's Dance Party"

Video

Big Red Car
Big Red Car cover
Directed by	Phil Cullen
Produced by	John Spence
Written by	The Wiggles
Starring	Greg Page Anthony Field Murray Cook Jeff Fatt
Music by	The Wiggles
Distributed by	Roadshow Entertainment / ABC Video (#102786)
Release dates	September 1995[3]
Running time	40 minutes
Country	Australia

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

1. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
2. Wags the Dog
3. Five Little Joeys
4. Di Dicki Do Dum
5. I'm a Cow
6. Do the Flap
7. On Your Holiday
8. Hat on My Head
9. Greg's Magic Show (skit)^{[note 1]}
10. Brown Girl in the Ring
11. Georgia's Song
12. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
13. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
14. Dorothy's Dance Party
15. Big Red Car^{[note 2]}

Cast

The Wiggles

• Greg Page
• Anthony Field
• Murray Cook
• Jeff Fatt

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^{[note 3]}
• Alex Harfield, Mary Ann Hull, Rhiannah Kitching as "Georgia's Song" Dancers

Choreography

• Leanne Halloran^{[note 4]}
• Assistants: Donna Halloran, Judy Halloran

Children appearing provided by the Donna Halloran School of Dance, Moorebank, Sydney

Keiran Bianco, Alyssa Bryce, Nicole Butler, Sarah Cornale, Daisy Cousens, Rose Cousens, Jessica Halloran, Cassandra Halloran, Kate Halloran, Shaun Higgins, Naomi Higgins, Ben Jones, Emma Ryan, Sian Ryan, Melanie Scott, Kristen Shaw, Sarah Sneddon, Michael Walsh

Other Children Appearing

Georgia Munro-Cook, Vincent Bettens, Luke Field, Claire Field, Dominic Field, Joseph Field, Anthony Silvestrini, Sofia Silvestrini, Leonardo Silvestrini, Nicholas Hull, Timothy Rioseco, Blaine Charlton, Samantha.

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.^[4]

Here Comes the Big Red Car

Here Comes the Big Red Car is the 25th album release from an Australia children's music group, The Wiggles. It contains tracks that were mostly recorded for the Big Red Car album.

Tracklist

1. Big Red Car
2. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
3. Wags The Dog
4. Five Little Joeys
5. Di Dicki Do Dum
6. Brown Girl in the Ring
7. Sorry Again
8. Introduction
9. I'm A Cow
10. Do The Flap
11. Pufferbillies
12. Joannie Works with One Hammer
13. I Want To Wear The Jacket
14. Introduction
15. Hat On My Head
16. The Four Presents
17. Introduction
18. Georgia's Song
19. I am a Dancer
20. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
21. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
22. Dorothy's Dance Party
23. Henry's Dance
24. Sanctissima
25. Here We Go Dorothy
26. 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" .^[5]

Song list

1. Big Red Car
2. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
3. Wags the Dog
4. Five Little Joeys
5. Di Dicki Do Dum
6. I’m a Cow – animated
7. Do the Flap
8. Hat on my Head
9. Brown Girl in the Ring
10. Georgia’s Song
11. I Want to Wear the Jacket
12. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
13. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
14. Dorothy’s Dance Party
15. Sorry Again
16. Henry's Dance

Personnel

• Vocals: Greg Page, Paul Paddick, Emma Buter and Caterina Mete
• Manzillas: Brett Clarke, Ryan De Saulnier, Sam Moran, Greg Truman and Gerry Brady
• Guitar: Anthony Field, John William Field 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

References