Big Red Car

"Big Red Car" (titled "Dance Party" in North America) is the fifth Wiggles album, released on February 20, 1995. It won the 1995 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album. The accompanying video was a released on the September 11, 1995.

You can find information on the cassette release of this album here.

The album was re-issued in 2006 as Here Comes The Big Red Car, with some tracks removed or replaced with new recordings, and new ones added.

Tracklist

Wags the Dog 2.42 J.Field, M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Henry's Dance 1.51 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Five Little Joeys 1.48 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) 1.34 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Di Dicki Do Dum 1.33 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Cows 0.20 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
I'm a Cow 0:31 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Bouncing Ball 0.13 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Brown Girl In The Ring 1.35 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J. Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Dorothy's Dance Party 2.15 J.Field
The Four Presents 2.39 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
My Holiday At The Beach 0.10 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
On Your Holiday 1.33 M.Perry
Teddy Bear Hug 1.55 Raffi, Simpson
Big Red Car 1.49 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
My Hat 0.08 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Hat On My Head 1.11 J.Field, A.Field
Here We Go Dorothy 2.41 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Do the Flap 2.26 J.Field, T.Henry, M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Pufferbillies 0.40 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Joannie 0.47 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo 2.12 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
My New Shoes 0.42 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
I Am A Dancer 0.58 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Look At Baby 0.09 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Georgia's Song 0.43 M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page
Sanctissima 0.45 Trad. Arr. M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page

Personnel

Credits

THE WIGGLES ARE: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
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-cordinator
Greg Page: Lead vocals, Hammond B-3 & vibraslap

Additional Musicians

Terry Murray: An assortment of great guitar work throughout the album (Thanks Terry!)
Tony Henry: Drums on 'Brown Girl in the Ring', 'Big Red Car', 'Five Little Joeys' and 'Can You Point 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', 'The Flap', 'Hat on my Head' & 'Teddy Bear Hug'
Gerry Brady: Backing vocals on 'The Four Presents' & guitar on 'Pufferbillies'
Emma Buter: Character Voice
John Field: Sequencing & guitar on 'Dorothy's Dance Party'
Produced by The Wiggles
Engineered by Aaron Ruig, Rob Perez and The Wiggles.
Recorded at Tracking Station Recording Studios and Struggle Street Studios and Bellevue Hill, Sydney.
Mastered by William Bowden at Festival Studios.
Art & Design by Deborah Parry Graphics
Photography by Gary Johnston

Trivia

The original recording of "Can You Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?", which appears on this album, is in D major. Later recordings are in E major.
This album marks the first appearance of Wags the Dog.
Joannie Works With One Hammer is listed as "Joannie" on this album.
Henry's Dance, Teddy Bear Hug, Joannie Works With One Hammer and I Am A Dancer first appeared in Yummy Yummy.
Hat on My Head first appeared in the Play School album: Oomba Baroomba, which was released in 1994.
On Your Holiday first appeared in the Play School television show.
Guitarist Terry Murray and voiceover Emma Buter debut on this album.
This is the only album where Andrew Bignall plays the drums, as well as where Gerry Brady provides the backing vocals on The Four Presents and plays the guitar on Pufferbillies.
Anthony's brother John Field debuts on this album.
Tony Henry plays the drums on Five Little Joeys, Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?), Brown Girl In The Ring, and Big Red Car.

Gallery

Back Cover and Disc

Other

The Wiggles albums

Murray, Jeff, Anthony, Greg and Phillip (1991)

The Wiggles (1991)

Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1992-2006, 2012)

Here Comes a Song (1992) • Stories and Songs: The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996) • The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997) • Toot Toot! (1998) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Wiggle Time! (2000) • Yule Be Wiggling (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo It's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Go To Sleep Jeff! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2003) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) • Celebration! (2012)

Karaoke Albums	Karaoke Songs 1 (2005) • Karaoke Christmas Songs (2005) • Karaoke Songs 2 (2006) • Karaoke Songs 3 (2006)
US-exclusive	Let's Wiggle (1999) • Dance Party (2001) • Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2006)
Singles	Eagle Rock! (feat. Ross Wilson) (2003) • Christmas Single (2004) • Beep! Beep! Buckle Up! (2012)

Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011)

Getting Strong! Wiggle and Learn (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011)

Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-present)

Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • CinderEmma! Fairytale (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Nursery Rhymes (2017) • Duets (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019)

Spin-off Albums	Emma! (2015) • Carnival Of The Animals (2016) • Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2016) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018)
Singles	Power Through the Day (2013) • Rise For Alex (2014) • NSW Blues Song! (2017) • The Toilet Song (2019) • The Alphabet Ballet (2019) • My Ballet Goat (2019)

Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007-2012)

Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012)

Compilations

Christmas Classics (2006) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009) • Hits And Rarities (2012) • Christmas Crackers! (2012) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013) • Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! (2015) • The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2016) • The Best of The Wiggles (2016)

Samplers

Celebrating The Wiggles' 10th Birthday! (2001) • Compliments Of Brach's And The Wiggles (2003) • Wiggle Bay (2003) • Toot Toot! 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Magical Adventure! A Wiggly Movie: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wake Up Jeff!: 3 Bonus Songs (2004)• Wiggle Into Apple-Healthy Snack Time (2005) • Snack Time is Wiggle Time With Mott's (2006) • 4 Song CD (2006) • Omo Colourlock Limited Edition CD Sampler (2006)

Books w/ CDs

Sing-along CD (2006) • We're All Friends (2007) • Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2007) • A Wiggly Sing-Along Box Set (2012) • Super Singalong Slipcase (2015) • Singalong Slipcase (2018)

More from The Wiggles

The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles (2011) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017)

The Taiwanese Wiggles

大家來Wiggle! (2003) • 歡樂Party! (2003)

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