Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas - 1965 Essential Xmas Jazz - Green Vinyl LP

Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas


Label: Fantasy– 8431, Fantasy – F-8431-A, Fantasy – F-8431
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Green
Country: US
1965
Released: 09 Oct 2012
Genre: Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style: Contemporary Jazz

Tracklist

A1 O Tannenbaum (5:03)
A2 What Child Is This (2:20)
A3 My Little Drum (3:15)
A4 Linus And Lucy (3:03)
A5 Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) (6:06)

B1 Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (2:44)
B2 Skating (2:24)
B3 Hark, The Herald Angels Sing (Traditional) (1:55)
B4 Christmas Is Coming (3:22)
B5 Für Elise (1:02)
B6 The Christmas Song (3:15)
B7 Greensleeves (5:25)

Companies, etc.

Copyright (c) – Concord Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Concord Music Group
Remastered At – Fantasy Studios
Published By – Shifty-Felfar Music
Published By – Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc.

Credits

Bass – Fred Marshall (tracks: A1 to B6), Monty Budwig (tracks: B7)
Drums – Colin Bailey (tracks: B7), Jerry Granelli (tracks: A1 to B6)
Illustration – Schulz
Liner Notes – Ralph J. Gleason
Piano – Vince Guaraldi
Remastered By [Mastering (1988)] – George Horn

Notes

©℗1988 Concord Music Group
Mastering (1988) Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
[front cover]: Fantasy 8431
[back cover]: F-8431
[spine]: Fantasy Stereo F-8431
[labels]: F-8431-A

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 25218 84311 9
Barcode (Scanned): 025218843119
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, Variant 1): F-8431 A2 RE5
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, Variant 1): F-8431 B2 RE5
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, Variant 2): F-8431 A3 RE5
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, Variant 2): F-8431 B3 RE5
Rights Society (A1 to B2, B4): BMI
Rights Society (B6): ASCAP



Something about the jazz of Vince Guraldi, combined with the nostalgia of the Peanuts gang, allows this album to be a time machine for me, taking me back to when Christmas was a spectacle of awe and mystery. It seems strange that music can be so evocative and so indescribable at the same time. All that I can say is that it helps me recapture the wonder that I used to have at Christmas.

The specifics:

"O Tannenbaum" and the vocal rendition of "Christmastime is Here" are excellent and just as I remember them. "Fur Elise" is also nice, and "Greensleeves" was a perfect way to end the album. I just wish there were some way to work in Schroeder's rendition of "Jingle Bells" (his staccatto single notes become funnier everytime I hear them).


Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum

This is my very favorite Christmas jazz song of all time. I like listening to instruments playing in the background. "O Tannenbaum" by Vince Guaraldi Trio. I'm in love with this song.