A Charlie Brown Christmas

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Rounding out the package is a special message from the family of Lee Mendelson, the late Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning producer and co-creator of the PEANUTS® animated specials. To clarify all that, I reached out directly to Craft Recordings, who confirmed the new mix was indeed made from the original tapes, which were transferred to hi-res digital at 24-bit/192kHz. The score for A Charlie Brown Christmas was such a triumph that Guaraldi composed the music for 17 Peanuts television specials in all, a spectacular streak ended only by his untimely death in 1976 at the age of 47. As a side-effect, he secured prime-time exposure for jazz in an era when most jazz artists would have struggled to get anywhere near prime-time television.

Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. Ditch the poppy rubbish that normally gets selected at Christmas, and go for this absolute gem of an album, you won't regret it. The soundtrack album remains the second–best-selling jazz title in history, and was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA in late 2016. Mark Smotroff is an avid vinyl collector who has also worked in marketing communications for decades.Also in the dead wax the second number is scratched out and the "2" is placed below the scratched out number. As I mentioned earlier, as a bonus in this new edition, we get an entire additional LP of outtakes and alternate takes that provide fascinating insight into how the album was made. Features some of the most iconic tracks in pop culture, including the instantly recognizable "Linus and Lucy" and the festive "Christmas Time Is Here. The beloved Peanuts animated special from which it sprang was a sensation the first time it aired on CBS-TV, and so was its cool soundtrack by the veteran Bay Area pianist, which introduced countless children to the joys of jazz.

He had one of the early versions without the sides listed on the labels and I paid no mind to the side serials under the word STEREO. In many ways, this new 2LP edition of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is idyllic, because it gives you the essence of all the outtakes in a very easy-to-assimilate, single-disc listening experience. The white “snow” color drops splattered in a base of clear vinyl plays with a steady and audible pfff… pffft… pffft in the background.All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. It is housed in a hardcover book which helps to guide fans through the entire recording process, via new, in-depth sleeve notes by Derrick Bang – a Peanuts expert. However, Vince Guaraldi will always be known as the man who introduced generations of children to the joys of jazz – having scored years’ worth of PEANUTS specials - certainly, the instantly recognizable “ Linus and Lucy” remains his most famous track.