Available for pre-order today on two-CD and digital platforms, the newly remastered album includes the aforementioned 11 previously unreleased outtakes, along with the original album's longtime favorite tracks: “Linus and Lucy,” “Baseball Theme,” “Charlie Brown Theme” and many others.
Street date is April 11.
The tracks are newly remastered from the original tapes by Grammy Award-winning engineer Paul Blakemore. The package also includes new liner notes by ye humble blogmeister, along with essays from producer Lee Mendelson and music journalist Ralph J. Gleason, both of which appeared in the album's original gatefold pressing.
(It's important to note, however, that Mendelson's notes were dropped when the LP was reissued in a standard, single-sleeve jacket. Re-reading Mendelson's notes today is quite eye-opening!)
Track Listing (CD/Digital):
Disc 1:
1. Oh, Good Grief
2. Pebble Beach
3. Happiness Theme (Happiness Is)
4. Schroeder
5. Charlie Brown Theme
6. Linus and Lucy
7. Blue Charlie Brown
8. Baseball Theme
9. Frieda (with the Naturally Curly Hair)
Disc 2:
1. Linus and Lucy (Studio Test)
2. Linus and Lucy (Take 3)
3. Happiness Theme (Happiness Is) (Take 4)
4. Pebble Beach (Take 7)
5. Baseball Theme (Take 1)
6. Oh, Good Grief (Take 1)
7. Schroeder (Take 3)
8. Baseball Theme (Take 2)
9. Oh, Good Grief (Take 1/Later Session)
10. Schroeder (Take 2)
11. Blues for Peanuts
12. Charlie Brown Theme (Take 4)
13. Blue Charlie Brown (Take 1)
14. Frieda (with the Naturally Curly Hair) (Take 1)
15. Fly Me to the Moon
16. Autumn Leaves
This year is becoming quite the Guaraldi extravaganza!
5 comments:
Just listened to Linus and Lucy (studio test), the link is in the press release, and you’re literally listening to one of the most iconic songs being created. Amazing. Very excited for this release.
Definitely looking forward to this album for sure. I did have a question however, the timeline is a little murky about when the 1963 documentary was produced and when Vince actually started working on the music for it.
The back of the album and your timeline states that it was recorded on May 26 and September 11 1964 yet the recently released studio test of Linus and Lucy was recorded on April 30th.
So did Vince not record the music for the documentary until 1964 after the majority of the documentary was completed hence the date of 1963 for it or was there a completely different session for just the documentary that hasn’t been released yet?
There’s also the instance of several alternate takes for the songs being present in the documentary as well as an unknown jazz improv which could potentially turn up on the new album or not.
I believe you'll find, when you purchase the album, that many (most?) of these questions are answered in my liner notes.
I’m hoping an author or reader of this blog can help me. I’m looking to purchase some wall art related to Vince Guaraldi. Maybe a concert poster or a photograph or something related to The Peanuts. Something suitable for framing! I tried eBay but after that I’m not sure where to look. Thanks in advance!
They're hard to come by. Classicposters.com has one, and a Google search on "Vince Guaraldi" + poster brings up a few. You also can try Etsy, although many of those folks offer items that violate copyright.
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