Vinyl Madness 2025: Part 2 (with a bonus)

Okay, I knew we'd get more, given that the 75th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip debut is coming up on October 2...

...but seriously?

As my FiveCentsPlease blog colleague Scott suggested, we've now descended into vinyl insanity.

Truly, I feel sorry for the completists out there who are determined to get everything. (And I know you exist, because I hear from some of you.)

I'd love to think this is the final tally for what remains of 2025, but honestly ... I won't be surprised if a few more pop up, in the next month. If any more are announced, they'll be added to this post, so check back in a few weeks.

Meanwhile, let's dig in.

A previous blog post focused vinyl variants of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas, so we'll consider those two done. (Fingers crossed.)

So, let's move now to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. And, as it happens...

...Target is offering a ghost-white, pumpkin-shaped LP, due for release Friday, September 26. It can be ordered here.

And here's a surprise: The famed "big three" Peanuts holiday specials aren't the only albums getting variant treatment, because...

...the recently released score for You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown is getting a "leaky pumpkin orange vinyl" from Urban Outfitters, due for release on October 17. It can be ordered here.

Actually, Urban Outfitters jumped into the game big-time this year, also with...

...a 4-inch yellow "tiny vinyl" excerpt from Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown, also due for release on October 17. It can be ordered here.

Peanuts Greatest Hits is getting two vinyl variants: the first a 75th anniversary picture disc, available Friday, September 26, at numerous sources; and an exclusive Urban Outfitters black and yellow disc, due October 17.

The picture disc can be ordered here (among other places), and the Urban Outfitters variant here.

But Urban Outfitters isn't done yet...

...because they're also offering an exclusive "crayons colored vinyl" version of Peanuts Portraits, due October 17. It can be ordered here.

So, you undoubtedly assume that's enough, right?

Nope.

Record Store Day's many brick-and-mortar outlets throughout the country also will offer exclusive CD releases on October 17, starting with...

...the awesome, six-disc box set of Vince Guaraldi: The Peanuts Collection (Volume 1) containing Lee Mendelson Film Productions' previous releases (same music, same mastering, same liner notes). The contents include the six albums cited below, bearing the new cover art also cited below. It can be ordered here.

Additionally, your favorite brick-and-mortar stores will offer half a dozen individual Peanuts special scores as CD releases — again, same music, same mastering, same liner notes — with "Indie exclusive cover art," starting with Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown and You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown:

Valentine can be ordered here; Elected can be ordered here.

Next up: "Indie exclusive cover art" versions of It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown and It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown:

Easter Beagle can be ordered here; Short Summer can be ordered here.

Finally (dare I say finally?), you can salivate over "Indie exclusive cover art" versions of You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving:

(So I guess we weren't done with Thanksgiving after all...) Good Sport can be ordered here; Thanksgiving can be ordered here.

So ... is that truly it, for the rest of the year? As I said above, while I'd love to think so, this year already has been full of surprises, so we shouldn't discount the possibility of one or two more.

Rest assured, if anything else pops up, you'll find out here.

Meanwhile ... better work extra hours, because your bank accounts are about to take a serious hit!