Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2022
Label: Concord Craft
Track List
Side A
- O Tannenbaum
- What Child Is This
- My Little Drum
- Linus and Lucy
- Christmas Time Is Here (instrumental)
Side B
- Christmas Time Is Here (vocal)
- Skating
- Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
- Christmas Is Coming
- Fur Elise
- The Christmas Song
- Greensleeves
Notes
Gold Foil Edition features gold foil jacket with embossment
With such iconic tracks as “Christmas Time is Here” and “Linus and Lucy,” the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas shares the title of best-selling jazz album in history. Certified 5x Platinum and a perennial best-seller, the soundtrack reached No. 6 on the Billboard Charts in 2021 which speaks to the enduring legacy of the album. For this one-time only 2022 printing, the jacket has been wrapped in gold foil while the Peanuts characters and tree have been embossed for a striking look.
The album was released in December 1965[
Vince Guaraldi Trio:
Vince Guaraldi – piano, bandleader, Hammond organ on “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Fred Marshall – double bass
Monty Budwig – double bass (“Linus and Lucy”, “Greensleeves”)
Jerry Granelli – drums
Colin Bailey – drums (“Linus and Lucy”, “Greensleeves”)
Additional musicians:
Chuck Bennett – trombone on “Thanksgiving Theme”
Mike Clark – drums on “Thanksgiving Theme”
John Gray – guitar on “Great Pumpkin Waltz”
Tom Harrell – trumpet on “Thanksgiving Theme”
Mannie Klein – trumpet on “Great Pumpkin Waltz”
Seward McCain – bass on “Thanksgiving Theme”
Children’s chorus for the songs “Christmas Time Is Here”, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” and when the kids all shout “Merry Christmas Charlie Brown” were performed by members of the choir of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael, California.
