A Charlie Brown Christmas

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I prefer how Guaraldi’s piano sounds on this new edition, especially in comparison to the originals that always sounded a little bit on the boxy side (even on my aforementioned SACD).

Auch meinen Eltern gefiel die Musik sehr gut und wir haben sie nicht nur Heiligabend, sondern auch noch am 2. Card was described and photographed very good and when received it matched the descriptions perfectly!The soundtrack album remains the second-best-selling jazz title in history, and was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA in late 2016. The white “snow” color drops splattered in a base of clear vinyl plays with a steady and audible pfff… pffft… pffft in the background. I’ll admit, it sure looks super-nifty — but I have to tell you, it is so very, very noisy that I can hardly play it. Let's face it, it's not always about fidelity: this music sounded OK issuing forth from the 4" speakers in Mom and Dad's TV console. Ditch the poppy rubbish that normally gets selected at Christmas, and go for this absolute gem of an album, you won't regret it.

SPECIAL FOR THE PEANUTS 70th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR: A Charlie Brown Christmas will be wrapped with an ‘animated’ collectible lenticular featuring Charles M Schulz’s beloved classic characters.Most importantly, the album sounds like “A Charlie Brown Christmas” should sound, but with a clearer sense of studio presence and gently richer dynamics, especially on the drums and Vince Guaraldi’s piano. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases.

Seriously, though, I use that copy mostly as a decoration during the holidays, on my annual holiday “Record Tree. I thought the album started with "Christmas Time Is Here Again" vocal version and ended with the instrumental version, so I recorded it that way and found out I was wrong when I finally bought my own on vinyl sometime later that had the sides marked on the label. With such iconic tracks as “Christmas Time is Here” and the instantly recognizable “Linus and Lucy”, the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas shares the title of best-selling jazz album in history, and was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA in late 2016.

For a long time now, I have had the feeling there were seemingly a bazillion different versions of Vince Guaraldi’s beloved jazz soundtrack to the timeless “A Charlie Brown Christmas” 1965 TV special out there in the wilds of record collecting. From the official press release for this new edition, we learn, quote, “the original 11-track album has been upgraded with a new stereo mix from the original two- and three-track sources by the GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer, Paul Blakemore.