Back in 2018, Omnivore Recordings collected The Complete Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Recordings of jazz pianist-composer-Peanuts legend Vince Guaraldi. Now, the label is breaking out one of the albums contained in that set for CD and vinyl reissue. 1968’s Oh, Good Grief! was built around his familiar compositions for Charles M. Schulz’s legendary characters, but those tunes were subtly updated as Guaraldi added electric guitar and electric harpsichord to his trio (piano/bass/drums) format. Kevin Gray has remastered these vibrant new editions.
In his first album for Warner Bros., Vince Guaraldi serves up another delightful, though pitifully short (28 minutes) helping of his themes for the Peanuts TV specials. By this time, like…
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Lee Mendelson Film Productions is continuing its series unveiling never-before-released soundtracks to classic Peanuts specials.
This 50th anniversary edition premieres Vince Guaraldi’s score to You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown; bonus tracks include alternate and unused cues and rare tracks from the 1974 short educational film Bicycles Are Beautiful. Guaraldi’s trio for these recordings is rounded out by Mark Rosengarden and Seward McClain.
…Following the passing of producer Lee Mendelson in December 2019, his sons Jason and Sean Mendelson undertook an extensive search of archival materials in hopes of locating original music score recordings from the Peanuts television specials. During the COVID-19…