Credits:

Vince Guaraldi

Description:

Deluxe edition of Vince Galardi's immortal soundtrack classic of the 1965 animated TV PEANUTS(R) special "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Charles Schulz, Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez. This digipak 1CD deluxe edition features a new stereo mix remastered from the original three- and two-track sources, as well as 13 previously unreleased outtakes selected from five different recording sessions. These previously unreleased versions offer a wonderful insight into how this iconic score was formed, and the four-sided digipak with 24-page booklet includes a new foreword by TV special producer Lee Mendelson's family and Peanuts historian, new liner notes by Derrick Bang.

Tracklisting:

1.O Tannenbaum
2.What Child Is This
3.My Little Drum
4.Linus & Lucy
5.Christmas Time Is Here [Instrumental]
6.Christmas Time Is Here [Vocal]
7.Skating
8.Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
9.Christmas Is Coming
10.Fur Elise
11.The Christmas Song
12.O Tannenbaum (Take 2/Recorded September 21, 1965)
13.O Tannenbaum (Take 3/Recorded September 21, 1965)
14.Greensleeves (Take 6/Recorded October 28, 1965)
15.Linus and Lucy (Take 1/Recorded September 17, 1965)
16.Christmas Time Is Here (Take 1/Recorded September 17, 1965)
17.Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (Rehearsal/Recording Date Unknown)
18.Christmas Time Is Here (Take 4) (Rehearsal/Recording Date Unknown)
19.Skating (Take 1/Recorded September 22, 1965)
20.Jingle Bells (Takes 1-4/Recorded September 21, 1965)
21.Christmas Is Coming (Take 3/Recorded September 17, 1965)
22.Christmas Is Coming (Take 3/Recorded September 21, 1965)
23.Fur Elise (Takes 1-2/Recording Date Unknown)
24.The Christmas Song (Take 8/Recorded October 28, 1965)