Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas: You cannot fuck with this album.

not yet, but soon. this album still has such an aura and power and is tied to so many memories that i really try not to play it outside of december, out of fear that it will lose its punch. but i would second black orpheus as a capable placeholder in the meantime.

Too early to play it just yet, but just an hour ago I was thinking about giving this as my Secret Santa present to a workmate.

I'm not ashamed to admit I listened to some Xmas tunes last night and enjoyed it.

Classic, times infinity. One of the few Christmas records that I can still enjoy front-to-back.

Always a tiny thrill when "Skating" or "Christmas is Coming" kicks in during shuffle play

I usually cant stand Christmas music, but this record is fantastic. The only other Guaraldi I know is James Gang's version of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" which, if I remember right, is part the Bomber.

love this stuff, also recommend the modern jazz quartet album "on tour" which hits a similar vibe as this

i was about to post to the "hate everybody and everything" thread
and then i put this on. now is nice.
and dude died too early at 47.

ok but now is not too early 2 put this on!

no i know, just sayin

http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/jazz-charlie-brown-vince-guaraldi-story/
http://www.fivecentsplease.org/dpb/guaraldi.html

"You'd never know when you were going to recognize him," Schulz once commented. "Something was always growing or not growing."

havin a moment to this tbrr

prrrrrrum prrrrrrrum prrrrrum pum pum.

sweet icicles of piano

way early i know but i'm just giving 'skating' my first listen of the year and :').

I'm considering using Skating at my wedding next May.

i for one would offer much in the way of :') to that.

The only Christmas album worth owning. All the others are cheesy classless novelties.

Gidouddahere.

The only Christmas album worth owning. All the others are cheesy classless novelties.

This is a falsehood.

have often played this album on repeat for hours without tiring of it.

Thanks for the revive; just bought a real copy of this. Beautiful.

watched the thanksgiving special the other day, and loved the music on that one too. the collegiate-sounding theme is available on comps, but don't think the soundtrack has been released on cd. linus and lucy theme gets a cool, faux-boogaloo reading too

Thanks for the revive; just bought a real copy of this. Beautiful.

I picked up a copy earlier this year and have been waiting all year to play it! Think I'll wait until it gets cold though, feels wrong to play it when the high is 68F.

PEANUTS is some str8 garbage and if you can't admit it then you are lying to yourself and to god

is cankles the boob who hates Harpo Marx too?

― Dr Morbius

the fuck u talkin bout blorbius???? i love the marx bros!!

― cankles

is there a good way to hear the music from all the other specials? you'd figure there would be a box set or something by now, but no such luck.

there's a CD of the big songs from all the holiday albums, has some overlap with the xmas album but not too much.

this is the only christmas album i really need (even though i have a bunch more). sometimes i think it's the only album i need at all!

This year I went all out and practically played it every day this month. And I never once got tired of that.

My son's been working on Christmas Time is Here on the piano for the last couple weeks. It's been pretty sweet!

always excited to have a damp snowfall with big fluffy flakes b/c it enhances 'skating' tenfold

There was a show on PBS I think about him last year that was pretty great. I have most of his albums plus some other mellow piano-based stuff in a playlist titled "Snoopyjazz."

Start with A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (1957) and work yr way from there! Some of his tunes get an interesting orchestrated treatment in The Charlie Brown Suite, and George Winston did a couple albums of his music and isn't too bad either.

heard some kind of indie take on Christmas Time at the grocery store this morning. didn't really live up to the original...

This is the only Christmas album I ever need. Though I do also enjoy the Fahey Christmas record(s) that all the vinyl shops are always trying to get rid of.

heard some kind of indie take on Christmas Time at the grocery store this morning. didn't really live up to the original...

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so sad that guaraldi didn't really live long enough to see his tunes become standards

I have listened to this album about 10-15 times this month alone. Not Christmas specific to me any more, it works all Winter, but I only really ramp it up in December. Somed days "Skating" is the best song, but all of them have a special place for me.

There is a really great cover of "Christmas Time Is Here" by Lambchop out there. Kurt Wagner does a pretty funny spoken-word little ad lib in the middle. Well worth checking out if you can find it.

I did some baking this morning while this was playing, so calming & beautiful

"Skating" definitely the perfect soundtrack to the step where you shake powdered sugar on the cookies.

otm

Banging this shit rn what up

Me too this morning, right after the unsurpassable nat king cole Xmas album

officemate has ben playing this all morning. Our room is a happy little corner rn

I tried to fuck with this album and it fucked me up.

This is the only Christmas music that I keep in my regular off-season rotation.

Dilla, late '95: The Parcyde's Splattitorium. The VG trio hanging on a pedal point bassline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_qwK-0xmZ8

have to agree with upthread posters about only listening in december. been listening since i was a kid and it's tied to so many strong memories (and like, smells)

for better or worse i tend to compare any waltz to Skating. Super-perfection

jazz impressions of black orpheus is the one you can listen to outside of december to get yr guaraldi fix

VG's black Orpheus is certainly one of the cooler outings

my non-seasonal VG trio has been A Boy Named Charlie Brown sdtk

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41gA9mQq7CL.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6DuzxtQyc4