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

I'm a year late but it's that gruesome time again.This reminds me of proper Xmas. Those that don't happen anymore. Cry.
Got this at the weekend and came on here just knowing there would be a thread.

You're all so otfm.
'Skating' is indeed beautiful, 'Linus and Lucy' is as great as ever but 'Christmas Is Coming' is also so good, eventhough the jazz breakdown pushes it slightly too much for these ears.

So where do I turn next Guaraldi wise? Or anybody in a similar vein

Appreciated

Oh and Merry Fucking Christmas

Aw Fk _I missed 'Christmas Time is Here'...

Oh and Merry Fucking Christmas
― Fer Ark (13 minutes ago)

Aw Fk _I missed 'Christmas Time is Here'...
― Fer Ark (1 minute ago)

Yer one contradictory dude! :)

O and Merry Fookin Xmas to ya too, then!

Sorry, I was wrapping presents and lost the end of the sellotape - lost my temper too ;-)

A remarkably early wrapper, you.

I wish I could talk more 'bout Vince Guaraldi but, eh, I've only heard a couple of tunes by him.

Hah - I played this last friday night to some random drunken chixorz

so, uh, BEST ALBUM EVER!

So true, on my pod all year round...

Last night I saw my son dancing to this album and oh, it was total happiness...

:-D And how is that good little dude?

very well indeed! - but the news is that he will be joined by 2 (TWO!) little brothers next March...next Christmas will be busy around here.

! (Did I mention I was planning on swinging by your neck of the woods again in June...)

This just means we will place you in the twins' room - and good luck! : )

Hahah.

So did Vince ever sing any numbers other than "Joe Cool" and "Little Birdie"? He should have!

Seriously, Ned, just let me know when. Mi casa su casa!

Will do!

everyone start listening to this album again, at the request of chaki

Always do, always will, as evinced upthread, there's just some shit you can't mess with.

it is way too early to revive xmas album threads but y this is fucking xcllnt

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!