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

My number one album every December. Never gets tired.

well, thats my xmas groove kickstarted.

i love "my little drum"

is this the greatest album of all time? I say yes

it probably is my desert island pick

there was a new yorker article a while back about vince guaraldi and i would've posted it here but it was by some serious jazz guy and the tone of the piece was so negative and condescending it bummed me out

I usually only put this on in the wintertime, but I'm feeling especially sad tonight and there aren't many records that can bum me out as this one can. it's hard for me to separate this from the CBS special, which somewhat embrassingly might be one of my favorite 'films'

a lot of guaraldi's other work feels very melancholy to me. i'm not sure whether that's something i'm projecting onto it because of this album/special, but i find this track in particular just crushingly sad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R19lxut_dw

i moved into a new apartment the other day, cheaper than my old one, and much better in every way. i'm already a homebody - this is not good for me. i never want to leave home.

anyway, i unpacked the record player and this album first, and played it as we started organizing our new home. every single song is an all-timer imo

get out and catch some snowflakes on your tongue. they taste like sugar

Jerry Granelli is still going strong, loving his Plays The Music Of Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison album.

first snowstorm of the year was yesterday, and this was on all day today. it’s kind of astonishing — and has there ever been an ILM thread with 100+ posts and unanimous approval?

btw props to the folks up there who recommended jazz impressions of black orpheus, really fantastic stuff.

Love this album so much.

Re: non-festve Vince jams, I used to drop 'Samba De Orpheus' at the end of the night at an old DJ gig of mine and it always went down a treat, perk little banger that it is.

the only bit i don't like is when the kids sing "Hark The Herald". The film isn't something that's traditionally shown at Christmas in the UK, so without context it's quite annoying and disruptive. Best bit: Skating

ffs that post of mine was a typo fest... *festive, *perky

im a weirdo who has always hated the special, but this album might be the greatest LP of all time

Forever the best, just yesterday I was looking at plugging the gaps in my collection of those 'complete' volumes and had pulled a couple of the 70s ones down from the shelf.

saw "Peanuts Portraits" in Rough Trade yesterday and was so tempted to get it

I've been watching some of the early non-holiday specials of late. Lots of Guaraldi weaving throughout. Have they issued his non-xmas Peanuts music?

Oh absolutely, there are even a couple of volumes of unreleased cues and all.

the special is probably one of my ten favorite films, full stop

I was thinking about the TV show last week, when I heard "Christmas Time Is Here" on the radio. First, that in the new year I'm going to start a biography of Charles Schulz that a friend gave me a few years back. Then about the show: more than just a great TV show, I'm not kidding when I say--sorry for the hyperbole--I think it's one of the great pieces of art of the past 50 years or whatever. Especially first airing as it did in December of '65, in the middle of all that was happening in the States. I think the date comes up right at the end, at the bottom of the screen--gives me a chill. It'd take a lot more effort and space to explain myself. (I love when "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" comes in.) I was sad when I heard that this was the first year it wasn't going to get a network showing, that it had been bought by one of the big streaming services.

the special is one of my favorites as well, and the LP is one of the very, very few christmas-related albums/songs i enjoy around this time of year. i tolerate a few more, and want all the rest of christmas music to not be part of 10% of the year (e.g., "the christmas tenth of life")

also thanks for the Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus tip above! it's brightening my morning up for sure, it's wonderful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhTBykWo0mg

Jerry Granelli is still going strong, loving his Plays The Music Of Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison album.

― calzino, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 7:17 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

Jerry Granelli unfortunately passed away in July. Absolutely incredible and inspiring musician.

i do truly love this record but this year my inner voice keeps dolefully singing “omicron is here”

;_;

All time LP.

At some point since this thread began, I think the meaning of "fuck with" kind of got reversed. Nowadays if someone says they "fuck with" an album that probably means they like it, no?

looooooooooooool estela

Crowds are rapt in fear
Sniffles coughs
Your breathing stops
The loss of all held dear

A+

yes, thank you forks

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

― mr. que, covering up the vital parts, lest he embarrass the ladi (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:47 PM (twelve years ago)

belated thanks for this recommendation btw! i‘ve got it on now and it does have a similar mood, espec “skating in central park”

Modern Jazz Quartet and John Lewis absolutely rule. In some strange way that I won't expand on they remind me more of Kraftwerk than Vince Guaralidi! The two European Concert volume albums are ace.

Never knowingly undersoloed

Still accurate. This, though...is a bit insane.

https://craftrecordings.com/collections/vince-guaraldi/products/vince-guaraldi-trio-a-charlie-brown-christmas-super-deluxe-edition-4-cd-blu-ray

(But I still want it.)

And with the season nigh and with in fact three total reissues this fall on Craft (including Great Pumpkin and Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus), I had occasion for some thoughts

https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-weekly-73870968

best album of all time, perfect wistful melancholy without being morose, as well as having a couple all time uptempo jams. And deep cuts! My Little Drum is amazing.

Played this morning as my wife and myself were opening presents, I vetoed her suggestion of Sufjan Stevens, it's always so sad sounding to me.

Amazing album. No you cannot fuck with it, except for “Linus and Lucy” which is crap. Every time that comes on, my dinner party guests are like, “That was some nice mellow Christmas music we had there, Mr. Snrub. Why did you kill it and put on the fucking Charlie Brown theme song?”

you need better dinner party guests imo

the correct response is to do this dance

https://media.tenor.com/QQPHo0TcWmcAAAAC/charlie-brown-christmas-dance.gif

for real tho

except for “Linus and Lucy” which is crap.

Sorry but no. Iconic for a reason!

That is just silly. If there's a jarring moment, it's the bad kid singing on Hark the Herald Angels Sing, but that has its charms.
'Skating' is the best cut

"Linus and Lucy" haters are defective.

Why yes I got that complete sessions box set I linked above. I regret absolutely nothing.

"Linus and Lucy" makes as much sense on a Xmas playlist as Thurl Ravenscroft reading an unpopular recluse to filth for 5 solid minutes

🤨

Why you're a mean one, Mr. H.

(To be clear, I think “Linus and Lucy” does belong on Xmas playlists)