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

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)

so you're saying that Mr. Snrub's soul is an appalling dump heap

“Linus and Lucy”is Christmas in my house.

A Charlie Brown Christmasis perhaps not as iconic in the UK compared to the US but it truly is this planet's best Christmas music.

"christmas is coming" goes so hard

it’s a perfect record. I finally bought a shitty overpriced green vinyl reissue because I felt I had to own it, I play it every couple of days every december. the movie is perfect too

Great new piece from Nate Chinen on another Guaraldi landmark, his Charlie Brown Thanksgiving songs, now available properly standalone for the first time:

https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2023-11-20/after-50-years-the-hip-soundtrack-for-a-charlie-brown-thanksgiving-is-available-as-a-full-musical-feast