A Charlie Brown Christmas

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I can see it's trying to replicate the original pressing but it'd be nice to have an insert or two considering how legendary the album is. If you live on an island or a remote area, we have to charge you the additional island/ remote area surtax. This one-time only pressing is presented in a Foil Board sleeve with embossed Christmas Tree on top of standard jacket. However, Vince Guaraldi will always be known as the man who introduced generations of children to the joys of jazz – having scored years’ worth of PEANUTS specials - certainly, the instantly recognizable “ Linus and Lucy” remains his most famous track. In terms of the digital transfer used for it, Paul McGowan of PS Audio just posted a very interesting video on the subject of where, exactly, the inherent warmth of vinyl comes from.

With a new spin adding a receiver and blue tooth speakers for a bit more amplified sound though the house. I’ll admit, it sure looks super-nifty — but I have to tell you, it is so very, very noisy that I can hardly play it. All that said, if you own a truly clean, original copy of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” that you like and are a casual fan of this music, you’re probably in good shape, and this new release may not be necessary for you. The score for A Charlie Brown Christmas was such a triumph that Guaraldi composed the music for 17 Peanuts television specials in all, a spectacular streak ended only by his untimely death in 1976 at the age of 47.Vince Guaraldi’s score from the classic 1965 animated Peanuts special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, is subject of a major reissue campaign from Craft Recordings. It never touches the sonic cliches of Christmas music, and manages to convey the complete range of emotions you might feel about the season. I prefer how Guaraldi’s piano sounds on this new edition, especially in comparison to the originals that always sounded a little bit on the boxy side (even on my aforementioned SACD).

As much as I love my trusty SACD edition (albeit with its curious alternate cover art), I still had dreams of scoring a nice vinyl copy for the collection.I’d been long frustrated by off-center, lackluster pressings over the years, and unfortunately had endured many distorted versions in my quest to find a clean original. Also consider, as we have been reaffirming regularly here on AP — especially given The Beatles remixes in recent years — that no one from the big bad record companies will be sneaking into your homes and sifting through your record collections in the middle of the night to steal your original pressings.