Product Overview
This is a Record Store Day release - it will not be available to purchase in-store until the 20th April (the day of RSD), with leftover stock available for purchase online the morning of the 22nd. Please note that this item has been ordered from our suppliers - the availability, quantity and price of all RSD2024 titles are subject to change and will be updated in the week prior to the 20th.
Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) is thrilled to announce the release - for the first time ever – from recently rediscovered tapes - the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, the timeless 6th animated Peanuts® special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Bill Melendez and producers Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Originally aired on September 27, 1969 on CBS-TV.
The album includes the original recordings that comprise the cues from the special across twenty-six tracks, plus another six alternative tracks that have never been released or heard before.
Guaraldi lovingly created the soundtrack for the summer camp adventure where Charlie Brown and his gang face off against the girls camp led by Peppermint Patty. The large jazz combo album also includes the best rendition of Guaraldi classic, "Love Will Come (Nova Bossa)" as well as the first use of additional percussion in Victor Feldman.
The recording features Guaraldi (piano), Monty Budwig (double bass), Jack Sperling (drums), Conti and Pete Candoli (trumpet), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Victor Feldman (percussion), Herb Ellis (guitar), Willian Hood and Peter Christlieb (woodwind), and John Scott Trotter as the orchestra leader. The soundtrack was produced by Sean and Jason Mendelson and restored and re-mastered by Vinson Hudson.
This exclusive Record Store Day 2024 release is pressed on Camp Green Vinyl and includes a 12”, 4-page insert featuring liner notes that give a track-by-track analysis by Derrick Bang (author of "Vince Guaraldi at the Piano") and notes from Sean and Jason Mendelson, sons of Peanuts® producer Lee Mendelson. The album packaging also includes images from the special and images of historical documents from the found tapes.
Tracklist
Side A:
A1. Charlie Brown Theme
A2. Linus and Lucy
A3. It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown
A4. Oh Good Grief
A5. You’re In Love, Charlie Brown
A6. Schroeder
A7. Bus Blues / Bus Blues (Reprise)
A8. It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
A9. Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair)
A10. Oh Good Grief (Reprise)
A11. Come and Get It / Hash / Hash with HOrn / AM Break / Tah Dah
A12. Bon Voyage
A13. Peppermint Patty
A14. Love Will come
A15. He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown
A16. Pebble Beach
TRT 15:13
Side B:
B1. You’re In Love, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
B2. He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
B3. The Masked Marvel
B4. Air Music
B5. The Masked Marvel (Reprise) / The Masked Marvel (2nd Reprise)
B6. You’re In Love, Charlie Brown (2nd Reprise)
B7. Linus and Lucy (Reprise)
B8. Oh Good Grief (2nd Reprise)
B9. Charlie Brown Theme (Reprise)
B10. It Was a Short Summer (Reprise 2). (TRT w/o bonus: 7:57)
Bonus Content
B11. Linus and Lucy (Alternate Take)
B12. Working on It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown
B13. Bus Blues (Alternate Take)
B14. Pebble Beach (Alternate Take)
B15. Masked Marvel Music (Alternate Take)
B16. Linus and Lucy (Reprise Alternate Take)
TRT 12:45
