A Boy Named Charlie Brown

1964に録音された『A Boy Named Charlie Brown』はヴィンス・ガラルディのPeanuts作品に提供することになる初期のトラックを収録したアルバムでその後も定番として劇判登場する"Charlie Brown's Theme" と "Linus and Lucy,"の初お目見えとなった。 今回のLPリイッシューでは、1972年にピッチャーマウンドに立つチャーリー・ブラウンの姿を描いたアートワークでの復刻で、ピーナッツのキャラクターが描かれたベースボールカード8枚がセットになったスペシャルLP。さらに、Cohearent AudioのKevin Grayがオリジナルのアナログ・テープからマスタリング!

- 1972年以来、チャーリー・ブラウンをモチーフにしたベースボール・アートワークで復刻。
- スヌーピー、チャーリー、ルーシー、ライナス、パティなど、ピーナッツの人気キャラクターが描かれたベースボールカード8枚セットを同梱。
- アルバムは、MLBオールスターゲームの週に発売されます。

Originally titled Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown, this is an important album not only because it is Guaraldi's first Peanuts soundtrack, but also because the music heard here probably introduced millions of kids (and their parents) to jazz from the mid-'60s onward. Actually, this music is the score for a documentary on the Peanuts phenomenon called A Boy Named Charlie Brown, which ran before the first Peanuts specials per se appeared on the CBS network. The most remarkable thing, besides the high quality of Guaraldi's whimsically swinging tunes, is that he did not compromise his art one iota for the cartoon world; indeed, he sounds even more engaged, inventive, and lighthearted in his piano work here than ever. It must have been quite a delightful shock back then to hear a straight-ahead jazz trio (Guaraldi, Monty Budwig, bass; Colin Bailey, drums) backing all those cartoon figures and genuine children's voices, a mordant running musical commentary that made its own philosophical points. The music on this album laid the groundwork for much that was to come; here is the first appearance of the well-known bossa nova-influenced "Linus and Lucy," and fans of the series will recognize such themes from future episodes as "Baseball Theme" and "Oh, Good Grief" (which is a rewrite of the Dixie Belles' hit "Down at Papa Joe's"). The LP came with 12 bonus lithographs of Charles Schulz's celebrated Peanuts drawings. ~ Richard S. Ginell