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A Charlie Brown Christmas

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This is my favorite christmas cd. Play it over and over again every year. Real music, no fluff, authentic. Ever seen the special on tv? All the music from that and more.

A must for your Christmas collection! Brings back memories of the Peanuts gang Christmas show with fantastic music by the late Vince Guaraldi.

Contrary to reviews I've read on Amazon.com that have stated these are alternate takes, that depends on one's point of view. If you grew up listening to the original album, you might consider these to be alternate takes, and therefore you have the original white cover "A Charlie Brown Christmas CD" to fall back on. On the other hand, those of us who grew up with the original animated Peanuts TV Christmas special and have watched it 30 times over+ know that the versions in the special itself differ from what appeared on that original album and the subsequent white covered CD(that claimed to be original TV soundtrack). This, my friends is the finally the real deal, From "Linus & Lucy", Skating" down to "Hark, The Herold Angels Sing". There are a couple of tracks that I might question to be alternates. the Vocal "Christmastime Is Here" sounds a little different, mainly because the childrens vocals are mixed so quielty, as opposed to so louldy in the TV special. All in all, the versions within this packages sound much closer to what appear in the TV special overall, and after a whole life of waiting, I get to hear THE definitive version of "Linus & Lucy" in true stereo! What a joy!. And for thse that picky about alternate versions? Buy both! They're both worth having, this one alone for it's Animation Cel like cover art if not for the great versions I spoke of. Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!

This is a wonderful recording to bring back memories of the Charlie Brown Christmas TV special. Great to listen to with friends over and in the car driving.
It has wide appeal to all ages and the jazzy sound track written by Vince G. is a nice way to change up the other traditional CDs probably in your collection for holiday parties.

Forever linked to Christmases past and the beloved Peanuts characters. Two generations, one who was 'there' and one who discovered Peanuts and Vince Gueraldi's music all over again. How can you not love it.