Vince Guaraldi

A Charlie Brown Christmas Super Deluxe Edition

Vince Guaraldi: “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Super Deluxe Edition (4xCd+Blu-ray Craft Recordings, 2022)

 

You know how if you heard Ray Charles do a song, it became a Ray Charles song? That version of ‘O Tannenbaum’ has become a Vince Guaraldi song
(Toby Gleason)

Vincent Anthony Dellaglio, meglio conosciuto come Vince Guaraldi, è stato un pianista jazz statunitense noto per l’approccio innovativo alle composizioni e agli arrangiamenti ma, soprattutto, per aver musicato l’adattamento televisivo dei Peanuts, i celebri personaggi immaginari creati dalla penna di Charles M. Schulz. I suoi “Linus And Lucy” e “Christmas Time Is Here” sono assurti a veri e propri standard della cultura musicale contemporanea.
A distanza di cinquantasette anni dalla pubblicazione, torna sullo scaffale delle novità discografiche dei migliori negozi di dischi (ok, boomer…) la colonna sonora di Vince Guaraldi dello speciale natalizio dei Peanuts “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, un classico senza tempo che ha fatto innamorare della musica jazz sia adulti che bambini.

Craft Recordings ripubblica infatti questo capolavoro in diversi formati: cofanetto Super DeLuxe da 4xcd + Blu-ray, 2xLp DeLuxe e cd singolo, entrambi contenenti un nuovo mix stereo di Paul Blakemore e 12 tracce alternative come bonus. Per i collezionisti più esigenti, è stata stampata anche un’edizione in singolo vinile, in colori differenti a seconda del distributore, contenente il mix originale del ’65 e confezionata con una copertina dorata con scritte e immagini in rilievo.
L’edizione Super DeLuxe presenta, oltre a entrambi i mix dell’album, cinquanta outtake inedite provenienti dalle cinque sessioni di registrazione. La confezione, a libro con copertina rigida, contiene un’approfondita disamina delle sedute di registrazione a cura di Derrick Bang, esperto dei Peanuts e la travagliata storia di questo capolavoro, nato quasi per caso da un precedente fallimento televisivo.

Al momento della stesura di questa recensione, il cofanetto si trova in vendita su Amazon a poco meno di €90,00. È probabile che cinquanta variazioni sui temi contenuti nell’album originale possano risultare ridondanti pertanto, a chiunque non abbia smanie completistiche, caldeggiamo l’acquisto almeno del singolo cd (€17,84 – sempre su Amazon) che, oltre a essere uno dei dischi più amati e venduti della storia del jazz, è un’ottima strenna per accompagnare crapule natalizie e non solo.

Discografia

Indice dei contenuti:

Cd 1 – A Charlie Brown Christmas (2022 Stereo Mix)

  1. O Tannenbaum
  2. What Child Is This
  3. My Little Drum
  4. Linus And Lucy
  5. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)
  6. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal)
  7. Skating
  8. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
  9. Christmas Is Coming
  10. Für Elise
  11. The Christmas Song

A Charlie Brown Christmas (Original Stereo Mix)

  1. O Tannenbaum
  2. What Child Is This
  3. My Little Drum
  4. Linus And Lucy
  5. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)
  6. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal)
  7. Skating
  8. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
  9. Christmas Is Coming
  10. Für Elise
  11. The Christmas Song


Cd 2 – The Recording Sessions

  1. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 1/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  2. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 2/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  3. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 3/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  4. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Takes 4-5/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  5. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 6/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  6. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 7/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  7. Christmas Is Coming (Instrumental) (#2, Takes 1-2/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  8. Christmas Is Coming (Instrumental) (#2, Take 3/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  9. Skating (Unnumbered/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  10. Skating (#3, Takes 1-2/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  11. Skating (#3, Take 3/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  12. Skating (#3, Takes 4-6/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  13. Skating (#3, Take 7/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  14. Linus And Lucy (#4, Take 1/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  15. Christmas Is Coming (#5, Take 1/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  16. Christmas Is Coming (#5, Take 2/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  17. Christmas Is Coming (#5, Take 3/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  18. Christmas Is Coming (#5, Take 4/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  19. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) (#6, Take 1/Recorded September 17, 1965)
  20. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) (#6, Take 2/Recorded September 17, 1965)

Cd 3 - The Recording Sessions

  1. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 1/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  2. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 2/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  3. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 3/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  4. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Takes 4-6/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  5. Christmas Is Coming (#1, Take 7/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  6. O Tannenbaum (#2, Take 1/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  7. O Tannenbaum (#2, Take 2/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  8. O Tannenbaum (#2, Takes 3-4/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  9. O Tannenbaum (#2, Take 5/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  10. Jingle Bells (#3, Takes 1-4/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  11. Going Out Of My Head (Unnumbered/Recorded September 22, 1965)
  12. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) (#6, Take 3/Recorded September 22, 1965)
  13. Skating (#7, Take 1/Recorded September 21, 1965
  14. Skating (#7, Take 2/Recorded September 21, 1965)
  15. Für Elise (Takes 1-2/Recording Date Unknown)
  16. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (#1, Take 1/Recording Date Unknown)
  17. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (#1, Takes 2-3/Recording Date Unknown)
  18. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (#1, Take 4/Recording Date Unknown)
  19. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (#1, Take 5/Recording Date Unknown)
  20. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (#1, Rehearsal/Recording Date Unknown)
  21. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (#1, Take 6/Recording Date Unknown)
  22. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) (#1, Take 7/Recording Date Unknown)

Cd 4 - The Recording Sessions

  1. Greensleeves (Take 1/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  2. Greensleeves (Takes 2-4/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  3. Greensleeves (Take 5/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  4. Greensleeves (Take 6/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  5. Greensleeves (Take 7/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  6. Greensleeves (Take 8/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  7. Greensleeves (Takes 9-10/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  8. Greensleeves (Take 11/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  9. Greensleeves (Take 12/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  10. The Christmas Song (Take 1/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  11. The Christmas Song (Takes 2-3/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  12. The Christmas Song (Takes 4-7/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  13. The Christmas Song (Take 8/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  14. The Christmas Song (Take 9/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  15. The Christmas Song (Take 10/Recorded October 28, 1965)
  16. The Christmas Song (Take 11/Recorded October 28, 1965)

Disc 5 – Blu-ray Audio “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (2022 Stereo Mix) (192/24 and 96/24 Hi-Resolution Audio)

  1. O Tannenbaum
  2. What Child Is This
  3. My Little Drum
  4. Linus And Lucy
  5. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)
  6. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal)
  7. Skating
  8. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
  9. Christmas Is Coming
  10. Für Elise
  11. The Christmas Song

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (2022 Dolby Atmos Mix))

  1. O Tannenbaum
  2. What Child Is This
  3. My Little Drum
  4. Linus And Lucy
  5. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)
  6. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal)
  7. Skating
  8. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
  9. Christmas Is Coming
  10. Für Elise
  11. The Christmas Song
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