70th Anniversary Vinyl LP Pressing includes “Dancing” Lenticular Print of Charles Schultz’s Original 1965 Album Cover Illustration!Ever since its debut in 1965, theVince Guaraldi Trio’salbumA Charlie Brown Christmashas reigned supreme as a Yuletide classic. The belovedPeanutsanimated special from which it sprang was a sensation the first time it aired on CBS-TV, and so was its cool soundtrack by the veteran Bay Area pianist, which introduced countless children to the joys of jazz. Buoyed by annual airings of the program, the album has remained extremely popular ever since and was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA in late 2016.WhileA Charlie Brown Christmasmay well beVince Guaraldi’sbest-known recording (it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry five years later), it was by no means his first success. The San Francisco native emerged as vibraphonist Cal Tjader’s rock-solid pianist before forming a trio and launching his own recording career during the mid-50s on the Bay Area-based Fantasy label. In late 1962, Guaraldi’s irresistible original “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” became a surprise national hit – a rare example of a jazz pianist cracking the upper reaches of the pop charts.Television producerLee Mendelsonheard “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” and asked Guaraldi to write the score forA Charlie Brown Christmas. It was such a triumph that Guaraldi composed the music for 17Peanutstelevision specials in all, a spectacular streak ended only by his untimely death in 1976 at the age of 47. However, A Charlie Brown Christmas remains the pianist’s crowning achievement!PeanutsandVince GuaraldihistorianDerrick Bangeven goes so far as to say, “Back people into a corner and limit them to just one holiday album for the rest of their lives, and I suspect that an impressive number of folks, jazz fans or not, would select this one!”In celebration ofPeanuts’70th anniversary,a”dancing” lenticular print of the original 1965 album cover featuring the classic Charles Schultz illustrationis included in this pressing.Musicians:Vince Guaraldi (piano)Monty Budwig (bass)Colin Bailey (drums) O Tannenbaum What Child Is This My Little Drum Linus and Lucy Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal Version) Skating Hark, The Herald Angels Sing Christmas Is Coming Fur Elise The Christmas Song Greensleeves