Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the special, LMFP is thrilled to present the premiere release of Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for 1975’s You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown.

This 45 RPM 12-inch LP includes the complete 14 track score plus never before heard music - also celebrating 75 years of Peanuts®. The vinyl is made out of recycled record materials.

The classic special was written and created by Charles Schulz, directed by Phil Roman, and produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Guaraldi’s score is finally available on CD, vinyl and digital.

The record was mixed and mastered for audiophiles, jazz lovers, and Peanuts fans everywhere from the original 2-inch session tapes to a 192kHz/24bit master. Beyond the composer’s playing, Seward McCain plays electric bass, Mark Rosengarden plays drums, and John Scott Trotter supervised the music.

And there is also a magnificent first time ever moment here as this is the very first time that Peanuts animation has appeared on a Zoetrope album. Meaning when the record plays at 45RPM, scenes from the special come to life! The action from the cartoon plays right along with the music on your turntable!

The record includes fresh takes on Peppermint Patty, and Linus and Lucy, and adds a special bonus track, You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Unused Opening Cues) (performances left out of the special, that now start the B-side).

Motocross is the featured theme, and there are four additional bonus tracks from (1973 LMFP project) Bicycles Are Beautiful scored by Guaraldi, who is joined by McCain on bass and Glenn Cronkhite on drums for those tracks.

Side A:
1. Motocross
2. Peppermint Patty
3. You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Centercourt)
4. Fanfare / Fanfare (Alternate Take) / Hospital Scene / Hospital Scene (Bonus)
5. Bass Blues
6. Linus and Lucy
7. Motocross (Reprise)

Slipping the vinyl record out of its sleeve, marveling at the beautiful 45 RPM eco-black vinyl aspects of this release, I placed it onto the record player, gently dropped the needle and sat back to enjoy the first side.

Up first is the counted in, spirted Motocross, the free flowing majesties of Peppermint Patty and the bluesy You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Centercourt), the royally-imbued, at first, latterly just lovely tones of Fanfare / Fanfare (Alternate Take) / Hospital Scene / Hospital Scene (Bonus), the short but emphatic Bass Blues, the side rounding out on the smoothness of Linus and Lucy and the funky Motocross (Reprise).

Side B:
1. You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Unused Opening Cues)
2. The Great Pumpkin Waltz
3. Motocross (2nd Reprise)
4. Motocross (3rd Reprise)
5. Motocross (4th Reprise)
6. Motocross (5th Reprise Extended with Additional Piano)
7. Lunch Theme / Motocross (6th Reprise)
8. You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
9. Bicycles are Beautiful (Reprise)
10. Bicycle Ballad (Medley)
11. Bicycle Bounce (and Reprise)
12. Bicycle Wizard (and Reprise)

Flipping the vinyl over, and this quite wonderous soundtrack continues onward with the easy listening of You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Unused Opening Cues), a crisper rendition of the famous The Great Pumpkin Waltz, and then come the quartet of Motocross themes: the synthtastic Motocross (2nd Reprise), the lushly orchestrated Motocross (3rd Reprise), the Christopher Cross-esque beauty of Motocross (4th Reprise), and the pulsing Motocross (5th Reprise Extended with Additional Piano).

Then we are gifted the smooth elegance of Lunch Theme / Motocross (6th Reprise), a reprise of You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, and finally the four bonus Bicycles cuts: the ragtime fare of Bicycles are Beautiful (Reprise), the low slung beauty of Bicycle Ballad (Medley), the playful Bicycle Bounce (and Reprise), the set coming to a close on the spirited Bicycle Wizard (and Reprise).

50+ years in the making, Clark Germain mixed the album at WonderWorld Studio, Vinson Hudson restored and mastered the record, and it was produced by Sean and Jason Mendelson.

The vinyl includes a 4-page insert with art from the special, liner notes that give a track-by-track analysis by producer Sean Mendelson, and notes by producer Jason Mendelson and Derrick Bang (author of Vince Guaraldi at the Piano) along with an essay by Craig Schulz.

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