''Peanuts Greatest Hits'' is the seventh

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by jazz pianist

Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; birth name, né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this s ...

(credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio) released by

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/ Concord Records on July 31, 2015. The album gathers Guaraldi's most iconic compositions featured in the animated

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based on the ''

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by Charles M. Schulz.

Background

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of ''

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'', Fantasy/Concord Records assembled another collection of Guaraldi's best-known songs. ''Peanuts Greatest Hits'' was released in CD format in July 2015. It was also released in a limited-edition picture disc vinyl format in September 2015, with images of Charlie Brown and Lucy covering each side. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of ''Peanuts'', a second limited-edition picture disc vinyl format featuring images of Snoopy and Woodstock was released by

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on July 24, 2020.''Vince Guaraldi - Peanuts Greatest Hits 70th Anniversary Edition Picture Disc''
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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes *

– piano *

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–

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(Tracks 1–5, 7) *Seward McCain – electric bass (Tracks 6, 8) *Fred Marshall – double bass (Tracks 9–12) * Colin Bailey – drums (Track 1–5, 7) * Mike Clark – drums (Tracks 6, 8) *

Jerry Granelli Gerald John Granelli (December 30, 1940July 20, 2021) was an American-Canadian jazz drummer. He was best known for playing drums on the soundtrack '' A Charlie Brown Christmas'' with the Vince Guaraldi Trio. Early life Granelli was born to Jack ...

– drums (Tracks 9–12) *

Tom Harrell Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...

– trumpet (Tracks 6, 8) *Chuck Bennett – trombone (Tracks 6, 8) * Emmanuel Klein – trumpet (Track 7) *John Gray – guitar (Track 7) * Ronald Lang – woodwinds (Track 7) * John Scott Trotter – orchestrator (Tracks 6, 8)

References

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