''The Complete Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Recordings'' is a

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of songs by American jazz pianist/composer

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 ...

released by

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on July 6, 2018. It contains 30 tracks, containing remastered versions of Guaraldi's complete recorded output for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (''

Oh Good Grief! ''Oh Good Grief!'' is the 10th studio album by Vince Guaraldi, released in the U.S. in May 1968. The album was the artist's first release with Warner Bros.-Seven Arts after leaving Fantasy Records in 1966. Background Vince Guaraldi's final thre ...

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The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi ''The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi'' is the 11th and penultimate studio album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, released in the U.S. by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in March 1969. In a departure from his standard jazz output, Guaraldi experimented w ...

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''), plus four bonus tracks.

Background

Vince Guaraldi's final three albums released during his lifetime were recorded for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts after spending considerable time struggling to extricate himself from

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. Warner signed Guaraldi to a three-record deal, and insisted that his inaugural release consist of his ''Peanuts'' songs. This was done in part to help fill the void left by a lack of soundtrack albums to accompany the successful television specials, ''

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'' is a 1966 American animated Halloween television special based on the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. The third ''Peanuts'' special, and the second holiday-themed special, to be created, i ...

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'' and ''

He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown ''He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown'' is the fifth prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip ''Peanuts,'' by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally broadcast on the CBS network on February 14, 1968. Plot Snoopy's persistent mischief i ...

''. Guaraldi responded with new renditions of eight of his most popular scores from those programs on his first release, ''Oh Good Grief!''. Guaraldi was then given complete artistic control over his sophomore, self-produced Warner effort, ''The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi'', resulting in an unfocused and overindulgent album that was not well received by both critics and consumers. At Warner's insistence, arranger

Shorty Rogers Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arra ...

was recruiter to produce Guaraldi's final album, ''Alma-Ville''. Though deemed a focused improvement over the previous album, Warner lost interest in Guaraldi and did not promote the album. Both ''The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi'' and ''Alma-Ville'' fell into obscurity, with ''Oh Good Grief!'' remaining in print and a steady seller due to the perpetual popularity of the ''Peanuts'' franchise.

Production

''The Complete Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Recordings'' was compiled by prestige label

and produced by

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-winning

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. Pawelski recruited audio archivist

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(who worked on previous Guaraldi remastering efforts) to perform a high-definition

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mix. In addition to a double-CD release, ''Oh, Good Grief!'' was issued on translucent red vinyl.

Track listings

All tracks written by

, except where noted.

Disc One

Disc Two

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
''Oh, Good Grief'' *

– piano,

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Eddie Duran Edward Lozano Duran (September 6, 1925 – November 22, 2019) was an American jazz guitarist from San Francisco. He recorded often with Vince Guaraldi and was a member of the Benny Goodman orchestra during the 1970s. Career Duran started on p ...

– guitar *Stanley Gilbert – double bass *Carl Burnett – drums ''The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi'' *Vince Guaraldi – piano,

, guitar, lead vocals *Eddie Duran, Robert Addison – guitars *

Bob Maize Bob Maize (January 15, 1945 – November 20, 2004) was an American jazz double bassist born and raised in Ontario California. Maize played piano from age seven and switched to bass at 13. After moving to San Francisco in 1963, Maize worked in the ...

, Jim McCabe – electric bass *Peter Marshall – bass *Gerald Granelli, Al Coster – drums *Gloria Strassner, Jesse Ehrlich – cello ''Alma-Ville'' * Vince Guaraldi – piano, guitar *

Herb Ellis Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson. Biography Born in Farmersville, Texas, Ellis grew up on a farm. He was first exposed ...

– guitar * Eddie Duran – guitar *

Monty Budwig Monte Rex Budwig (December 26, 1929 – March 9, 1992) was a West Coast jazz double bassist, professionally known as Monty Budwig. Early life Monte Rex Budwig was born in Pender, Nebraska, on December 26, 1929.His full birthname was Monte Rex ...

– bass * Kelly Bryan – bass * Sebastião Neto – electric bass *

Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005) was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão also recorded with artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, An ...

– drums * Colin Bailey – drums * Al Coster – drums *

Rubens Bassini Rubens Bassini (January 26, 1933 in Rio de Janeiro – September 1985) was a Brazilian percussionist, who played bongos and congas above all. He played together with the band Os Ipanemas: Astor Silva; (trombone), Marinho (bass), Wilson das N ...

– percussion Bonus tracks * Vince Guaraldi – piano * Eddie Duran – guitar * Peter Marshall – bass * Bob Belanski – drums Additional musicians for Disc 2, Tracks 1 and 2 are unknown.

References

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