Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits | 
 enlarge | Artist: Vince Guaraldi Trio
Label: Fantasy
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 61530
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 9682
UPC: 025218968225
EAN: 0025218968225
ASIN: B000009OG6
Release Date: October 13, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Joe Cool | | • | Surfin' Snoopy | | • | Heartburn Waltz | | • | Track Meet | | • | Camptown Races | | • | Oh, Good Grief (Vocal) | | • | Charlie Brown Theme | | • | Schroeder | | • | Charlie's Blues | | • | Great Pumpkin Waltz | | • | Thanksgiving Theme | | • | Linus And Lucy | | • | Christmas TIme Is Here (Vocal) | | • | Christmas TIme Is Here (Inst.) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Recognizing that the holiday season really begins at Halloween (and, in some quarters, doesn't end until the Super Bowl), Vince Guaraldi and his record company have wisely assembled the hummable themes from various Charlie Brown TV specials. What we have here is the album's ability to communicate the playful irony and loopy, lovable characters that people Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" comic strip every week. Though only one actual Christmas tune is included--"Christmas Time Is Here," in both the vocal and instrumental versions--kids from ages 1 to 92 will still appreciate the "Great Pumpkin Waltz," the "Thanksgiving Theme," oddities such as "Heartburn Waltz" and "Joe Cool," and, of course, the "Charlie Brown Theme." --Martin Keller
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Useful for collectors but not the best April 8, 2007
Anton Karidian (Tennessee)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you love Vince Guaraldi's music for the Peanuts shows as much as I do, you'll probably enjoy listening to "Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits." But as some reviewers here point out, this is certainly not the CD to start with if you're new to this music. I'm making my own compilation of Guaraldi's Peanuts music, so this CD is valuable to me for providing some tracks I didn't have, especially since there is not a lot more of this music on the market other than "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas." However, start with those two soundtracks if you don't already have them. Also, the 1989 CD "Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown" on the GRP label, which is music mostly by Guaraldi re-recorded by other artists, is also worth considering. "Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits" is good for completing your collection, but 5 of the tracks on it are from those earlier soundtrack CDs, and of the 9 new tracks here, 7 are in mono, some are quite distorted too, and overall the music is not as good. Still, I'd say this is an enjoyable CD, and helps to complete your collection if you've already got "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
 Excellent Purchase! January 10, 2007
A. Woodcock (Hamilton, NY USA)
Excellent disc, something you can listen to not only during the holidays. I would recommend this purchase to anyone. We like this disc more than the Charlie Brown Christmas one.
 Yuk! December 20, 2006
Cynthia Thibodaux
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
Don't waste your money. I would send it back but my dad threw it away.
The music is Good, but this isnt the charlie brown album to buy. June 28, 2006
J. A Cipolla (Seattle)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Vince guaraldi often gets a bad wrap from jazz critics, claiming that his music is soft and not deep enough to be considered great. I couldnt disagree with them more, after thelonius Monk he is the easiest jazz pianist to recognize upon listening to. His playing sings with a sense of joy unlike anybody else. And his best music was written for the peanuts cartoons.
However, this is not the peanuts disc to get. Most of the songs while charming and fun are short and underdevolped, surfin snoopy for example is energetic and catchy, but it sounds like it is just one short riff being played over and over again for 1:30. the songs that will best bring back the Holiday memories can all be found on " A Charlie Brown Christmas". I would also recomend that you buy " A Boy named charlie Brown " if you want even more peanuts music.
Hey Scrooge! Buy this album. And Merry Christmas! January 15, 2006
Andraya Trybus (Delaware)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Listen Scrooge! Buy this album, it will put you in the Christmas spirit. And that's a good thing.
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