Vince Guaraldi

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Pumpkin-Shaped LP: Craft Recordings
Pumpkin Patch Splatter LP: Craft Recordings

Thanks to a new tape discovery, Craft Recordings is able to present the first true, complete soundtrack to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!  The Emmy-nominated 1966 television special was the third overall for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts series and the second to be holiday-themed, after A Charlie Brown Christmas.  Upon its October 27, 1966 premiere, it earned a whopping 49 share in the ratings and was so successful that CBS re-aired it every year through 2000, with ABC picking up the tradition after that.  Yet despite a beloved score by Vince Guaraldi (who else?), a soundtrack album to Great Pumpkin was never released in any audio format until 2018.  That release, while certainly welcome, featured the soundtrack as heard in the special, i.e., complete with sound effects.  This new upgrade has been sourced from the newly-discovered original session reels. It will be available on CD, digitally, 45 RPM black vinyl, 33-1/3 pumpkin-shaped orange translucent vinyl, and a Craft-exclusive 45 RPM "pumpkin patch" splatter vinyl LP limited to 500 units.