{"product_id":"vince-guaraldi-its-arbor-day-charlie-brown-50th-anniversary-forest-green-coloured-vinyl","title":"VINCE GUARALDI - IT'S ARBOR DAY, CHARLIE BROWN : 50TH\/60TH ANNIVERSARY (FOREST GREEN COLOURED) VINYL","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productdetails n-responsive-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"a-row feature\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere's a great collector's item for all the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomics fans! Featuring the premiere soundtrack release of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharlie Brown's All Stars\u003c\/em\u003e, the second\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTV special, for its 60th anniversary. Plus the premiere soundtrack release of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown\u003c\/em\u003e, celebrating the TV special's 50th anniversary, recorded in part on the day that Vince Guaraldi died. All on one 12\" 33 1\/3 RPM LP!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, a pair of television writers and producers, with Guaraldi, struck gold with Guaraldi's score for the 1965 animated special\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Charlie Brown Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e. The special became a Yuletide perennial, broadcast every December. When Mendelson, Melendez, and Peanuts creator Charles Schulz began work on a Halloween-themed \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003especial,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown\u003c\/em\u003e, Guaraldi was again invited to write the music. He became an integral part of the production team behind the specials (generally at least one was produced each year), and also wrote music for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e-themed feature film\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Boy Named Charlie Brown\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharlie Brown's All Stars\u003c\/em\u003e, a 1966 animated television special based on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echaracters, was the second prime-time TV special to be produced by Mendelson and Melendez (who also directed). Guaraldi's score for the special had a baseball theme, as the special focused on one of the comic strip's most titular subjects, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echaracters' baseball team, led by Charlie Brown as pitcher. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuaraldi's work on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprojects kept him busy enough that he would release only six more albums during the rest of his recording career (including two albums for Warner Bros. that found him experimenting with electric instruments), though he kept up a schedule of live performances in addition to his television commitments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn February 6, 1976, Vince Guaraldi died of a heart attack in a hotel room in Menlo Park, California; he had completed recording of his score for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eearlier in the day, and was resting between shows during a nightclub engagement when he collapsed and never woke up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBulletsWrapper_feature_div\" class=\"a-section feature detail-bullets-wrapper bucket\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VINCE GUARALDI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49303447273716,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0395\/2040\/3623\/files\/ALMF_99947__197322__02182026095339-5539.jpg?v=1788409116","url":"https:\/\/grevillerecords.com.au\/products\/vince-guaraldi-its-arbor-day-charlie-brown-50th-anniversary-forest-green-coloured-vinyl","provider":"GrevilleRecords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}