”A Charlie Brown Christmas” with Derrick Bang

Vince Guaraldi scholar Derrick Bang wrote the liner notes for the
2022 Super Deluxe edition of the soundtrack for A Charlie
Brown Christmas, and this week he talks about the 1965 cartoon,
Guaraldi, and the soundtrack album sessions included in the
digital and CD packages. 


The digital version is out now and up on streaming platforms, and
it includes the original 1965 mix, a new mix, and all of the
sessions that have been found so far. The CD version also
includes a Blu-Ray disc with the animated special, and it's due
out December 2. The two-record vinyl version includes the album's
original mix and a record with highlights from the
sessions. 


I've talked about Guaraldi and A Charlie Brown
Christmas on 12 Songs with Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips,
Kristin Chenoweth, George Winston, and The Ornaments, and I wrote
about Guaraldi's impact last year for The New Orleans
Advocate. 


If you want to read more by Bang, you find his film writing at
his Blogspot.