Greatest Hits (Vince Guaraldi album)

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Greatest Hits
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Released1980
Recorded1962 – 1966
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Length39:23 (vinyl, cassette)
57:14 (CD)
Label Fantasy
Vince Guaraldi chronology
A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack
(1970)
Greatest Hits
(1980)
Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits
(1998)
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Fantasy 1989 CD release cover art
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Greatest Hits is the second compilation album of songs by American jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi released in 1980 in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Contents

Background

Released four years after Guaraldi's death from a heart attack, Greatest Hits was Fantasy Records' attempt to gather the pianist's best known songs, picking up from where the 1964 compilation album Jazz Impressions left off. As the album was issued by Fantasy, it excluded tracks from Guaraldi's three Warner Bros.-Seven Arts releases ( Oh Good Grief! , The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi , Alma-Ville ) as well as Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus (1967) released on Guaraldi's own D&D record label. [2]

Greatest Hits was repackaged and expanded for CD release on July 11, 1989, with a different cover and one additional track culled from the album From All Sides (1965). [1] [2]

Track listing

Original 1980 vinyl/cassette issue

For the vinyl/cassette release, 45 single edit versions of "Days of Wine and Roses", "Samba de Orpheus" and "Zelao" were utilized, while the shorter version of "Christmas Time Is Here" with vocals was included. [2]

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Cast Your Fate to the Wind"Vince Guaraldi Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)2:58
2."Treat Street"Vince Guaraldi The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964)2:54
3."Mr. Lucky" Henry Mancini The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi2:52
4."I'm a Loser" (live) Live at El Matador (1966)2:42
5."Days of Wine and Roses" (single edit)Henry Mancini Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends (1964)2:31
6."Star Song"
  • Vince Guaraldi
  • William Siden
Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends4:46
7."Outra Vez" (live) Antônio Carlos Jobim In Person (1963)2:53
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Samba de Orpheus" (single edit) Luiz Bonfá Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus3:12
2."Manhã de Carnaval"Luiz BonfáJazz Impressions of Black Orpheus5:45
3."Zelao" (live, single edit) Sérgio Ricardo In Person2:53
4."Oh, Good Grief"
Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964)2:21
5."Linus and Lucy"Vince GuaraldiJazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown3:03
6."Christmas Time Is Here" (vocal)
  • Vince Guaraldi
  • Lee Mendelson
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)2:40
Total length:39:23

1989 CD release

For the CD release, "Days of Wine and Roses", "Samba de Orpheus" and "Zelao" were restored to their original album lengths, while the longer, instrumental version of "Christmas Time Is Here" was featured. "Ginza Samba" was also added as a bonus track. [2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Cast Your Fate to the Wind"Vince Guaraldi Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)2:58
2."Ginza Samba"Vince Guaraldi From All Sides (1965)† 5:23
3."Mr. Lucky" Henry Mancini The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi2:52
4."Treat Street"Vince Guaraldi The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964)2:54
5."I'm a Loser" (live) Live at El Matador (1966)2:42
6."Days of Wine and Roses"Henry Mancini Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends (1964)5:23
7."Star Song"
  • Vince Guaraldi
  • William Siden
Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends4:46
8."Outra Vez" (live) Antônio Carlos Jobim In Person (1963)2:53
9."Samba de Orpheus" Luiz Bonfá Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus5:37
10."Manhã de Carnaval"Luiz BonfáJazz Impressions of Black Orpheus5:47
11."Zelao" (live) Sérgio Ricardo In Person4:30
12."Oh, Good Grief"
Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964)2:21
13."Linus and Lucy"Vince GuaraldiJazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown3:03
14."Christmas Time Is Here" (instrumental)Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)6:02
Total length:57:14

† = bonus track

Personnel

Credits adapted from 1989 CD liner notes.

Additional

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