Greatest Hits (Vince Guaraldi album)

Greatest Hits

Compilation album by

Vince Guaraldi

Released

1980

Recorded

1962 – 1966

Genre

Length

39:23 (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)

Alternate cover

Fantasy 1989 CD release cover art

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Five Cents Please	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

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.

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Background

Released four years after Guaraldi's untimely 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.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
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 Guaraldi	2:52
4.	"I'm a Loser" (live)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	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 Friends	4:46
7.	"Outra Vez" (live)	Antônio Carlos Jobim	In Person (1963)	2:53

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Samba de Orpheus" (single edit)	Luiz Bonfá	Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus	3:12
2.	"Manhã de Carnaval"	Luiz Bonfá	Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus	5:45
3.	"Zelao" (live, single edit)	Sérgio Ricardo	In Person	2:53
4.	"Oh, Good Grief"	Vince Guaraldi Lee Mendelson	Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964)	2:21
5.	"Linus and Lucy"	Vince Guaraldi	Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown	3:03
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
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 Guaraldi	2:52
4.	"Treat Street"	Vince Guaraldi	The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964)	2:54
5.	"I'm a Loser" (live)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	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 Friends	4:46
8.	"Outra Vez" (live)	Antônio Carlos Jobim	In Person (1963)	2:53
9.	"Samba de Orpheus"	Luiz Bonfá	Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus	5:37
10.	"Manhã de Carnaval"	Luiz Bonfá	Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus	5:47
11.	"Zelao" (live)	Sérgio Ricardo	In Person	4:30
12.	"Oh, Good Grief"	Vince Guaraldi Lee Mendelson	Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964)	2:21
13.	"Linus and Lucy"	Vince Guaraldi	Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown	3:03
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.

Vince Guaraldi – piano
Bola Sete – guitar (Tracks 2, 5–7)
Eddie Duran – guitar (Tracks 3, 4, 8, 11)
Monty Budwig – double bass (Tracks 1, 2, 9, 10, 12–14)
Fred Marshall – double bass (Tracks 3, 4, 6–8, 11)
Colin Bailey – drums (Tracks 1, 8–14)
Nick Martinez – drums (Track 2)
Jerry Granelli – drums (Tracks 3, 4, 6, 7)
Lee Charlton – drums (Track 5)
Bill Fitch – congas (Tracks 3, 4)
Benny Velarde – timbales (Tracks 3, 4); güiro (Tracks 8, 11)

Additional

Gene Santoro – liner notes

References

^ ^a ^b Ginell, Richard S.. Greatest Hits at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Greatest Hits". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

External links

Greatest Hits at Discogs (list of releases)

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Studio albums	Modern Music from San Francisco (1956) Vince Guaraldi Trio (1956) A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1958) Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962) The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964) Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964) A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus (1967) Oh Good Grief! (1968) The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969) Alma-Ville (1969) A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack (1970) A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording (2018) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: Original Soundtrack Recording (2023)
Compilation albums	Jazz Impressions (1964) Greatest Hits (1980) Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits (1998) The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites (2003) Oaxaca (2004) North Beach (2006) Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown Television Specials (2007) Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown Television Specials, Volume 2 (2008) Essential Standards (2009) The Definitive Vince Guaraldi (2009) Peanuts Portraits (2010) The Very Best of Vince Guaraldi (2012) Peanuts Greatest Hits (2015) The Peanuts Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2015) The Complete Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Recordings (2018)
Live albums	In Person (1963) At Grace Cathedral (1965) Live on the Air (2008) An Afternoon with the Vince Guaraldi Quartet (2011)
with Bola Sete	Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends (1964) From All Sides (1965) Live at El Matador (1966) Jazz Casual: Paul Winter/Bola Sete and Vince Guaraldi (2001) The Navy Swings (2010)
Singles	"Samba de Orpheus"/"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" "Zelao"/"Jitterbug Waltz" "Days of Wine and Roses"/"Star Song" "Treat Street"/"Mr. Lucky" "Oh, Good Grief"/"Linus and Lucy" "Theme to Grace"/"Adore Devote (Humbly I Adore Thee)" "Christmas Time Is Here"/"What Child Is This" "I'm a Loser"/"Favela" "Eleanor Rigby"/"Peppermint Patty" "Blowin' in the Wind"/"Monterey" "Linus and Lucy"/"Oh, Good Grief" "Christmas Time Is Here"/"Christmas Time Is Here" (alternate vocal Take 5) "O Tannenbaum" "Baseball Theme"/"Baseball Theme" (alternate take)
Tribute albums	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989) Joe Cool's Blues (1995) Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi (1996) Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! (2000) 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas (2005) Jazz for Peanuts (2008) Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Volume 2 (2010) The Peanuts Movie (2015)
Related articles	List of cover versions of Vince Guaraldi songs

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