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You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (50th Anniversary Extended Edition)
Vince Guaraldi
Label: Lee Mendelson Film Productions
Released: 2025
Duration: 28:22:00
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Tracks
Motocross; Peppermint Patty; You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Centercourt); Fanfare / Fanfare (Alternate Take) / Hospital Scene / Hospital Scene (Bonus); Bass Blues; Linus and Lucy; Motocross (Reprise); You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Unused Opening Cues); The Great Pumpkin Waltz; Motocross (2nd Reprise); Motocross (3rd Reprise); Motocross (4th Reprise); Motocross (5th Reprise Extended with Additional Piano); Lunch Theme / Motocross (6th Reprise); You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (Reprise); Bicycles are Beautiful (Reprise); Bicycle Ballad (Medley); Bicycle Bounce (and Reprise); Bicycle Wizard (and Reprise).
Personnel
Additional Personnel / Information
Vince Guaraldi plays the ARP String Ensemble synthesizer, Clavinet, Electric Piano, Rhythm Ace Drum Machine. Mark Rosengarden plays the Guiro. Glenn Cronkhite plays drums on the four bonus tracks not associated with the Peanuts special.
Album Description
2025 marks the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts®.
This is the first release of the complete soundtrack to "You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (50th
Anniversary Extended Edition)"
It is available on 12” 45 RPM Zoetrope Eco Mix LP Picture Disc, CD, and digitally.
This is the first time Peanuts animation has appeared on a Zoetrope album. When the
record plays at 45RPM, scenes from the special come to life. The action from the
cartoon plays right along with the music on your turntable.
Highlights of the album include the title track, and fresh takes on classics like
“Peppermint Patty” and “Linus and Lucy.” “Motocross” is the special’s central theme,
and all its variations from the show can be heard on this album.
The melodies can be fully appreciated on their own, not hidden underneath dialogue or
effects from the special.
The album features Guaraldi (piano, electric piano, clavinet, ARP String Ensemble, and
Rhythm Ace Drum Machine), Seward McCain (bass), Mark Rosengarden (drums and
guiro), and John Scott Trotter as the music supervisor. The Bicycles are Beautiful
bonus material features Guaraldi on electric keyboard, McCain (bass) and Glenn
Cronkhite (drums). Both soundtracks were originally recorded at Wally Heider Studio,
in San Francisco: Good Sport on September 12, 18-19, 1975, and Bicycles Are
Beautiful on April 2, 1974. The soundtrack was produced by Sean Mendelson and
Jason Mendelson; mixed at WonderWorld Studio by Grammy® and Emmy® Award-
Winning mixing engineer Clark Germain, and restored and re-mastered by Vinson
Hudson (who has mastered all the LMFP releases).
The 28-minute album will be available July 11th, 2025, on 12” 45 RPM Zoetrope Eco
Mix LP Picture Disc, and on CD, and digitally.
The LPs are eco-minded: The vinyl, as much as is possible, is partially made from Eco
Mix, wherein old records are ground up and reused to produce new records. The Eco
Mix portions are carbon-neutral and made from 100% recycled vinyl. For more
information about our sustainability efforts, please see LMFP’s website.
The physical copies include liner notes that give a track-by-track analysis by album
producer Sean Mendelson, and notes from album producer, Jason Mendelson, sons
of legendary Peanuts® producer Lee Mendelson. Derrick Bang, Guaraldi biographer
and author of Vince Guaraldi at the Piano, continues the tradition of providing an
historical essay for both the special and the soundtrack. Plus, Charles Schulz’ son Craig
Schulz adds an essay about the special’s inspiration. The liner notes (vinyl: 4 page and
CD: 12-page booklet) contain images from the special, rare photographs and a Peanuts
comic strip.
“I find the score for 1975’s “You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown” to be the most
fascinating. The soundtrack is Guaraldi’s deepest exploration of synthesized music.”
— From the liner notes by Sean Mendelson, producer of the album.
Album uploaded by Sean Mendelson
