Vince Guaraldi Trio - It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (Concord Records)

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Music from the Soundtrack) features some of the most iconic tracks in pop culture, including the instantly recognizable “Linus and Lucy,” as well as the languid, lyrical “Great Pumpkin Waltz.” The music was recorded on October 4, 1966 at Desilu’s Gower Street Studio in Hollywood, California by Guaraldi (piano) and his longtime friends and trio sidemen — bassist Monty Budwig and drummer Colin Bailey — joined by Emanuel Klein (trumpet), John Gray (guitar) and Ronald Lang (woodwinds). The entire scoring process was overseen by composer, arranger and conductor John Scott Trotter, well known for a three-decade run as Bing Crosby’s music director and close friend.

The slowdown of the pandemic gave the Mendelson family, (Lee Mendelson was the Executive Producer of the TV Special), an opportunity to dig deep through their archives and they discovered what were previously thought to be lost to time: the original analog session reels for It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. What you will hear on most tracks of this new and improved “best” version of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown are the musical cues as recorded by Vince and crew before they were edited for the television special, in show order, as well as a selection of alternate takes.

Zoetrope. 60th Anniversary. 45RPM. For the full zoetrope experience, film the spinning record with your phone video camera at 30fps and let the magic begin!

Tracklist 

Linus And Lucy

Graveyard Theme

Snoopy And The Leaf / Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair)

The Great Pumpkin Waltz

Linus And Lucy

Charlie Brown Theme / Charlie Brown Theme (Minor Theme)/ Graveyard Theme (Reprise)

The Great Pumpkin Waltz

The Red Baron / Military Drum March

The Great Pumpkin Waltz (2nd Reprise) / The Great Pumpkin Waltz (3rd Reprise)

Graveyard Theme (Trick Or Treat)

Fanfare / Breathless / Graveyard Theme (Trick Or Treat) (3rd Reprise)

Charlie Brown Theme

Breathless

It's A Long Way To Tipperary / There's A Long, Long Trail A-Winding / Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag / Roses Of Picardy

Graveyard Theme (Trick Or Treat)

Linus And Lucy (2nd Reprise) / Linus And Lucy (3rd Reprise)

Charlie Brown Theme

Linus And Lucy

Graveyard Theme

Charlie Brown Theme

Linus And Lucy

The Great Pumpkin Waltz

Linus And Lucy

Charlie Brown Theme

Version: Zoetrope. 60th Anniversary. 45RPM

Released: 7^th August 2026

Catalogue Number: 8807278680

Condition: New Sealed