- Audio CD (21 Aug 2007)
- Number of Discs: 3
- Format: Collector's Edition, Import, Box set
- Label: Madacy
- ASIN: B000QGDID4
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 340,879 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A welcome addition to our Christmas Festivities
2 Nov 2008
Format:Audio CD
After reading the other reviews for this box-set I decided to jot down my own opinions of this product and hopefully clear the air.
This collectors set is a tin box with three separate albums:
* A Charlie Brown Christmas - Soundtrack to the CBS Special
* Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits - A myriad collection of Vince Guaraldi Trio from the various TV specials including "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "You're Not Elected Charlie Brown" and "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
* 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas - A compilation of remixes performed by the likes of David Benoit, Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight and Dave Koz
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a staple of Christmas in our house. The other CDs are fun and whimsical and hardly negate from the value of the package. All of these albums can be purchased separately, but the box case is attractive and makes an excellent addition to the CD shelf.
I picked mine up on a whim at Bed, Bath and Beyond, and have not been disappointed.
This product page describes Monster Superdiscs that contain digital copies of the music with supposedly superior sound. This collection does NOT contain any Monster Superdiscs, although those can be found elsewhere.
Note: This version of A Charlie Brown Christmas is the Concord 2006 remaster that garnered criticism a few years back due to poor editing. Concord has since cleaned up the reverb and equalization; and it does sound just like you remember.
This collectors set is a tin box with three separate albums:
* A Charlie Brown Christmas - Soundtrack to the CBS Special
* Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits - A myriad collection of Vince Guaraldi Trio from the various TV specials including "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "You're Not Elected Charlie Brown" and "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
* 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas - A compilation of remixes performed by the likes of David Benoit, Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight and Dave Koz
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a staple of Christmas in our house. The other CDs are fun and whimsical and hardly negate from the value of the package. All of these albums can be purchased separately, but the box case is attractive and makes an excellent addition to the CD shelf.
I picked mine up on a whim at Bed, Bath and Beyond, and have not been disappointed.
This product page describes Monster Superdiscs that contain digital copies of the music with supposedly superior sound. This collection does NOT contain any Monster Superdiscs, although those can be found elsewhere.
Note: This version of A Charlie Brown Christmas is the Concord 2006 remaster that garnered criticism a few years back due to poor editing. Concord has since cleaned up the reverb and equalization; and it does sound just like you remember.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Take me back.....
24 Nov 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
i kept searching for the "Charlie Brown Christmas music", and this 3 disc set seemed to be the best value and the most offering that i came across. My wife and i always enjoyed it when it came on the radio and could visualize the shows in our minds eye.
(of course, i think our kids think we are a couple of blockheads)
However, it will take you back to when you was a little one and they had decent Christmas shows and you were excited to watch them and listen to the good music.
(of course, i think our kids think we are a couple of blockheads)
However, it will take you back to when you was a little one and they had decent Christmas shows and you were excited to watch them and listen to the good music.
15 of 21 people found the following review helpful
leave well enough alone
1 Dec 2006
Format:Audio CD
This CD is horrendous! Today, Nov 30, I got out my Christmas CD's to start getting in the holiday mood. This CD is so bad that it ruined my entire mood - I'll be lucky if I recover by Christmas!
The first track, "Christmas is Coming" butchers a great song with clumsy unwelcome horn arrangements. The second, "Just Like Me" is a breathy, flat, overwrought waste of 4 minutes. The third, "Linus and Lucy" is a depressingly boring arrangement with repetitive saxophone riffs, an annoying percussion track and a lobotomized version of Vince Guaraldi's original harmonies. I could go on and on but there isn't a bright spot in this entire disaster of a CD ... oh, except "Fur Elise" which is a note for note rendition of the original.
This CD is an affront to the musical genius of Vince Guaraldi and I'm sick and tired of lesser artists cashing in by rehashing his great music - no one has done it better, in fact they aren't even close. Buy the original Charlie Brown Christmas CD and save yourself the aggravation. Have a happy holiday, I just hope I recover in time to salvage some of mine.
The first track, "Christmas is Coming" butchers a great song with clumsy unwelcome horn arrangements. The second, "Just Like Me" is a breathy, flat, overwrought waste of 4 minutes. The third, "Linus and Lucy" is a depressingly boring arrangement with repetitive saxophone riffs, an annoying percussion track and a lobotomized version of Vince Guaraldi's original harmonies. I could go on and on but there isn't a bright spot in this entire disaster of a CD ... oh, except "Fur Elise" which is a note for note rendition of the original.
This CD is an affront to the musical genius of Vince Guaraldi and I'm sick and tired of lesser artists cashing in by rehashing his great music - no one has done it better, in fact they aren't even close. Buy the original Charlie Brown Christmas CD and save yourself the aggravation. Have a happy holiday, I just hope I recover in time to salvage some of mine.
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