A Charlie Brown Christmas

A dilemma solved

AAUGH Blog reader Mike saw me expressing ambivalence about whether to preorder the new $99.99 edition of the A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack just to get the liner notes booklet… and he noted something that I missed: the same publisher is offering a new one-CD deluxe version for a far …

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Harder to find Peanuts media

I was in Costco today and I espied a Peanuts book… one which hadn’t been there just a few days ago when I was last there, yet one that they seemed down to their last copy of. (Perhaps there was another case of them stashed below the table, I don’t …

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Chartin’ Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown is high on the Billboard charts this week. No, I’m not kidding. And really, it’s no surprise that Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas pops up regularly on Billboard’s top 200 albums at this time of year. At the moment, it’s at #84. The highest it’s ever …

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Tell me what love is, Chuck

From the wall of a guitar store in Los Angeles, California.  

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Things I didn’t know I owned

I know what this is, the first recorded audio material in Peanuts history. But I didn’t think I owned a copy. I haven’t gone through my record collection in a long time… but as I’m certain that I’ve never listened to it. I must’ve gotten it sometime after my last …

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Nice round Charlie Brown sounds for Christmas

If you’re worrying about the kids being unable to sleep on Christmas Eve, perhaps the new CD Lullaby Renditions of A Charlie Brown Christmas from Baby Rockstar is the thing that you need. Head on over and check out the samples. And if you’re planning a Christmas gift for an audiophile, how about …