North Beach (album)

North Beach is a compilation album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (credited to Vince Guaraldi and Friends) released by D&D Records (Guaraldi's label) in January 2006. The album is a mix of previously unreleased studio and live recordings taped in mid-1970s.[1]

North Beach
Compilation album by Vince Guaraldi
Released	January 19, 2006 (2006-01-19)
Recorded	Mid-1970s
Venue	Jazz clubs based in North Beach, San Francisco, California
Studio	Pacific Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California; Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:45
Label	D&D
Producer	David Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi chronology
Oaxaca (2004) North Beach (2006) Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown Television Specials (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Five Cents Please	[1]

Background

In the mid-2000s, Vince Guaraldi's son, David Guaraldi, worked to restore a wealth of unreleased live recorded material from his father's archives.[1] The recordings on North Beach were taped in a variety of unspecified studios and jazz clubs based in the North Beach region of San Francisco, California.[1]

The release features covers of Elton John's "Your Song" and Frank Sinatra's "It Was a Very Good Year".[2]

North Beach was released on CD only. It did not receive a vinyl release.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vince Guaraldi, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Notes	Length
1.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (live)		recorded on February 6, 1974	3:48
2.	"Autumn Leaves"	Joseph Kosma		7:17
3.	"Your Song"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin		5:58
4.	"Lucifer's Lady" (live)		Featured in the Peanuts feature film A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) and television special Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971)	6:48
5.	"It Was a Very Good Year"	Ervin Drake		7:31
6.	"Linus and Lucy" (live)		recorded on February 6, 1974	4:13
7.	"Cabaret" (live)	Fred Ebb, John Kander[3]	recorded on February 6, 1974	7:41
8.	"The Masked Marvel"		Featured in the Peanuts television special It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (1969); same version featured on Alma-Ville (1970) with longer fade-out	5:42
9.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (alternate take)			2:51
Total length:				51:45

"Cast Your Fate to the Wind", "Linus and Lucy" and "Cabaret" were re-released on Live on the Air (2008).[1]

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

• Vince Guaraldi – piano, harpsichord
• Eddie Duran – guitar
• Seward McCain – double bass
• Peter Marshall – bass guitar
• Al Coster, Jerry Granelli, Eliot Zigmund – drums

Additional

• David Guaraldi – producer, liner notes
• Michael Graves – engineer (audio restoration)
• Russell Bond – mastering

References

1. Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: North Beach". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
2. North Beach at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
3. digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu