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]
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| Released | January 19, 2006 | |||
| 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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Five Cents Please |   |
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 |
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| 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
- Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: North Beach". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- North Beach at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu