The album is available for pre-order on CD and black vinyl at Amazon and the MVD Shop, as well as other online retailers and your local record store. It will also be released digitally. There are no details on colored or exclusive vinyl variants so far, but stay tuned for future announcements.
As with previous Guaraldi soundtrack releases from Lee Mendelson Film Productions, the Easter Beagle tracks have been mastered from the original 2-inch session tapes, and the booklet will include liner notes from producers Sean and Jason Mendelson, and Guaraldi historian Derrick Bang.
This latest album has a special bonus track: a medley of "Woodstock" tunes performed nearly 50 years later by David Benoit (piano) with original Guaraldi sidemen Seward McCain (Bass) and Mike Clark (drums), recorded at the same Hyde Street studio where the Easter Beagle soundtrack was originally recorded in San Francisco. (David Benoit composed the soundtracks to several Peanuts specials in the 1990's and 2000's.)
A few Easter Beagle tracks have appeared previously on compilation albums, but this is the first time the entire score will be available; most of it has never been released before.
(And don't forget that before the Easter Beagle arrives, in just a couple of weeks on January 17 you'll be able to own the complete soundtrack for Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown as well - see this previous blog post for details.)
Here's the full track list for the upcoming It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown album:
1. Peppermint Patty
2. Easter Theme / Easter Theme (Reprise)
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 - I. Allegro con brio
4. Snoopy and Woodstock
5. Linus and Lucy
6. Woodstock's Dream
7. Snoopy's Gumballs / Sally and Linus
8. Woodstock's Dream (Reprise)
9. Marcie's Song (Kitchen Music)
10. Linus and Lucy (Reprise)
11. Woodstock's Pad
12. Woodstock's Dream (2nd Reprise)
13. Music Box Dance (Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116)
14. Woodstock's Dream (3rd Reprise)
15. Easter Egg Soup (Kitchen Music 2)
16. Linus and Lucy (2nd Reprise) / Linus and Lucy (3rd Reprise)
17. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - II. Allegreto
18. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
19. Salting Eggs / Linus and Lucy (4th Reprise)
20. Bonus Track: Woodstock Medley (Woodstock's Wake-Up / Little Birdie / Woodstock's Dream / Thanksgiving Theme / Little Birdie (Reprise))
