Label: Lee Mendelson Film Productions

Reissued 10/17/2025

Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) is thrilled to announce the release - from recently rediscovered tapes - the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, the timeless 6th animated Peanuts® special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Bill Melendez and producers Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Originally the special aired on September 27, 1969 on CBS-TV. The album includes the original recordings that comprise the cues from the Special across twenty-six tracks, plus another 6 alternative tracks that have never been released or heard before.

Track listing:

1. Charlie Brown Theme
2. Linus and Lucy
3. It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown
4. Oh, Good Grief!
5. You're in Love, Charlie Brown
6. Schroeder
7. Bus Blues / Bus Blues (Reprise)
8. It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
9. Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair)
10. Oh, Good Grief! (Reprise)
11. Come and Get It / Hash / Hash with Horn / Am Break / Tah Dah
12. Bon Voyage
13. Peppermint Patty
14. Love Will Come (Nova Bossa)
15. He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown
16. Pebble Beach
17. You're in Love, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
18. He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
19. Masked Marvel
20. Air Music
21. Masked Marvel (Reprise) / Masked Marvel (2nd Reprise)
22. You're in Love, Charlie Brown (2nd Reprise)
23. Linus and Lucy (Reprise)
24. Oh, Good Grief! (2nd Reprise)
25. Charlie Brown Theme (Reprise)
26. It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (2nd Reprise)
27. Linus and Lucy (Alternate)
28. Working on "It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown"
29. Bus Blues (Alternate)
30. Pebble Beach (Alternate)
31. Masked Marvel (Alternate)
32. Linus and Lucy (Reprise Alternate)