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
Recorded	1969–1975
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 Jazz fusion
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 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 February 6, 1974	3:48
2.	"Autumn Leaves"	Joseph Kosma	recorded October 1973[3]	7:17
3.	"Your Song"	Elton John Bernie Taupin	recorded November 20, 1975[4]	5:58
4.	"Lucifer's Lady" (live)			6:48
5.	"It Was a Very Good Year"	Ervin Drake		7:31
6.	"Linus and Lucy" (live)		recorded February 6, 1974	4:13
7.	"Cabaret" (live)	Fred Ebb John Kander [5]	recorded February 6, 1974	7:41
8.	"The Masked Marvel"		same version featured on Alma-Ville (1969) 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, guitar
• Eddie Duran – guitar
• Seward McCain – double bass
• Ron McClure – double bass (Track 2)
• Peter Marshall – bass guitar
• Al Coster, Jerry Granelli, Eliot Zigmund – drums
• Mike Clark – drums (Track 2)

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. Bang, Derrick (2012). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. Jefferson, North Carolina (U.S.): McFarland. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-7864-5902-5. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
4. Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
5. digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu