North Beach (album)

North Beach
North Beach
Compilation album by Vince Guaraldi
Released	January 19, 2006
Recorded	1969–1976
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

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Five Cents Please	^[1]

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]

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^[1]	3:48
2.	"Autumn Leaves"	Joseph Kosma	recorded October 8, 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^[1]	4:13
7.	"Cabaret" (live)	Fred Ebb John Kander ^[5]	recorded February 6, 1974^[1]	7:41
8.	"The Masked Marvel"		identical version featured on Alma-Ville (1969) with longer fade-out and louder mix^[1]	5:42
9.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (alternate version)		most likely recorded January 1976^[1]	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]^[6]

Session information[]

"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (live)

Written by Vince Guaraldi
Piano, Fender Rhodes: Vince Guaraldi
Electric bass: Seward McCain
Drums: Eliot Zigmund
Recorded on February 6, 1974, Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California; live broadcast on radio stations KPFA and KPFB

"Autumn Leaves"

Written by Joseph Kosma
Piano: Vince Guaraldi
Bass: Ron McClure
Drums: Mike Clark
Recorded on October 8, 1973^[3]

"Your Song"

Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Piano, Fender Rhodes, ARP String Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi
Recorded on November 20, 1975, Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California; sidemen unspecified^[4]

"Lucifer's Lady" (live)

Written by Vince Guaraldi
Piano: Vince Guaraldi
Session information unknown

"It Was a Very Good Year" (live)

Written by Ervin Drake
Piano: Vince Guaraldi
Session information unknown

"Linus and Lucy" (live)

Written by Vince Guaraldi
Piano: Vince Guaraldi
Electric bass: Seward McCain
Drums: Eliot Zigmund
Recorded on February 6, 1974, Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California; live broadcast on radio stations KPFA and KPFB

"Cabaret" (live)

Written by Fred Ebb and John Kander
Piano, Fender Rhodes: Vince Guaraldi
Electric bass: Seward McCain
Drums: Eliot Zigmund
Recorded on February 6, 1974, Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California; live broadcast on radio stations KPFA and KPFB

"The Masked Marvel"

Written by Vince Guaraldi
Piano: Vince Guaraldi
Guitar: Eddie Duran
Bass: Kelly Bryan
Drums: Al Coster
Recorded in mid-to-late October 1969

"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (live)

Written by Vince Guaraldi
Piano, Fender Rhodes: Vince Guaraldi
Session information unavailable; most likely recorded January 1976^[1]

Personnel[]

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

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1973". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1975". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu
^ 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.

[Bang-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: North Beach". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[allmusic-2] North Beach at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[Bangtimeline73-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1973". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[Bangtimeline75-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1975". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[5] talcommons.library.umaine.edu

[6] 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.

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