Greatest Hits (Vince Guaraldi album)
Greatest Hits is the second compilation album of songs by American jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi released in 1980 in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Background. Released four years after Guaraldi's untimely death from a heart attack, "Greatest Hits" was Fantasy Records' attempt to gather the pianist's best known songs, picking up from where the 1964 compilation album "Jazz Impressions" left off. As the album was issued by Fantasy, it excluded tracks from Guaraldi's three Warner Bros.-Seven Arts releases ("Oh Good Grief!", "The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi", "Alma-Ville") as well as "Vince  Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus" (1967) released on Guaraldi's own D&D record label. "Greatest Hits" was repackaged and expanded for CD release on July 11, 1989, with a different cover and one additional track culled from the album "From All Sides" (1965). Track listing. Original 1980 vinyl/cassette issue. For the vinyl/cassette release, 45 single edit versions of "Days of Wine and Roses", "Samba de Orpheus" and "Zelao" were utilized, while the shorter version of "Christmas Time Is Here" with vocals was included. 1989 CD release. For the CD release, "Days of Wine and Roses", "Samba  de Orpheus" and "Zelao" were restored to their original album lengths, while the longer, instrumental version of "Christmas Time Is Here" was featured. "Ginza Samba" was also added as a bonus track. † = bonus track Personnel. Credits adapted from 1989 CD liner notes.