Saturday, April 23, 2022

The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Years 4CD Set. (@320)

 


The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Years

The Capitol Years Review by Richie Unterberger:

A mammoth four-CD, 107-song box set of their most famous and commercially successful work, recorded for Capitol between the late 1950s and mid-'60s. All of the big hits are here, as well as key album cuts and a whopping 33 previously unreleased studio and live tracks. Collectors will appreciate the inclusion of rarities by related groups like Dave Guard and the Calypsonians (a pre-Kingston Trio outfit), Dave Guard and the Whiskeyhill Singers (Guard's post-Kingston outfit, also featuring Judy Henske), and the Cumberland Three (John Stewart's pre-Kingston group), as well as the awesomely detailed 48-page insert. But this is way too much for anyone but the fanatic. It's interesting to hear the Kingstons' now-obscure versions of songs that would become hits many years later by other artists, like "Sloop John B," "The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)," "Seasons in the Sun," "It Was a Very Good Year," and (most incredibly) "Let's Get Together." But for all its historical significance, the execution is usually far too sterile and whitebread to appeal to contemporary listeners, unless it's on purely nostalgic grounds.

 

Tracklist:

 

CD1:

 

1.           Run Joe               

2.           Fast Freight                      

3.           Tom Dooley                     

4.           Sloop John B                    

5.           Dodi Lil

6.           New York Girls                

7.           They Call The Wind Maria          

8.           Shady Grove/Lonesome Traveler                             

9.           Little Maggie    

10.         Bay Of Mexico                

11.         Acoss The Wide Missouri           

12.         Scotch And Soda                           

13.         Pay Me My Money Down                          

14.         Tijuana Jail        

15.         M.T.A.  

16.         All My Sorrows

17.         Good News                      

18.         Remember The Alamo                

19.         Molly Dee          

20.         The Unfortunate Miss Bailey     

21.         Sail Away Ladies                            

22.         A Worried Man

23.         The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up                             

24.         The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up                             

 

CD2:

 

1.           El Matador        

2.           The Mountains O'mourne                         

3.           Home From The Hill      

4.           The World's Last Authentic Playboy               

5.           Raspberries, Strawberries          

6.           Bimini  

7.           Green Grasses                

8.           With You, My Johnny                   

9.           Bad Man's Blunder                       

10.         The Escape Of Old John Webb                 

11.         Colorado Trail  

12.         Buddy Better Get On Down The Line                     

13.         Coast Of California        

14.         Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child                  

15.         A Round About Christmas                         

16.         Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies                 

17.         Bonny Hielan' Laddie    

18.         The River Is Wide           

19.         Don't You Weep, Mary                

20.         Sea Fever           

21.         The Golden Spike                          

22.         Mary Was Pretty                           

23.         The Wines Of Madeira                

24.         Senora 

25.         Adieu To My Island                       

26.         It Was A Very Good Year                           

27.         You're Gonna Miss Me 

28.         The Bonnie Ship, The Diamond                

29.         Come Along Julie           

 

CD3:

 

1.           Coming From The Mountains                   

2.           Oh, Sail Away   

3.           Take Her Out Of Pity                    

4.           The Whistling Gypsy                    

5.           Nothing More To Look Forward To         

6.           Weeping Willow            

7.           Jesse James      

8.           Where Have All The Flowers Gone

9.           Little Light         

10.         Chilly Winds                     

11.         Oh Miss Mary                 

12.         Roddy Mccorley                            

13.         500 Miles          

14.         Goin' Away For To Leave You                   

15.         Old Kentucky Land         

16.         Rocky   

17.         One More Town                            

18.         Away Rio           

19.         Pullin' Away                     

20.         All The Good Times                      

21.         Darlin' Are You Dreaming           

22.         Allentown Jail  

23.         Greenback Dollar                          

24.         Honey' Are You Mad At Your Man     

25.         The Long Black Vail       

26.         Genny Glenn    

27.         The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)                   

28.         The New Frontier

 

CD4:

 

1.           The Reverend Mr. Black                            

2.           Road To Freedom          

3.           River Run Down                            

4.           One More Round                          

5.           Run The Ridges

6.           Love Has Gone                

7.           Try To Remember          

8.           Mark Twain                     

9.           Desert Pete                      

10.         Ballad Of The Tresher                  

11.         Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen  

12.         Those Who Are Wise                   

13.         Rider    

14.         The Patriot Game                         

15.         Coal Tattoo       

16.         Hobo's Lullaby                

17.         Seasons In The Sun                       

18.         Song For A Friend                         

19.         Four Strong Winds                        

20.         Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream 

21.         Ann      

22.         Let's Get Together                        

23.         Hard, Ain't It Hard                        

24.         Reuben James  

25.         Pullin' Away                     

26.         Farewell Captain                           

         


     

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