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
Thank you very much. One of my favourite groups.
ReplyDeleteThank you
ReplyDeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteThis is SO GREAT, Cor! Thanks, as always, for the beautiful booklet.
ReplyDeletenice
ReplyDelete