' Santy Anno' (Traditional arranged by Dave Guard).' (The Wreck of The) 'John B'' (Traditional).'Saro Jane' (Traditional arranged and adapted by Louis Gottlieb).' Tom Dooley' ( Alan Lomax, Frank Warner).'Banua' (Traditional arranged by Dave Guard).'Bay of Mexico' (Traditional arranged by Dave Guard).'Three Jolly Coachmen' (Traditional arranged by Dave Guard).from the Hungry i as a two-album CD in 2001.

Collector's Choice Records reissued The Kingston Trio /.

In 1997, all of the tracks from The Kingston Trio were included in The Guard Years 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records.

The Kingston Trio was released on CD by Capitol Records in 1992 paired with.

Some tracks from The Kingston Trio were reissued in 1961 by Capitol on Encores, a duophonic reissue of cuts from the first two albums.

The Kingston Trio was reissued on LP under the title of Tom Dooley with 'Banua' and 'Santy Anno' deleted.

In an AllMusic retrospective summary, Bruce Eder calls the Kingston Trio's debut album less polished than contemporary folk music groups such as The Easy Riders, but feel they made up for it 'with youthful spring, exuberance, freshness, and a number of song choices that spoke of a new generation of folk singing.' He also notes 'one also gets a sense of just how strong the trio was musically right out of the starting gate- The Kingston Trio was essentially an idealized version of the group's stage show of the era, recorded over three days in the studio, and a fine, bracing body of music.' Reissues It was awarded an RIAA gold album on January 19, 1961. The album entered the Billboard album charts in late October 1958 and stayed there for nearly four years. ĭuring these same sessions, the trio recorded 'Dodi Li' which was left off the album. Although it is credited to Dave Guard, the trio never did discover the real songwriter's name, though they searched for years. One member of the trio was dating Seaver's older sister at that time, and heard the song on a visit to the Seaver home.

' Scotch and Soda' was discovered by the Trio through Tom Seaver's parents, who had first heard it when on their honeymoon. When the performance is over the piece is not significant anymore.' Each one of us has his ears open constantly to new material or old stuff that's good.' Guard is quoted 'We are not students of folk music the basic thing for us is honest and worthwhile songs, that people can pick up and become involved in. Reynolds stated 'We don't collect old songs in the sense that the academic cats do. The members were quoted in various articles, even the liner notes of the first album, separating themselves from more traditional folk artists. 'Tom Dooley' was the Trio's second single-the first was 'Scarlet Ribbons' b/w 'Three Jolly Coachmen' -and it would remain on the charts for five months and earned the group their only gold single. The single's success helped propel their debut album to the number one spot of the Billboard Pop chart.

From their first recording sessions, the single ' Tom Dooley' was released and became a number one hit in the US. By 1958 they had signed a 7-year recording contract with Capitol Records and began a 3-day recording session with producer Voyle Gilmore at Capitol Studio B in Hollywood on February 5. Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, and Bob Shane formed the Kingston Trio in Palo Alto, California in June 1957.

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