Greatest Hits collects 12 tracks recorded during the Kingston Trio's tenure with Capitol Records in the '50s and '60s, including the original versions of "Tom Dooley," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "A Worried Man," and "Scotch and Soda." This collection is a good bargain for the budget-conscious. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
The pairing of these two albums makes sense in that they followed each other very closely in recording date (early/middle 1963) and also in the choice of material ("Desert Pete" from Sunny Side! was a conscious attempt to emulate the success of "Reverend Mr. Black" from Kingston Trio #16). The strength of Kingston Trio #16 more than makes up for ...
CEMA Special Markets ' Greatest Hits may not be a comprehensive collection -- such essentials as "Scotch and Soda" and "Greenback Dollar" are missing, for instance -- but it does have a good cross-section of popular Kingston Trio tunes, including "Tom Dooley," "Tijuana Jail," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "M.T.A.," "A Worried Man," "El ...
The licensing and reissue gurus at Collectors' Choice Music wisely picked up this Kingston Trio two-fer, which Capitol Records originally released in 1992 before deleting it from their catalog several years later. As the Kingston Trio at Large (1959) and Here We Go Again! (1959) collectively occupied the top spot on the 1959 LP chart for half the ...
Singer/songwriter John Stewart's musical career reaches back to the early '60s with the Kingston Trio, and so a new collection of his songs, presented with fairly basic arrangements, must seem like something of a homecoming. Stewart's smoky, weathered vocals (with just a touch of reverb added) brings an authentic style to "Baby, It's You," ...
By 1959, the Kingston Trio had reached mass popularity, won a Grammy, and had even begun to record their music in stereo. While their reign as the world's most popular folk act remained unchallenged, many within the folk community were critical of the group. Writers in magazines like Sing Out! argued that the trio's music had little to do with ...
After listening to this multi-artist two-CD celebration of Pete Seeger's songs, you'll be delighted to read in the liner notes that it's "just the beginning of at least four volumes." Producer Jim Musselman calls the package a "labor of love," and that's clearly what it was. Musselman did a terrific job of choosing the songs from Seeger's vast ...
If ever there was an enigma in American music, John Stewart is it. How many people can claim to have been the last member of the Kingston Trio and become its frontman, to have been the official musician for the Robert Kennedy campaign, to write hits for the Monkees and Fleetwood Mac, to be admired by Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Kinky Friedman, ...
In 2002, BGO released Willard/California Bloodlines, which contained two albums -- Willard (1970, originally released on Capitol) and California Bloodlines (1969, also originally on Capitol) -- by John Stewart on one compact disc. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
The first two Kingston Trio albums from the John Stewart-era in the group's history, paired together on one CD. The two albums (both of which reached number three on the charts in 1961 and 1962, respectively) represented a look forward and back, introducing some gorgeous new songs by Stewart on the studio album and adding fresh interpretations of ...
The Last Campaign, issued in 1985 on John Stewart's Home Records label, is an album of songs written during and about the presidential campaign of Robert Kennedy that ended in his assassination. Stewart and Buffy Ford traveled with Kennedy, playing on flatbed trucks from the backs of trains, on stages at rallies, anywhere they could. Some of the ...
Children of the Morning was the final studio album by the Kingston Trio in its original continuity -- they recorded a live album that Decca Records declined to release, which was eventually licensed to Tetragrammaton Records, but this was their last new work. At the time, as is recalled in the notes, music was changing around them almost faster ...
Contemporary folk master John Stewart organized the quartet John Stewart & Darwin's Army, and the group's self-titled 1999 album became the singer/songwriter/guitarist's first band effort since leaving the Kingston Trio more than three decades earlier. Joining Stewart are his wife, vocalist Buffy Stewart, vocalist/guitarist John Hoke, and vocalist ...
After departing the Kingston Trio and struggling for more than a decade to find success with his critically acclaimed folk albums, John Stewart finally reached his commercial peak with 1979's Bombs Away Dream Babies. It hit the Top Ten and temporarily turned him into a "new" pop star at age 40. Stewart's folk leanings are evident on this album, ...
An essential part of any Christmas album collection, these are true Christmas folk songs, from spirituals to Old English rounds. ~ David A. Milberg, All Music Guide
Havana ranks among John Stewart's best albums, which is saying a good deal, since he has released more than 40 -- many of them excellent -- in a career that dates all the way back to 1961. His first new studio recording in five years, Havana features an eclectic mix of 15 folk-tinged ballads and spirited rockers, all but one by Stewart. (The sole ...
Like the Weavers before them, the Kingston Trio set the pace for the folk revival of the late '50s and early '60s. Bands like the Highwaymen, the New Christy Minstrels, and Peter, Paul & Mary were inspired by the group's complex harmony, song choices, and general sunny disposition. The Kingston Trio, the band's first studio effort, unleashed the ...
In this two-fer (Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels) the Wingless Angels release is the stronger collection of music, featuring Robert "Waddy" Wachtel on guitar and a guest appearance by John Denver. Cannons ... is a nice collection of ballads and folk-rock. ~ Chip Renner, All Music Guide
This disc contains a baker's dozen of never before released studio recordings by the John Stewart-era Kingston Trio. After co-founder Dave Guard (guitar/vocals) was replaced by Stewart (guitar/banjo/vocals) in 1961, the combo -- with Bob Shane (guitar/banjo/vocals) and Nick Reynolds (guitar/vocals) -- continued on, albeit declining in success as ...
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