KINGSTON TRIO The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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KINGSTON TRIO: The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set)
TheKingston Trio rose to the top of the pop charts in 1958 with the multi-million seller Tom Dooley, and soon had several #1 gold albums to their credit. Their first three years at Capitol Records is captured on 'The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years,' a 10-CD collection that preceded the one you are holding in your hands. As the title implies, 'The Kingston Trio: The Stewart Years' chronicles the group's recording history from August of 1961 to September of 1966, when the group consisted of original membersNick Reynolds and Bob Shane, and John Stewart, who replaced original member Dave Guard in the summer of 1961.
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Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1 | ||||
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01 | Jesse James | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Glorious Kingdom | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | The Whistling Gypsy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Reuben James | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | O Ken Karanga | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Karu | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Oh, Sail Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Don't You Weep, Mary | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | When My Love Was Here | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Take Her Out Of Pity | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Coming From The Mountains | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Weeping Willow | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Nothing More To Look Forward To | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Water Boy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Chilly Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Oh, Miss Mary | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Roddy McCorley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Five Hundred Miles | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Goin' Away For To Leave You | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Rocky (german) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Old Kentucky Land (german) | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2 | ||||
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01 | Old Joe Clark | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Jane, Jane, Jane | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | One More Town | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | All The Good Times Are Past And Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Little Boy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Strange Day | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | She Was Too Good To Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Away Rio | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Pullin' Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Brown Mountain Light | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Portland Town | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Darlin' Are You Dreaming | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Tell It On The Mountain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | O Willow Waly | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | C'mon Betty Home | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Allentown Jail | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | To Be Redeemed | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Genny Glenn | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Some Fool Made A Soldier Of Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Adios Farewell | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | My Lord What A Mornin' | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | The New Frontier | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Poor Ellen Smith | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Honey, Are You Mad At Your Man | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Green Grasses | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | Long Black Veil | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Greenback Dollar | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
28 | Dogie's Lament | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
29 | The First Time | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
30 | Greenback Dollar | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3 | ||||
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01 | Run The Ridges | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Road To Freedom | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Ballad Of The Quiet Fighter | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Big Ball In Town | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | One More Round | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Oh Joe Hannah | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Reverend Mr. Black | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Mark Twain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Love Has Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | River Run Down | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Try To Remember | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Low Bridge | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Softly As I Leave You | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | La Bamba | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Jackson | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Desert Pete | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Blowin' In The Wind | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Rider | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Those Who Are Wise | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Goo Ga Gee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Desert Pete (continuation) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Ballad Of The Thresher | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Sing Out | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Marcelle Vahine | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | Woody's Song | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Those Brown Eyes | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4 | ||||
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01 | Ally Ally Oxen Free | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Four Strong Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Ann | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Hobo's Lullaby | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Deportee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Four Strong Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Turn Around | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | No One To Talk My Troubles To | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Coal Tattoo | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | These Seven Men | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Song For A Friend | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | If You Don't Look Around | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | The Patriot Game | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Seasons In The Sun | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Let's Get Together (studio version) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Midnight Special | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Love's Been Good To Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Poverty Hill | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Some Day Soon | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Gotta Travel On | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Hope You Understand | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | My Ramblin' Boy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Love Comes A Trickling Down | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Long Time Blues | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | More Poems | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Farewell | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
28 | I'm Going Home | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
29 | Little Play Soldiers | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5 | ||||
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01 | Stories Of Old | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Yes I Can Feel It | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Gonna Go Down The River | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Hannah Lee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Bottle Of Wine | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Where I'm Bound | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | If You See Me Go | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | If I Had A Ship | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Rusting In The Rain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Stay Awhile | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Three Song | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Yes I Can Feel It | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Early Mornning Rain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Red River Shore | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Where Are You Going Little Boy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | She Belongs To Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Verandah Of Millium August | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | The Last Thing On My Mind | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | They Are Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Runaway Song | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Long Time Blues | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Interchangeable Love | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Go Tell Roger | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Parchment Farm Blues | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | Dancing Distance | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 6 | ||||
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01 | Children On The Morning | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Hit And Run | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | When You've Been Away For A Long Time | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Lei Pakalana | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Gaze On Other Heavens | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | A Taste Of Honey | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | A Little Soul Is Born | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Put Your Money Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Lock All The Windows | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Less Of Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Come Gather The Time | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | The Spinnin' Of The World | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Norwegian Wood | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Texas Across The River | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Babe, You've Been On My Mind | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Little Light | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Little Light | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Coplas Revisted | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Coplas Revisted | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Chilly Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Chilly Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Oh, Miss Mary | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Laredo? | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | O Ken Karanga | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | O Ken Karanga | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | Roddy McCorley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Roddy McCorley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
28 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
29 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
30 | Five Hundred Miles | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
31 | Ballad Of The Shape Of Things | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
32 | Ballad Of The Shape Of Things | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
33 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
34 | Goin' Away For To Leave You | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
35 | Goin' Away For To Leave You | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 7 | ||||
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01 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Reuben James | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Reuben James | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Pullin' Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Pullin' Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Farewell Captain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Farewell Captain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Georgia Stockade | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Ann | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Ann | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Ah, Woe, Ah, Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Ah, Woe, Ah, Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Walkin' This Road To My Town | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | The World I Used To Know | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | The World I Used To Know | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Salty Dog | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Satly Dog | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Let's Get Together | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Isle In The Water | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Isle In The Water | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Tom Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Them Poems | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Them Poems | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | So Hi | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 8 | ||||
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01 | Little Light | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Coplas Revisited | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Reuben James | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Pullin' Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Chilly Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | The Ballad Of The Shape Of Things | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Tom Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Wimoweh | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | The Merry Minuet | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Scotch And Soda | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | When The Saints Go Marching In | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Goin' Away For To Leave You | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Weeping Willow | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Weeping Willow | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Nothing More To Look Forward To | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Water Boy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Water Boy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Jane, Jane, Jane | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | One More Town | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Little Boy | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 9 | ||||
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01 | Strange Day | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | She Was Too Good To Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Away Rio | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Pullin' Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Pullin' Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Brown Mountain Light | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Portland Town | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Darlin' Are You Dreaming | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Tell It On The Mountain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | O Willow Waly | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Run The Ridges | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Road To Freedom | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Big Ball In Town | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | One More Round | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Oh Joe Hannah | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Reverend Mr. Black | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Mark Twain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | River Run Down | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Low Bridge | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | La Bamba | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Desert Pete | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Blowin' In The Wind | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Rider | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Those Who Are Wise | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Goo Ga Gee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | Ballad Of The Thresher | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Sing Out | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
28 | Marcelle Vahine | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
29 | Those Brown Eyes | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Stewart Years (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 10 | ||||
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01 | Hard Travelin' | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Hard Travelin' | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Early Morning Rain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Early Morning Rain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Tomorrow Is A Long Time | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Tomorrow Is A Long Time | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Rovin' Gambler/This Train | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Rovin' Gambler/This Train | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Police Brutality | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | One Too Many Mornings | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Colours | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Colours | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | A Day In Our Room | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Wimoweh | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Tom Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Tom Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Goodnight Irene | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Goodnight Irene | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Getaway John | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Getaway John | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Ballad Of The Shape Of Things | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | Ballad Of The Shape Of Things | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Greenback Dollar | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
28 | Babe, You've Been On My Mind | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
29 | Babe, You've Been On My Mind | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
30 | The Tijuana Jail | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
31 | The Tijuana Jail | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
32 | Silicone Bust | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
33 | I'm Going Home | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
34 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
35 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
36 | Scotch And Soda | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
37 | Scotch And Soda | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
38 | Blind Date | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
39 | When The Saints Go Marching In | KINGSTON TRIO |
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THE GUARD YEARS
DAVE GUARD
Donald David Guard was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 19, 1934. He attended Honolulu's Punahou School, where he met Bob Shane; they both graduated in 1952. Dave's father, a civil engineer and U.S. Army Reserve colonel, encouraged Dave to pursue a career in business. Subsequently, he enrolled in Stanford University where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 1956. While attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business, he formed the Kingston Trio with Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, and performed with the group until 1961. Guard then formed The Whiskeyhill Singers with former Trio bassist David 'Buck' Wheat, Cyrus Faryar and Judy Henske. In 1962, he moved his family to Australia where he taught guitar and hosted his own 'Dave's Place' television program. He would continue to write and teach music, authoring several books including, 'Coulour Guitar' (a method of teaching utilizing color in place of musical notation), and 'Deirdre' and 'Hale-Mano' (books on Celtic and Hawaiian mythology). He was also active in recording Gabby Pahinui, the legendary Hawaiian slack guitarist, producing 'Pure Gabby' in 1979. He passed away on March 22, 1991 in Rollinsford, New Hampshire of lymphatic cancer. He was 57.
BOB SHANE
Robert Castle Shane (Schoen) was born in Hilo, Hawaii on February 1, 1934. He attended the Punahou School in Honolulu with fellow Trio member, Dave Guard. After graduation in 1952, he came to the mainland to study at Menlo Park (California) Junior College, and later at Menlo School of Business Administration. It was there that he met Nick Reynolds, and formed what would later become the Kingston Trio with Nick and Dave (who was attending nearby Stanford University). Bob returned to the islands in 1956 to work in his father's wholesale toy and sporting goods business. He began working in his off-hours at several Honolulu night spots, including the Pearl City Tavern, doing vocal impersonations (he was billed as 'Hawaii's Elvis Presley'). Bob soon returned to the San Francisco area, joining Reynolds and Guard full time as the Kingston Trio. Over the Trio's 40-year history, Bob Shane has remained the Trio's lead singer and constant guiding member. He resides in Phoenix, Arizona and tours extensively with the Kingston Trio.
NICK REYNOLDS
Nicholas Wells Reynolds was born in San Diego, California on July 27, 1933. The son of a U.S. Navy Captain, Nick grew up in nearby Coronado, California where he graduated from high school in 1951. Planning a career in hotel management, he attended San Diego State College and the University of Arizona. He transferred to Menlo Business College where he met Bob Shane and Dave Guard (from Stanford). He graduated 1957 with a B.S. in Business Administration. Nick would remain with the Kingston Trio until 1967. After a short period of designing race cars, he moved to Southern, Oregon where he was a rancher, theater owner and antique owner for 17 years. He would occasionally perform as a duo with John Stewart with whom he recorded an album, 'Revenge Of The Budgie', in the early 80s. Nick rejoined the Kingston Trio in 1986, and today again plays to sold out audiences worldwide with Bob Shane and George Grove. Nick and his wife Leslie live in Coronado, California.
KINGSTON TRIO : THE GUARD YEARS
Seemingly overnight, The Kingston Trio became a national obsession racking up million-sellers such as MTA, Tijuana Jail, and Worried Man, and placing five albums concurrentlyon the 'Billboard' Top Ten chart. They were on the cover of 'Life' magazine, guests on every major TV variety show, and the inspiration for hundreds of folk groups forming in college dorms all over the country.
This was the start of the 'folk boom,' a musical and merchandising mania that totally revitalized a sagging record and acoustic guitar manufacturing industry. Among the biggest beneficiaries of the craze was the C. F. Martin Company, whose guitars were closely associated with The Kingston Trio (the Trio played no other brand, and were always pictured with Martins on their album covers). At one time, Martin found itself three years behind in back orders, unable to keep up with the overwhelming demand. Dick Boak, Martin's Artist Relations Manager, comments:
"The Kingston Trio started it all -- they were ones who really built the acoustic guitar industry and initiated the folk music revival. Today there are legions of acoustic players all over the world who know about Martin guitars just because of The Kingston Trio. To commemorate their 40th Anniversary, we’re finally returning the favor -- we’ve just issued a limited edition of 40 sets of Kingston Trio instruments with special inlays and signed labels. They more than deserve the recognition.”
With the demand for guitars (and banjos) came an insatiable demand for folk performers. Every major record label had its own version of The Kingston Trio, plus or minus a few members: Peter, Paul & Mary, The Brothers Four, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Limelighters, The Journeymen, Bud & Travis, The Serendipity Singers, The New Christy Minstrels, the list goes on forever.
While the early Trio consciously steered clear of social commentary, their repertoire was always highly intelligent, filled with thought-provoking lyrics and memorable melodies. Theirs was never background music; you had to listen to it and be moved by it, which at that time in American popular music was no small accomplish-ment. As the folk movement gathered momentum, folk performers used their music as a forum for social change, ushering in the folk protest era of the early '60s. None of it would've happened without The Kingston Trio. It can be legitimately argued that without a Bob Shane there never would have been a Bob Dylan. But the controversy started early.
"There was always that ‘folkier than thou’ attitude to deal with,"says Nick Reynolds, “and it was pure hypocritical nonsense. No matter what musical genre you work in, you deal with subjectivity -- other people’s perceptions of what’s valid and what’s not. If we had been comedians or pop crooners, we would’ve been judged on a purely entertainment basis, which is really all we ever wanted. What made us novel at first, and controversial later, was that we chose to be entertainers in an idiom that people grew to regard as serious. I say 'grew' because before The Kingston Trio popularized folk music, I don’t think most Americans really gave a damn about their musical heritage. Sure, the Weavers had a lot to do with popularizing folk music; they were 'our' biggest influence. But nobody turned America on to folk music like we did. The Kingston Trio made folk music a do-it-yourself situation; it brought people together, got them singing together and playing guitars together. We gave them a medium to communicate with each other; a very simple, basic and beautiful way to share ideas that anybody could master with three chords. That 'medium' is what really set the stage for the 60’s 'protest movement,' and I think the Trio deserves the credit for at least that much. The problem is that people started confusing the medium with the message.”
The original Kingston Trio was formed in and around Palo Alto, California, by Dave Guard, a Stanford University graduate student and his two friends, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, from nearby Menlo College. Guard and Shane both were born in Hawaii, and had been singing and playing together since their high school days at the Punahou School in Honolulu. Reynolds, from Coronado, California, was the son of a Navy career officer and had attended San Diego State and the University of Arizona.
"I showed up at Menlo not knowing a soul," recalls Reynolds, "and the first day I walk into this accounting class and there's this guy sleeping in the back of the room during the lecture. So I said to myself, anybody that's got the guts to do that I've got to get to know. It turned out to be Bobby Shane, and we immediately went out and became really tight pals; I don't think we showed up for school for about two weeks afterward."
This mutual attraction of kindred spirits, which included drinking, carousing, and other forms of hilarity, was further strengthened by an interest in singing, more as a way of improving their social life than furthering any professional aspirations. "Bobby had this tenor guitar and I had some bongos," Reynolds recalls. "We'd show up at these local spots and fraternity parties and get right in there. I was sort of his driver, you know, just hanging out, fascinated by this magnetic person. Bobby's a charmer; he could play three chords on a tenor guitar and attract more people than the London Symphony. Later on, he said 'I've got to introduce you to this guy I know over at Stanford,' which was Dave, and we just sort of fell together. I kinda mooched my way into that thing. Bobby and Dave had been playing together a long time in Hawaii, and people would want to hire us to play Hawaiian music at their luaus. They taught me some real Hawaiian songs, the third part, which was real easy considering I'd never been to Hawaii. After a while, we started working like two nights a week at these little beer gardens, one of which had hired me as a bartender."
While this grouping of Guard, Shane, and Reynolds was indeed to become The Kingston Trio, the group went through several personnel and name changes in the process. Shortly after introducing Reynolds to Guard, Bob Shane returned to Hawaii to work in his father's wholesale sporting goods and toy firm while pursuing a solo singing career as 'Hawaii's Elvis Presley.' Reynolds and Guard kept at it, adding Joe Gannon (on bass) and Barbara Bogue, billing themselves as 'Dave Guard And The Calypsonians.'
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Well done remastering to CD. The book is excellent and puts in to perspective the events and atmosphere at the time these recordings were made. I only question the logic of not putting the album cuts in their original order.
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