An Evening with the Kingston Trio

Kingston Trio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Folk Era Records
• ASIN: B00000183Y
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,733 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Little Light

2. Coplas

3. Sinking of the Reuben James

4. The Wagoner's Lad

5. M.T.A.

6. Chilly Winds

7. The Shape of Things

8. Hard, Ain't It Hard

9. Tom Dooley

10. Wimoweh

11. The Merry Minuet

12. Scotch and Soda

13. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

14. When the Saints Go Marching In

15. Goin' Away for to Leave You

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Memories of yesteryear: Onstage performance, August 23, 1998

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This review is from: An Evening with the Kingston Trio (Audio CD)

This CD captures the Kingston Trio as only an onstage recording can. Witty remarks, even unplanned asides, take the listener back to the showmanship that rocketed this group to the top. Classics are included such as "Tom Dooley," "Wimoweh," "MTA," Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Scotch & Soda" as performed by Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds and John Stewart. This CD is great for the K-Trio fan.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Golden Oldie, June 8, 2001

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Russell Diederich (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Evening with the Kingston Trio (Audio CD)

My mother probably will have something to say about me calling her music "oldie". As a young child my parents would play a lot of the Kingston Trio. They had most of the Trio's albums, if not all of them, on vinyl. As soon as I learned how to work the record player, it was the Kingston Trio (along with my dad's Herb Alpert albums) that I played. Fortunately, as I grew older, my love for the Trio never stopped.

My favorites have always been the Trio's live albums. Their live albums are part music, and part standup comedy act. "An Evening with the Kingston Trio" keeps with the form. The space between songs is almost always segued with a joke or two. The Trio has fun for the entire night as you can hear in their voices.

The recording is not top quality, and can be recognized even more so on cd, and...it's in mono. Ugly, to say the least, but then again it was recorded live in 1962. Trio fans that used to listen to their albums on vinyl won't even notice the noise, and my even find it a bit nostalgic.

Most of their classics appear on this album. "MTA", the comical "The Shape of Things", "Coplas", and, yes, even "Tom Dooley". The only thing I find missing from this album are "Bandua" and "Greenback Dollar" (probably because they hadn't recorded it yet). Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart (replacing Dave Guard) put together a great show that any Trio fan should own and love. They take liberties with their songs, which makes listening to the live versions different and fun.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Look at a Live Album Practice!, March 4, 2007

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Timothy L. Smith (Fontana, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Evening with the Kingston Trio (Audio CD)

This CD is a mono soundboard check of a concert intended to help new member John Stewart and Nick and Bob get ready for what would become their College Concert LP. The same songs are there, minus Voyle Gilmore's overdubs and reverb. Also a few cuts that are live here for the first time ever, such as Wagoner Lad (Pullin'Away). It is a fascinating look at a group breaking in a new member and trying out new material. The talking is hilarious (such as the best intro to Tom Dooley ever recorded!) I was rolling after that one! It is what it is (hardly a commercial release, and almost like one of those famous pirated recordings people sold in plain covers), but very enjoyable.