Flashback! 1963

Kingston Trio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 6, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Folk Era Records
• ASIN: B002LB6EQU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,093 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Little Light

2. The Wagoner Lad

3. Reverend Mr. Black

4. M.T.A.

5. Mariah

6. The Shape of Things

7. Big Ball in Boston

8. One More Town

9. Blowin in the Wind

10. Greenback Dollar

Disc: 2

1. Hard Ain't It Hard

2. Getaway John

3. The Sinking of the Reuben James

4. Two Ten, Six Eighteen

5. The Tijuana Jail

6. Ballad of the Quiet Fighter

7. The Merry Minuet

8. Tom Dooley

9. Wimoweh

10. Scotch and Soda

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The Kingston Trio at their loosest and liveliest! This unreleased October 3, 1963 performance at the University of Kentucky includes five songs not available on any other live recording: Big Ball in Boston; One More Town; Blowin' in the Wind; Two Ten, Six Eighteen , and Ballad of the Quiet Fighter .

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kings of Live Performance, October 23, 2009

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J. C. Hulett (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flashback! 1963 (Audio CD)

Nick, Bob, John (and before him Dave) were masters of live performance. The studio albums were top sellers, but the concerts were wowsers. I saw the Nick-Bob-John configuration three times during the six years they were together, and they were as entertaining as all get out during every concert. Peter, Paul and Mary made pretty music (I saw them in '68), but the Trio exuded charisma, energy and charm. (When a concert-goer came in late to one of them, Nick Reynolds yelled out "Okay, let's see your tardy slip!")

Everyone but Bob is gone now, but recordings of their thousands of concerts keep materializing. All have their merits, but "Live at Hungry I" (1958), "Live at Newport" (1959), "Live at the Santa Monica Civic" (1961 -- strong concert, somewhat distorted sound) would be the best with Mr. Guard, group founder.

From the John Stewart era, the best live albums are "College Concert" (UCLA 1961), "Flashback" - (University of Kentucky 1963), "Back in Town" (1964) "Snapshot" (1965) and "Twice Upon a Time" (1966 -- a concert album recorded at the Sahara Tahoe, and superior to "Once Upon a Time", their last charting album from 1969).

One point overlooked by people listening to these long-ago performances, the Trio was also a VISUAL act, so these performances, good as they are, don't give you the whole package. For that, you really had to be there.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Trio at their Best, October 12, 2009

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Thomas ODonnell "Tom in Zurich" (Zurich, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flashback! 1963 (Audio CD)

This two-disc set presents a live performance in the fall of 1963 at the University of Kentucky. The Kingston Trio was at the top of the charts then, and this is one of the very best live performances available of the Trio in its prime. The restoration of the recording is phenomenal, and the audio quality is first rate. The selection of songs has many of the "standard" Trio repertoire, but the selection also includes songs that, heretofor, were available only on studio recordings. "Flashback" will be enjoyed by anyone with a passing fondness for the 1960s Folk Music Revival as well as by avid Kingston Trio fans.

Tom in Zurich

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Trio at it's Best, October 18, 2009

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Garden Gal (Maple City, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Flashback! 1963 (Audio CD)

In October, 1963 I was a freshmen in college and the Kingston Trio was in town. But I had my first major exam the next day and chose studying for it rather than seeing the best folk singing group in the world in concert. That was one of the worst mistakes of my life and one I regret to this day. The test was ridiculously easy, and I had missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So it was with great anticipation that I awaited this 1963 album. It did not disappoint. The Trio is at its best here. You may have heard many of the songs on other albums, but the sound on "Flashback!" is so relaxed, so fresh and so filled with the enthusiasm of young men in their prime. Songs like 'Reverend Mr. Black,' 'Mariah,' 'One More Town,' 'Reuben James' and 'Two Ten, Six Eighteen' are arguably better than on other albums. And I have to add that I've heard many versions of 'Scotch and Soda,' but I prefer Shane's vocals and guitar here to all the others. I also enjoyed reading Josh Reynolds' introduction. He wrote it after his father, Nick, had passed away in 2008. His tribute is touching as well as enlightening. You learn what it was like in the Reynolds home when the Trio was practicing. Listening to "Flashback! 1963" is nearly as good as being there in the audience--the quality is that good, and I recommend it highly.