Once Upon a Time

Kingston Trio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 12, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000YE9ZQM
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,282 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hard Travelin'

2. Intro To:

3. Earliy Mornin' Rain

4. Intro To:

5. The M.T.A. (The Boston Subway Song)

6. Intro To:

7. Tomorrow Is a Long Time

8. Intro To:

9. Rovin' Gambler/This Train

10. Police Brutality

11. One Too Many Mornings

12. Colours

13. A Day in Our Room

14. Wimoweh

15. Intro To:

16. Tom Dooley

17. Intro To:

18. Goodnight Irene

19. Hard, Ain't It Hard

20. Intro To:

See all 36 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Rat Pack" with Banjo and Guitars, December 19, 2007

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J. C. Hulett (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Once Upon a Time (Audio CD)

The Kingston Trio's "Once Upon a Time" was released in 1969 on Bill Cosby's record label (Tetragamatron). coming out on two (2) vinyl disks. It was the original Trio's last record release, last live recording (they had 2 "live in concert" albums in '59, one in '62, one in '64.)

Like the others, this one charted, but only barely, landing at #193 on the Top 200. The record came out three years after being recorded at the Sahara Tahoe, by then a memorial to a group that had disbanded in 1967, victims of a disastrous record-label change from powerhouse Capitol to weak-kneed Decca in 1964.

Though the group's hits stopped after switching record companies, its energy in concert and rapport with audiences never flagged. Listen to "From the Hungry i", "Stereo Concert" ('59), "College Concert" ('62), or "Back in Town" ('64), the showmanship and ability to sell new songs or old hits is a constant throughout.

"Once Upon a Time" was a fine summing up after the Trio's disbandment. It offered new songs ("Colors," "One Too Many Mornings") various hits ("MTA," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone") and a catalogue of Trio oldies ("Hard Travelin'", "Getaway John"). Unlike its companion disk "Twice Upon a Time", many of the songs here are overdubbed (voices double-tracked) replicating their Capitol studio albums. But the humor and high-spirits are quite alike.

If you're inclined to sample the premiere American singing group of the late fifties/early sixties, you won't do any better than listening to this CD. It'll provide you a ringside seat to an evening in 1966 when the Kingston Trio -- sort of a "rat pack" with banjoes and guitars -- held forth at the main showroom of the Sahara Tahoe.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kingston Trio, October 28, 2008

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janikins (Pullman, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Once Upon a Time (Audio CD)

Thought I had all their albums till I found this! It arrived quickly and in perfect condition. Love the CD
Would definitely use this seller again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable cd, April 2, 2008

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Mary Ann Koch - See all my reviews
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CD was very enjoyable. At times its a little hard to hear all the bantering going on but it does take you back to a time when music could be enjoyed.