Aspen Gold


Aspen Gold is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1979. The group consisted of the line up of Bob Shane, George Grove, and Roger Gambill.

History

Aspen Gold included re-recordings of nine previously released songs done regularly by the Trio in their live act along with two new songs — "Aspen Gold" and "Longest Beer of the Night" — the latter two released as a single but distributed only for radio promotional purposes. The album was minimally distributed and did not chart. It is out of print although Folk Era has essentially reissued the album as Once Again with the inclusion of the 1977 single "Johnson Party of Four" b/w "Big Ship Glory".

Reception

While noting that Once Again is a reissue of Aspen Gold with two additional tracks, Allmusic critic Steve Leggett noted "It is interesting to hear a hard-charging, drum-paced version of "Greenback Dollar," and both "Aspen Gold" and the group's version of Gordon Lightfoot's classic "Early Morning Rain" are pleasantly done, but Aspen Gold/Once Again is hardly essential unless you're a die-hard fan."

Track listing

"California" was previously recorded under the title "I'm Goin' Home".

Side one

  1. "A Worried Man" – 2:37
  2. "Greenback Dollar" – 2:20
  3. "Reuben James" – 2:38
  4. "Hard Ain't It Hard'" – 2:04
  5. "California" – 2:46

    Side two

  6. "Aspen Gold" – 2:33
  7. "Early Morning Rain" – 3:06
  8. "Scotch and Soda" – 2:17
  9. "M.T.A./Tom Dooley" – 4:01
  10. "The Longest Beer of the Night" – 2:29

    Personnel