The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John)


The Kingston Trio is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1964. Nick Bob John failed to reach the Top 40, peaking at number 53 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.

History

The Kingston Trio was the trio's first release on the Decca label after seven years,19 albums and worldwide record sales in the tens of millions with Capitol Records. The names are those of the Trio's members, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart.
Two singles were released: "My Ramblin' Boy" b/w "Hope You Understand" and "I'm Going Home" b/w "Little Play Soldiers". Neither single, and notably, none of the Decca singles, reached the Top 100 in the charts.
The album was produced by Frank Werber, the Trio's manager since its inception.
"I'm Going Home", by Fred Geis, remained a concert favorite of the Trio in this and future incarnations of the group, sometimes re-titled "California". Geis was the subject of a lawsuit over the melody resembling music from the Broadway musical Milk and Honey by Jerry Herman.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Bruce Eder called the album "one of the strongest albums of the group's entire history, containing an embarrassment of riches among its original dozen songs. And it's also a surprisingly contemporary record for a group that was supposedly long past its prime in 1965..." but noted the sound quality was "a little flat-sounding compared with the group's prior work at Capitol's studios..."

Reissues

Side one

  1. "Midnight Special" – 2:07
  2. "Love's Been Good to Me" – 3:05
  3. "Poverty Hill" – 3:22
  4. "Someday Soon" – 2:49
  5. "Gotta Travel On" – 3:18
  6. "Hope You Understand" – 2:20

    Side two

  7. "Little Play Soldiers" – 2:20
  8. "Love Comes a Trickling Down" – 2:53
  9. "My Ramblin' Boy" – 3:42
  10. "More Poems" – 1:42
  11. "Farewell " – 3:16
  12. "I'm Going Home" – 2:22
  13. :1991 reissue bonus tracks:
  14. "Long Time Blues" – 2:21
  15. "Come Gather the Time" – 2:26

    Personnel