Kingston Trio Collection 1958-62 CD

The Kingston Trio were one of the most popular and successful groups to emerge from the growth in popularity of folk music during the 1950s, as they brought a polished commercial approach to updated versions of traditional songs, becoming the biggest-selling album artists on the Capitol label during their first few years with the label, with five No. 1 albums, as well as scoring a number of significant and memorable hits in the singles charts. After making a No.1 US chart debut with "Tom Dooley", which also made the UK Top 5, and followed up with classics like "All My Sorrows", "M.T.A.", "A Worried Man", "San Miguel", "Where Have All The Flowers Gone", "Everglades" and "Greenback Dollar". This great-value 55-track 2-CD set comprises all their A and B sides from the first formative years of their recording career, along with a track from each of the fourteen albums they released during this period. It therefore provides a thorough overview of their chart-focused output during this era, as well as a substantial sample of the material which was bringing them a level of popularity which transcended the genres of folk and pop in an unprecedented way.

1. Scarlet Ribbons 2. Three Jolly Coachmen 3. Tom Dooley 4. Ruby Red 5. Raspberries, Strawberries 6. Sally 7. The Tijuana Jail 8. Oh Cindy 9. M.T.A 10. All My Sorrows 11. A Worried Man 12. San Miguel 13. Coo-Coo-U 14. Green Grasses 15. El Matador 16. Home from the Hill 17. Bad Man's Blunder 18. The Escape of Old John Webb 19. Everglades 20. This Mornin', This Evening', So Soon 21. Goodnight My Baby 22. Somerset, Gloucestershire Wassail 23. You're Gonna Miss Me (Frankie and Johnny) 24. En El Agua 25. Como Se Viene, Se Va 26. Coming from the Mountains 27. Nothing More to Look Forward to 28. Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child 29. The White Snows of Winter 30. Where Have All the Flowers Gone 31. O Ken Karanga 32. Scotch and Soda 33. Jane, Jane, Jane 34. Old Joe Clark 35. C'mon Betty Home 36. One More Town 37. She Was Too Good to Me 38. Five Hundred Miles Away 39. Oh, Sail Away 40. Greenback Dollar 41. The New Frontier 42. Sloop John B 43. Tic, Tic, Tic 44. Banua 45. Blow Ye Winds 46. Molly Dee 47. The Mountains of Mourne 48. Buddy Better Get on Down the Line 49. The Last Month of the Year 50. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies 51. It Was a Very Good Year 52. Sail Away 53. This Little Light of Mine 54. Brown Mountain Light 55. My Lord What a Mornin'