RECORDING SESSION: M.T.A. (Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Hawes) 3:13
Master #22563 recorded February 16, 1959
Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO AT LARGE
"M.T.A. is undoubtedly Nick Reynolds' most famous lead vocal, and it ranks second only to "Tom Dooley" as the Trio's hallmark. The group first heard the song from Will Holt (writer of modern Folk classics like "Lemon Tree") and It earned them eleven weeks on the singles charts. Considering how popular the record was (and still is). It is more than a little surprising that it only aspired to the #15 position. This novelty song was originally created to protest a Boston Subway fare increase that happened to coincide with a mayoral election. The writers put their words to the tune of the Folk standard "The Wreck Of Old 97," which goes to show how the same melody can be used to conjure up drastically different moods.
SOURCE: Liner notes; The Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records CD7243 8 28498 2 7)

RECORDING SESSION: Remember The Alamo (Jane Bowers) 2:59
Master #22609 recorded February 16, 1959
Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO AT LARGE
Few Trio songs reach the dramatic heights of "Remember The Alamo" the powerhouse closing cut from AT LARGE Disney's "Davy Crockett" mania was still sweeping the land in 1959, and with it a keen resurgence of inter-est in the 120-year-old battle of the Alamo. Texan Jane Bowers debuted as a songwriter for the Trio with this gem, which would be covered twenty-five years later by Johnny Cash
SOURCE: Liner notes; The Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records CD7243 8 28498 2 7)