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RECORDING
SESSION: Home From The Hill (Bronislau
Kaper and Mack David) 2:39
Master #23002 recorded December 7, 1959
Previously unreleased by Capitol
Making its first appearance on a Capitol
collection is "Home from the Hill,"
recorded by the Kingston Trio (at Capitol's
bidding) with full orchestra for the movie of the
same title starring Robert Mitchum. Oddly enough,
the group's recording was never used in the film
and was relegated to the flip side of "El
Matador." The Trio laid down the basic
tracks during the SOLD OUT sessions, and although
they sang it well, Dave remembered "Home
From the Hill" as "nothing we would
have chosen ourselves."
SOURCE: Liner notes; The
Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records
CD7243 8 28498 2 7)RECORDING SESSION:
The Worlds Last Authentic Playboys (David Wheat
and Bill Loughborough) 2:39
Master #22993 recorded December 7, 1959
Previously unreleased by Capitol
This clever "biographical" sketch of
his employers by multi-talented accompanist David
"Buck" Wheat was recorded at the SOLD
OUT sessions but was never deemed polished enough
for release by any of the principles involved.
Dave Guard (and the composer) would re-record the
song in 1962 for The Whiskeyhill Singers' debut
album.
SOURCE: Liner notes; The
Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records
CD7243 8 28498 2 7)
RECORDING
SESSION: Raspberries, Strawberries (Will
Holt) 2:11
Master #22997 recorded December 8, 1959
Album: SOLD OUT / single 4338
This SOLD OUT version of "Raspberries,
Strawberries" is actually a remake of the
Trio's follow-up single (available on the CAPITOL
COLLECTORS SERIES disc) to "Tom Dooley."
The original had been obviously rushed out, and
this tighter, smoother arrangement shows how much
the group had grown in a year's time. This has
become the definitive version, later featured on
THE BEST OF THE KINGSTON TRIO.
SOURCE: Liner notes; The
Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records
CD7243 8 28498 2 7)
RECORDING
SESSION: Bimini (Bill Olofson and Mark
McIntyre) 2:53
Master #22994 recorded December 7, 1959
Album: SOLD OUT
The Trio hadn't been "jailed" since the
Top Twenty Tijuana incident, so the story line of
"Bimini" seemed a natural for the group.
The fact that it also fit into the Calypsonions'
seafaring and drinking song genres didn't hurt
the cause either! Another standout track from
SOLD OUT, aided by some nice percussion from Nick.
SOURCE: Liner notes; The
Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records
CD7243 8 28498 2 7)
RECORDING
SESSION: Green Grasses (John Stewart) 2:21
Master #32416 recorded September 28, 1959
Album: A TRIBUTE TO THE KINGSTON TRIO / single
4303
John Stewart must have been disappointed by the
meager returns (in comparison to "Molly Dee")
from the Trio's recording of "Green Grasses."
Capitol never included it on any domestic
Kingston album release (until now), and it saw
light of day only as the B side of one of the
group's least successful singles, "Coo Coo-U"
(available on the CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES disc).
A banjo was to be added to the mix eventually, so
consider "Green Grasses" a work in
progress.
SOURCE: Liner notes; The
Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records
CD7243 8 28498 2 7)
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