THE GREATEST AMERICAN FOLK GROUPS – MILESTONES OF LEGENDS (10 CDS) DOCUMENT

 

– The pioneers of the modern folk music: The Kingston Trio, The Highwaymen and
The Brothers Four
– 20 outstanding original albums that sparked the Folk revival
– A great overview of the modern American folk scene of the late 1950s and early 1960s

“Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry …“
If just by reading these words you hear the melody of this North Carolina folk song in
your head, you’ve come to the right place. “Tom Dooley”, based on the murder of a
woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County in 1866, was the first of many hits for
The Kingston Trio – a trio of singing guitarists from the Bay Area, who took their
name from Kingston, Jamaica, because they began by playing a lot of Calypsos in
San Francisco clubs, or so the story goes. The fact that none of the members ever
visited Jamaica (or that Calypso comes from nearby Trinidad/Tobago) didn’t get in
the way of their success: recorded in 1958 and released on their debut album that
same year, “Tom Dooley” became a million-seller and helped initiate the Folk
revival.

This 10-CD-box set includes no less than 12 LPs by the The Kingston Trio, plus four
successful albums each by their peers, The Highwaymen and The Brothers Four.
Besides “Tom Dooley” you will hear evergreens like “Santiano”, “Lemon Tree”,
“Michael”, or “Greenfields”, as well as more country-fied songs like “Wildwood
Flower”, “Rock Island Line”, and ” Riders in the Sky”. A great overview of the
modern American folk scene of the late 1950s and early 1960s – and a melodious
trip down memory lane.

 

CD 1
■ THE KINGSTON TRIO
– The Kingston Trio (1958) – T 996
1. Three Jolly Coachmen (Traditional)
1.45
2. Bay of Mexico (Traditional) 2.50
3. Banua (Traditional) 1.36
4. Tom Dooley (Traditional) 3.02
5. Fast Freight (Gilkyson) 3.46
6. Hard, Ain ́t It Hard (Guthrie) 2.22
7. Saro Jane (Gottlieb) 2.21
8. Sloop John B. (Weavers) 3.28
9. Santy Anno (Traditional) 2.15
10. Scotch and Soda (Guard) 2.31
11. Coplas (Traditional) 2.37
12. Little Maggie (Traditional) 1.42

■ THE KINGSTON TRIO
– From the Hungry I (1959) – T 1107
13. Tic, Tic, Tic (The Lion / Raye) 2.12
14. Que, Que (Guard / Reynolds /
Shane) 2.52
15. Dorie (Guard / Reynolds / Shane)
2.59
16. South Coast (Eskin / Miller / Dehi /
Ross) 4.28
17. Zombie Jamboree (Mauge Jr.) 3.16
18. Wimoweh (Traditional) 2.35
19. New York Girls (Ives) 2.46
20. They Call the Wind Maria 5.03
(Lerner / Loewe)
21. The Merry Little Minuet (Harnick)
2.09
22. MEDLEY: 3.33
Shady Grove / Lonesome Traveller
(Traditional)
23. When the Saints Go Marching In
3.42
(Traditional)
Total Time 65.52

CD 2
■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – At Large (1959) – T 1199
1. M. T. A. (Hawes / Steiner) 3.10
2. All My Sorrows 2.48
(Shane / Guard / Reynolds)
3. Blow Ye Winds (Guard) 2.00
4. Corey, Corey (Shane / Guard /
Reynolds) 2.06
5. The Seine (Burgess) 2.41
6. I Bawled (Shane) 1.51
7. Good News (Traditional) 2.00
8. Getaway John (Guard) 2.35
9. The Long Black Rifle (Coleman /
Gimbel) 3.04
10. Early In the Mornin ́ (Wolf / Starr)
2.03
11. Scarlet Ribbons (Danzig / Segal)
2.17
12. Remember the Alamo (Bowers) 2.59

■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – Here We Go Again (1959) – T 1258
13. Molly Dee (Stewart) 1.45
14. Across the Wide Missouri (Shirl /
Drake) 3.03
15. Haul Away (Guard) 2.25
16. The Wanderer (Burgie) 2.27
17. ́Round About the Mountain
(Gottlieb) 2.41
18. Oleanna (Geller / Seligson) 1.56
19. The Unfortunate Miss Bailey
(Gottlieb) 2.18
20. San Miguel (Bowers) 2.14
21. E Ino Tatou E (Archer) 1.51
22. A Rollin ́ Stone (Wilson) 2.35
23. Goober Peas (Guard) 2.20
24. A Worried Man (Guard / Glazer) 2.51
Total Time 58.03

CD 3
■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – Stereo Concert (1959) – ST 1183
1. Banua (Traditional) 1.56
2. Three Jolly Coachmen (Traditional)
3.23
3. South Coast (Eskin / Dehr / Ross)
4.51
4. Coplas (Traditional) 3.30
5. They Call the Wind Maria 4.21
(Loewe / Lerner)
6. Zombie Jamboree (Mauger Jr.) 3.12
7. Tom Dooley (Traditional) 4.08
8. The Merry Minuet (Harnick) 2.37
9. Raspberries, Strawberries (Holt) 2.37
10. When the Saints Come Marching In
3.55
(Guard)

■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – Sold Out (1960) – ST 1352
11. El Matador (Bowers / Burgess) 2.28
12. The Mountains O ́Mourne 2.53
(French / Collisson)
13. Don ́t Cry Katie (Glasser) 2.54
14. MEDLEY: Tanga Tika (Lund) 2.07
– Toerau (Ceran)
15. With Her Head Tucked Underneath
2.51
Her Arm (Weston / Lee / Harris)
16. Carrier Pigeon (Fox / Freedman)
2.21
17. Bimini (Olofson / McIntyre) 2.53
18. Raspberries, Strawberries (Holt)
2.13
19. Mangwani Mpulele (Bikel) 1.38
20. With You My Johnny 2.25
(Guard / Shane / Reynolds)
21. The Hunter (Guard / Splittard) 2.29
22. Farewell Adelita (Shane / Splittard)
2.18
Total Time 64.04

CD 4
■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – String Along (1960) – ST 1407
1. Bad Man ́s Blunder (Houston / Hays)
2.35
2. The Escape of Old John Webb (Drake)
2.29
3. When I Was Young (Bowers / Guard)
2.23
4. Leave My Woman Alone (Charles) 2.17
5. This Mornin ́, This Evenin ́ so Soon 3.07
(Sandburg)
6. Everglades (Howard) 2.19
7. Buddy Better Get on Down the Line 2.19
(Bowers / Guard)
8. South Wind (Edmonson) 2.56
9. Who ́s Gonna Hold Her Hand 2.38
(Shane / Drake)
10. To Morrow (Gibson) 2.39
11. Along the Colorado Trail 2.47
(Sandburg / Hays)
12. The Tatooed Lady 1.44
(Reynolds / Guard / Shane)

■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – Close Up (1961) – ST 1642
13. Coming from the Mountains (Stewart)
2.22
14. Oh! Sail Away (Phillips / Weissman)
2.59
15. Take Her Out of Pity 2.35
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
16. Don ́t You Weep, Mary 2.10
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
17. The Whistling Gypsy (Maguire) 3.01
18. O Ken Karanga 2.54
(Patterson / Belasco / Baron)
19. Jesse James 2.36
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
20. Baby Boy (Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
3.10
21. When My Love Was Here (Stewart)
3.13
22. Karu (Traditional) 1.52
23. Weeping Willow 3.19
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
24. Reuben James (Guthrie) 3.01
Total Time 64.15

CD 5
■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – Goin ́ Places (1961) – ST 1564
1. You ́re Gonna Miss Me 2.34
(Frankie and Johnny)
(Seeger / Paley / Cohen / Guard)
2. Pastures of Plenty (Guthrie) 2.18
3. Coast of California (Bowers / Guard)
2.34
4. It Was a Very Good Year (Drake) 3.18
5. Guardo El Lobo (Schwandt) 2.48
6. Razors in the Air (Schwandt) 2.24
7. Billy Goat Hill (Day / Arno) 1.44
8. This Land Is Your Land (Guthrie) 3.07
9. Run Molly, Run 1.45
(Drake / Shane / Stafford)
10. Senora (Bowers / Guard) 2.53
11. Lemon Tree (Holt) 2.14
12. You Don ́t Knock (Traditional) 2.19

■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – Make Way! (1961) – ST 1474
13. En El Agua (Shane) 2.15
14. Come All You Fair and Tender
Ladies 2.49
(Guard / Guard)
15. Jug of Punch (McPeake / MacColl)
3.32
16. Bonny Hielan ́ Laddie 2.45
(Hickerson / Guard)
17. Utawena (Reynolds / Yagodka) 1.37
18. Hard Travelin ́ (Guthrie) 2.29
19. Hangman (Reynolds / Yagodka)
2.47
20. Speckled Roan (Bowers) 3.02
21. The River is Wide (Reynolds) 3.35
22. Oh, Yes, Oh! (Guard / Guard) 2.39
23. Blow the Candle Out (Shane /
Drake) 2.34
24. Blue Eyed Gal (Shane / Stafford /
Drake) 2.13
Total Time 63.02

CD 6
■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – New Frontier (1962) – ST 1809
1. Greenback Dollar (Axton / Ramsey)
2.51
2. Some Fool Made a Soldier of Me 2.12
(Fuller)
3. To Be Redeemed (Bowers) 2.21
4. Honey Are You Mad at Your Man?
1.58
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
5. Adios Farwell (Gilkyson) 2.47
6. Poor Ellen Smith 2.24
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
7. My Lord What a Mornin ́ 2.29
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
8. Long Black Veil (Frizzell) 2.27
9. Genny Glenn 2.30
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
10. The First Time (MacColl) 2.49
11. Dogie ́s Lament 2.16
(Shane / Reynolds / Stewart)
12. The New Frontier (Stewart) 2.20

■ THE KINGSTON TRIO – Something Special (1962) – ST 1747
13. Brown Mountain Light (Weisman)
2.44
14. One More Town (Stewart) 2.54
15. O Willow Waly (Auric / Dehn) 2.45
16. Tell It on the Mountain (Stewart)
1.51
17. Little Boy (Settle) 2.30
18. Strange Day (Stewart / Yanack) 3.52
19. Away Rio (Reynolds / Shane /
Stewart) 2.54
20. Pullin ́ Away 3.15
(Reynolds / Shane / Stewart)
21. She Was Too Good to Me 2.44
(Rodgers / Hart)
22. Jane, Jane, Jane (Wilson) 2.49
23. Portland Town (Stewart) 1.58
24. Old Joe Clark (Traditional) 1.55
Total Time 62.50

CD 7
■ THE HIGHWAYMEN – The Highwaymen (1960) – UAL 3125
1. Santiano (Traditional) 2.09
2. Big Rock Candy Mountain
(Traditional) 2.44
3. Ala Claire Fontaine (Traditional) 2.38
4. Carni Valito (Traditional) 2.13
5. Ah Si Mon Moina (Traditional) 2.30
6. Sinner Man (Traditional) 2.15
7. Michael (Traditional) 2.44
8. Take This Hammer (Traditional) 2.45
9. Au Claire De La Lune (Traditional)
2.45
10. Greenland Fisheries (Traditional)
2.21
11. Irish Worksong 2.08
(Pat Works on the Railway) (Traditional)
12. Cindy Oh Cindy (Barron / Long) 3.02

■ THE HIGHWAYMEN – Standing Room Only (1961)
– UAL 1368
13. Cotton Fields (Ledbetter) 2.11
14. Black Eyed Suzie (Traditional) 2.11
15. Rise up Shepherd (Traditional) 2.51
16. Nostalgias Tucumanas (Traditional)
2.55
17. Three Jolly Rogues (Traditional)
1.52
18. Pollerita (Traditional) 2.23
19. The Gypsy Rover (Traditional) 2.59
20. The Calton Weaver (Traditional)
2.51
21. Wildwood Flower (Traditional) 2.24
22. Johnny with the Bandy Legs 3.18
(Traditional)
23. The Great Silkie (Traditional) 4.19
24. Run Come See Jerusalem
(Traditional) 2.21
Total Time 63.36

CD 8
■ THE HIGHWAYMEN – Hootenanny with the Highwaymen (1962) – UAS 6294
1. Roll on, Columbia, Roll On (Guthrie)
2.36
2. Raise a Ruckus Tonight (Brand) 1.30
3. The Old Maid ́s Song (Traditional) 3.22
4. Shaggy Dog Songs (Traditional) 2.27
5. The Tale of Michael Flynn (Traditional)
1.50
6. The Turtle Dove (Traditional) 2.55
7. a) Michael (Traditional) 4.49
b) Cotton Fields (Ledbetter)
8. Passing through (Blakeslee) 2.56
9. Mister Noah (Traditional) 2.37
10. La Canzone Del Vino (De Cormier)
2.13
11. Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Traditional)
2.09
12. Chanson De Chagrin (Kramer) 2.57
13. One for the Money (Edmonson) 3.54
14. a) You ́re Always Welcome at Our
House 3.19
(Silverstein)
b) Roll on, Columbia, Roll On (Reprise)
(Guthrie)

■ THE HIGHWAYMEN – Encore (1962) – UAS 6225
15. Whiskey in the Jar (Traditional) 2.44
16. Bim Bam (Traditional) 2.10
17. Eres Alta (Traditional) 1.47
18. Railroad Bill (Traditional) 2.48
19. Fiesta Linda (Traditional) 2.30
20. Little Boy (Traditional) 2.23
21. Lonesome Road Blues (Traditional)
2.34
22. I ́m on My Way (Traditional) 2.12
23. Die Moorsoldaten (Traditional) 2.59
24. Ballad of Spring Hill (Traditional) 3.43
25. El Rancho Grande (Traditional) 2.07
26. Fare Thee O Babe (Traditional) 3.18
27. Mighty Day (Traditional) 2.43
Total Time 74.25

CD 9
■ THE BROTHERS FOUR – The Brothers Four (1960) – CL 1402
1. The Zulu Warrior (Marais) 1.36
2. Sama Kama Wacky Brown 1.54
(Warren / Goehring)
3. The Damsel ́s Lament 3.21
(I Never Will Marry) (Gladden)
4. Yellow Bird (Bergman / Keith / Luboff) 2.22
5. Angelique-O (Burgess / Attaway) 3.10
6. Superman 3.10
(Flick / Foley / Paine / Kirkland)
7. East Virginia (Gilkyson / Dehr / Miller) 2.15
8. Greenfields (Gilkyson / Dehr / Miller) 3.02
9. Darlin ́ Won ́t You Wait 2.34
(Pockriss / Vance)
10. Eddystone Light (Brothers Four) 2.05
11. Banua (Brothers Four) 2.21
12. Hard Travelin ́ (Guthrie) 2.58

■ THE BROTHERS FOUR – Rally Round (1960) – CL 1479
13. Nine Pound Hammer (Travis) 2.55
14. My Tani (Goupil / Gump / Noble) 2.25
15. Beneath the Willow 4.01
(Flick / Foley / Paine / Kirkland)
16. The Gallant Argosy 3.06
(Flick / Foley / Paine / Kirkland)
17. The Proposal 2.50
(Bergman / Keith / Luboff)
18. Hey Liley, Liley Lo (Austin / Lomax) 2.11
19. Ellie Lou (Ein Herz und eine Rose) 2.58
(Loose / Sigman / Olias)
20. The Fox (Campbell) 2.29
21. Marianne (Gilkyson / Dehr / Miller) 2.33
22. Blue Water Line (Graf / Seligson) 3.04
23. Follow the Drinking Gourd (Campbell) 3.30
24. Sally Don ́t You Grieve (Guthrie) 1.42
Total Time 65.21

CD 10
■ THE BROTHERS FOUR – B. M. O. C. – Best Music
On/Off Campus (1961) – CS 8378
1. I Am a Roving Gambler (Traditional) 2.49
2. Well, Well, Well (Camp / Gibson) 2.33
3. Sweet Rosyanne 3.12
(Hodge / Fisher / Campbell / Beane /
Caine / Lomax)
4. St. James Infirmary (Primrose) 3.01
5. Riders in the Sky (Jones) 2.17
6. When the Sun Goes Down (Traditional) 2.51
7. The Green Leaves of Summer 2.47
(Webster / Tiomkin)
8. A Pretty Girl is Like a Little Bird 2.52
(Traditional)
9. My Little John Henry 1.45
(Got a Mighty Know) (Baker)
10. Beautiful Brown Eyes 2.45
(Smith / Delmore / Capehart)
11. The Old Settler ́s Song (Traditional) 3.18
12. With You Fair Maid (Traditional) 1.58

■ THE BROTHERS FOUR – Song Book (1961) – CL 1697
13. Rock Island Line (Traditional) 2.32
14. Goodnight Irene (Ledbetter / Lomax) 2.29
15. The Tavern Song (Traditional) 2.13
16. Lady Greensleeves (Traditional) 3.04
17. The Driller ́s Song (Traditional) 2.46
18. Nobody Knows (Traditional) 2.57
19. Vive La Compagnie (Traditional) 1.40
20. Ole Smokey (Traditional) 3.02
21. Tarrytown (Allison) 2.18
22. Come for to Carry Me Home 3.04
(Traditional)
23. Summer Days Alone (Traditional) 2.34
24. Frogg No. 2 (Traditional) 4.06
Total Time 65.42