The Best of the Decca Years

The Best of the Decca Years is a compilation of The Kingston Trio's recordings when the group was on the Decca Records label.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Cub Koda wrote of the album; "Although painted as a quaint coffeehouse group from the hootenanny days of folk music's history, the Kingston Trio actually had pretty big ears for a wide variety of material, ranging from pop to obscure Broadway material, to songs from up-and-coming folk artists they had originally influenced... this collection shines a light on a part of the group's history usually ignored, and shows that much good music emerged during their final days."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Stay Awhile" (Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, John Stewart) – 2:15
2. "Long Time Blues" (Mason Williams) – 2:21
3. "Love's Been Good to Me" (Rod McKuen) – 3:09
4. "Poverty Hill" (Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff) – 3:24
5. "My Ramblin' Boy" (Tom Paxton) – 3:46
6. "Three Song" (Williams) – 2:10
7. "I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" (Paxton) – 2:40
8. "Rusting in the Rain" (McKuen) – 2:46
9. "They Are Gone" (Williams) – 2:46
10. "Lei Pakalana" (Samuel F. Omar) – 2:16
11. "Children of the Morning" (Stewart) – 2:42
12. "Hit and Run" (Stewart) – 2:16
13. "Less of Me" (Glen Campbell) – 2:25
14. "Lock All the Windows" (Stewart) – 3:17
15. "Gonna Go Down the River" (Dallas Frazier, Buddy Mize) – 2:04
16. "I'm Going Home" (Fred Geis) – 2:24

Personnel

• Bob Shane – vocals, guitar, banjo
• Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar, bongos, conga
• John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar, harmonica
• Dean Reilly – bass

Production notes

• Frank Werber – producer
• Todd Everett – reissue producer

References