Something Special (The Kingston Trio album)

Something Special is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). It reached number 7 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The lead-off single was a non-album track "C'mon Betty Home" b/w "Old Joe Clark". "One More Town" b/w "She Was Too Good to Me" was released as a single later the same year. Neither single made the Top 40. Something Special was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Recording category.^[1]

A notable feature of Something Special is that it was highly orchestrated, using strings, brass instruments and a choir.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic music critic Bruce Eder wrote the album "was the oddest of all the Kingston Trio's albums... a marked departure from previous work by the trio... The results aren't bad so much as they are strange at times."^[2]

Reissues

Something Special was reissued along with Back in Town on CD by Collectors Choice Records in 2000. A bonus track, "C'mon Betty Home" is included.^[3]
In 2000, all of the tracks from Something Special were included in The Stewart Years 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records. This collection also includes eleven tracks without Jimmie Haskell's orchestral overdubs; the twelfth cut, "Old Joe Clark," appeared on the album as it was originally recorded.

Track listing

Side one

"Brown Mountain Light" (Scotty Wiseman) – 2:48
"One More Town" (John Stewart) – 2:57
"Oh Willow Waley" (Georges Auric, Paul Dehan) – 2:46
"Tell it on the Mountain" (Traditional, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, Stewart) – 1:55
"Little Boy" (Mike Settle) – 2:33
"Strange Day" (Stewart, George Yanok) – 3:55

Side two

"Away Rio" (Reynolds, Shane, Stewart) – 2:57
"Pullin' Away" (Reynolds, Shane, Stewart) – 3:17
"She Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:46
"Jane, Jane, Jane" (Stan Wilson) – 2:51
"Portland Town" (Stewart) – 1:59
"Old Joe Clark" (Traditional) – 1:58

Personnel

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

Production notes

Voyle Gilmore – producer
Pete Abbott – engineer
Jimmy Haskell – arrangements, conductor

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1962	Billboard Pop Albums	7

References

↑ Blake, B., Rubeck, J., Shaw, A. (1986) The Kingston Trio On Record. Kingston Korner Inc, ILL: ISBN 0-9614594-0-9
1 2 Eder, Bruce. "Something Special > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
↑ Allmusic entry for reissue of Something Special/Back in Town.

The Kingston Trio
Bill Zorn George Grove Rick Dougherty Bob Shane Nick Reynolds Dave Guard John Stewart Jim Connor Pat Horine Roger Gambill Bob Haworth
Studio albums	The Kingston Trio At Large Here We Go Again! Sold Out String Along The Last Month of the Year Make Way Goin' Places Close-Up Something Special New Frontier The Kingston Trio #16 Sunny Side! Time to Think The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John) Stay Awhile Somethin' Else Children of the Morning The World Needs a Melody Aspen Gold Looking for the Sunshine The Lost 1967 Album: Rarities Vol. 1 Turning Like Forever: Rarities Vol. 2
Live albums	...From the Hungry i Stereo Concert College Concert Back in Town Once Upon a Time Everybody's Talking An Evening with The Kingston Trio Live at Newport Live at the Crazy Horse The Final Concert Live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Twice Upon a Time
Compilation albums	Capitol Collectors Series Treasure Chest The Capitol Years The Lost Masters 1969–1972 The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years The Best of the Decca Years The Kingston Trio: The Stewart Years The Decca Years Once Again
Related	Discography

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