The Best of the Decca Years
Greatest hits album by
The Kingston Trio
ReleasedJune 2, 1998
GenreFolk
LabelMCA
ProducerFrank Werber
Todd Everett (reissue producer)
The Kingston Trio chronology
The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years
(1997) 		The Best of the Decca Years
(1998) 		The Kingston Trio: The Stewart Years
(2000)

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

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Allmusic [1]

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

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References

  1. ^ a b Koda, Cub. "The Best of the Decca Years > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
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