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  • Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (LP, Album, Mono, RP)1158441405

    Released:  1958
    Label:        Capitol Records
    Country:    Australia  
    Genre:       Pop, Folk World & Country
    Style:         Folk Rock, Folk
    Format:      LP, Album, Mono, RP

    Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
    Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)

    First press releases are on 1956-58 turquoise label. Two song titles differ on the record label, from those on the album sleeve. Track B2 is titled, "Wreck of the 'John B,'" and track B3 is titled "Santy Anno" on the label. Track titles above are from the back cover. US release specifies writer credits for B2 as Lee Hays and Carl Sandburg. Neither wrote the song as it was originally a traditional folk song from the Bahamas. Carl Sandburg included it in a collection of folk songs, "The American Songbag" in 1927 and Lee Hays (a member of the Weavers) helped popularize the song in a rendition released in 1950 titled "Wreck of the John B". The Kingston Trio version was the inspiration for the Beach Boys 1965 version: "Sloop John B". A complete history of the song can be found at:

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    First press releases are on 1956-58 turquoise label.

    Two song titles differ on the record label, from those on the album sleeve. Track B2 is titled, "Wreck of the 'John B,'" and track B3 is titled "Santy Anno" on the label. Track titles above are from the back cover.

    US release specifies writer credits for B2 as Lee Hays and Carl Sandburg.
    Neither wrote the song as it was originally a traditional folk song from the Bahamas. Carl Sandburg included it in a collection of folk songs, "The American Songbag" in 1927 and Lee Hays (a member of the Weavers) helped popularize the song in a rendition released in 1950 titled "Wreck of the John B". The Kingston Trio version was the inspiration for the Beach Boys 1965 version: "Sloop John B".

    A complete history of the song can be found at:
    Track List
    A1. Three Jolly Coachmen 1:45
    A2. Bay Of Mexico 2:49
    A3. Banua 1:36
    A4. Tom Dooley 3:01
    A5. Fast Freight 3:46
    A6. Hard, Ain't It Hard 2:23
    B1. Saro Jane 2:22
    B2. Sloop John B 3:30
    B3. Santo Anno 2:16
    B4. Scotch And Soda 2:28
    B5. Coplas 2:38
    B6. Little Maggie 1:41
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