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