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Released | April 4, 1960 | |||
Recorded | December 1959 | |||
Studio | Capitol Recording Studios, New York, New York | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
The Kingston Trio chronology | ||||
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Sold Out is an album by American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1960 (see 1960 in music). It was their third LP to reach #1, stayed there for twelve weeks, and received an RIAA gold certification the same year. "El Matador" b/w "Home From the Hill" was its lead-off single, though it just made the Top 40.[1] Sold Out remained in the Top 40 for 54 weeks, longer than any other Trio album.[2] The cover features model Dolores Erickson.
History
[edit]The version of "Raspberries, Strawberries" included is a remake of the Trio's follow-up single to "Tom Dooley." Two songs recorded during the Sold Out sessions were not released until The Kingston Trio: The Capitol Years anthology—"Home From the Hill" and "The World's Last Authentic Playboys". The latter was re-recorded on the Whiskeyhill Singers' debut album.[2]
Reception
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The album was their third to reach #1 and stayed on the Billboard Top 40 for 54 weeks.[2]
In his Allmusic review, critic Matt Fink called the album "solid, pleasant listening, though not particularly challenging in any sense."[3]
Reissues
[edit]- Sold Out was reissued in 1992 on CD by Capitol with String Along.[4]
- In 1997, all of the tracks from Sold Out were included in The Guard Years 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records.
- Sold Out was reissued in 2001 by Collectors' Choice Music with String Along. This reissue has four bonus tracks: alternative versions of "The Tattooed Lady" and "The Hunter" and previously unreleased songs "Home From the Hill" and "Green Grasses".[4]
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "El Matador" (Jane Bowers, Irving Burgess)
- "The Mountains of Mourne" (Houston Collisson, Percy French)
- "Don't Cry Katie" (Dick Glasser)
- "Medley: Tanga Tika/Toerau" (George Archer Ceran, Eddie Lund)
- "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" (Bert Lee, R. P. Weston)
- "Carrier Pigeon" (Jules Fox, Sam Freedman)
Side two
[edit]- "Bimini" (Mark McIntyre, B. Olofson)
- "Raspberries, Strawberries" (Will Holt)
- "Mangwani M'Pulele" (Theodore Bikel)
- "With You, My Johnny" (Traditional, Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane)
- "The Hunter" (Traditional, Guard, Reynolds, Shane)
- "Farewell Adelita" (Traditional, Guard, Reynolds, Shane)
Personnel
[edit]- Dave Guard – vocals, banjo, guitar
- Bob Shane – vocals, guitar, banjo
- Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar, bongos
- David "Buck" Wheat – bass
Chart positions
[edit]Year | Chart | Position |
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1960 | Billboard Pop Albums | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ Liner notes: Sold Out and String Along Capitol Records reissue. Liner notes by Ben Blake, 1992.
- ^ a b c Liner notes; The Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records CD7243 8 28498 2 7)
- ^ a b Fink, Matt. "Sold Out > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
- ^ a b Allmusic entry for reissue.