Sold Out (The Kingston Trio album)

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Sold Out
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Studio album by
The Kingston Trio
ReleasedApril 4, 1960
RecordedDecember 1959
StudioCapitol Recording Studios, New York, New York
Genre Folk
Label Capitol
Producer Voyle Gilmore
The Kingston Trio chronology
Here We Go Again!
(1959)		Sold Out
(1960)		 String Along
(1960)
Singles from Sold Out
  1. "El Matador"/"Home From the Hill"
    Released: 1960

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.

Contents

History

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

Track listing

Side one

  1. "El Matador" (Jane Bowers, Irving Burgess)
  2. "The Mountains of Mourne" (Houston Collisson, Percy French)
  3. "Don't Cry Katie" (Dick Glasser)
  4. "Medley: Tanga Tika/Toerau" (George Archer Ceran, Eddie Lund)
  5. "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" (Bert Lee, R. P. Weston)
  6. "Carrier Pigeon" (Jules Fox, Sam Freedman)

Side two

  1. "Bimini" (Mark McIntyre, B. Olofson)
  2. "Raspberries, Strawberries" (Will Holt)
  3. "Mangwani M'Pulele" (Theodore Bikel)
  4. "With You, My Johnny" (Traditional, Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane)
  5. "The Hunter" (Traditional, Guard, Reynolds, Shane)
  6. "Farewell Adelita" (Traditional, Guard, Reynolds, Shane)

Personnel

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1960Billboard Pop Albums1

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References

  1. ↑ Liner notes: Sold Out and String Along Capitol Records reissue. Liner notes by Ben Blake, 1992.
  2. 1 2 3 Liner notes; The Kingston Trio: The Capital Years (Capitol Records CD7243 8 28498 2 7)
  3. 1 2 Fink, Matt. "Sold Out > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Allmusic entry for reissue.
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