Something Special | ||||
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Released | July 1962 | |||
Recorded | April 1962 | |||
Studio | Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
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Singles from Something Special | ||||
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Something Special is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). It reached number 7 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The lead-off single was a non-album track "C'mon Betty Home" b/w "Old Joe Clark". "One More Town" b/w "She Was Too Good to Me" was released as a single later the same year. Neither single made the Top 40. Something Special was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Recording category. [1]
A notable feature of Something Special is that it was highly orchestrated, using strings, brass instruments and a choir.
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Allmusic music critic Bruce Eder wrote the album "was the oddest of all the Kingston Trio's albums... a marked departure from previous work by the trio... The results aren't bad so much as they are strange at times." [2]
"Portland Town" was stolen by Stewart, and they never paid composer Derroll Adams a penny.
Year | Chart | Position |
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1962 | Billboard Pop Albums | 7 |