music.wikisort.org - CompositionSomething 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]
1962 studio album by The Kingston Trio
Something Special |
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Released | July 1962 |
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Recorded | April 1962 |
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Studio | Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California |
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Genre | Folk |
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Label | Capitol |
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Producer | Voyle Gilmore |
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- "One More Town"/"She Was Too Good to Me"
Released: 1962
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A notable feature of Something Special is that it was highly orchestrated, using strings, brass instruments and a choir.
Reception
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Allmusic |     [2] |
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]
Reissues
- Something Special was reissued along with Back in Town on CD by Collectors Choice Records in 2000. A bonus track, "C'mon Betty Home" is included.[3]
- In 2000, all of the tracks from Something Special were included in The Stewart Years 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records. This collection also includes eleven tracks without Jimmie Haskell's orchestral overdubs; the twelfth cut, "Old Joe Clark," appeared on the album as it was originally recorded.
Track listing
Side one
- "Brown Mountain Light" (Scotty Wiseman) – 2:48
- "One More Town" (John Stewart) – 2:57
- "Oh Willow Waley" (Georges Auric, Paul Dehan) – 2:46
- "Tell it on the Mountain" (Traditional, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, Stewart) – 1:55
- "Little Boy" (Mike Settle) – 2:33
- "Strange Day" (Stewart, George Yanok) – 3:55
Side two
- "Away Rio" (Reynolds, Shane, Stewart) – 2:57
- "Pullin' Away" (Reynolds, Shane, Stewart) – 3:17
- "She Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:46
- "Jane, Jane, Jane" (Stan Wilson) – 2:51
- "Portland Town" (Stewart) – 1:59
- "Old Joe Clark" (Traditional) – 1:58
Personnel
- Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
- Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar, bongos, conga
- John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
- Dean Reilly – bass
Production notes
- Voyle Gilmore – producer
- Pete Abbott – engineer
- Jimmie Haskell – arrangements, conductor
Chart positions
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Billboard Pop Albums |
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References
The Kingston Trio |
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- Mike Marvin
- Tim Gorelangton
- Don Marovich
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