The Best of the Decca Years is a compilation of The Kingston Trio's recordings when the group was on the Decca Records label.

The Best of the Decca Years
Greatest hits album by The Kingston Trio
Released	June 2, 1998
Genre	Folk
Label	MCA
Producer	Frank Werber Todd Everett (reissue producer)
The Kingston Trio chronology
The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years (1997) The Best of the Decca Years (1998) The Kingston Trio: The Stewart Years (2000)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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."[1]

Track listing

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

References