Above The Purple Onion
Product Description
Above The Purple Onion CD
This CD comes from an old reel-to-reel tape the original Kingston Trio used for rehearsal sessions in 1957 - before they became famous, before the song "Tom Dooley" hit and before they moved across the street to the "big time," - the Hungry i nightclub. The Trio would use their old Wollensak to record their rehearsal sessons above the Purple Onion, and sometimes drag it downstairs to record a song or two during their show.
You can hear both on this CD. The tape was 53 years old, so we had to do some serious audio forensics to make it listenable. It's a bit rough but certainly a treasure, and includes 5 songs that The Kingston Trio never recorded. This CD gives a rare glimpse into the Kingston Trio that hadn't quite blossomed yet. And Bob Shane's liner notes are fantastic.
Tracks:
Run Joe
Three Jolly Coachman
Shenandoah
Tanga Tika Toerau
Marcelle Vahine
Minoi Minoi
Leipakalana
Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night
I Bawled
Go Where I Send Thee
Venga Jaleo
Truly Fair
Pay Me My Money Down
Kingston Trio Productions, LLC Released July 26th, 2010
This CD comes from an old reel-to-reel tape the original Kingston Trio used for rehearsal sessions in 1957 - before they became famous, before the song "Tom Dooley" hit and before they moved across the street to the "big time," - the Hungry i nightclub. The Trio would use their old Wollensak to record their rehearsal sessons above the Purple Onion, and sometimes drag it downstairs to record a song or two during their show.
You can hear both on this CD. The tape was 53 years old, so we had to do some serious audio forensics to make it listenable. It's a bit rough but certainly a treasure, and includes 5 songs that The Kingston Trio never recorded. This CD gives a rare glimpse into the Kingston Trio that hadn't quite blossomed yet. And Bob Shane's liner notes are fantastic.
Tracks:
Run Joe
Three Jolly Coachman
Shenandoah
Tanga Tika Toerau
Marcelle Vahine
Minoi Minoi
Leipakalana
Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night
I Bawled
Go Where I Send Thee
Venga Jaleo
Truly Fair
Pay Me My Money Down
Kingston Trio Productions, LLC Released July 26th, 2010
