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Music : Nick, Bob & John: The Final Concert
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Nick, Bob & John: The Final Concert by: The Kingston Trio |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0617742080728 Format: Live Label: Collector's Choice Manufacturer: Collector's Choice Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Collector's Choice Release Date: August 28, 2007 Studio: Collector's Choice Sales Rank: 79524 MPN: 8072 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Though the trio said that this concert farewell felt like "being at your own funeral," the spirit of the performance was more like a raucous Irish wake. By the time Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart decided to disband in 1967, the hits were distant memories and the musical mood of the country had shifted radically--as a between-songs reference to the Summer of Love attests. Yet the three went out on a lively note, the harmonies and arrangements as tight as the interplay with the audience was loose (even including some mild profanity, at odds with the act's clean-cut image). Though breakthrough hits such as "M.T.A." and "Tom Dooley" were obligatory, the act was still trying to keep pace with the folk times, introducing "Thirsty Boots" by the then little-known Eric Andersen. Musical history has tended to marginalize the Kingston Trio's contribution to the early 1960s folk boom, but this recording reminds that they were strong artists and engaging performers to the end. --Don McLeese Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Final - blessedlyI have been a Kingston Trio fan since my college days in the early 60's. I have purchased all of the 19 first albums and a few of the others including some collections. When I saw the Final Concert offered, I was somewhat excited and hopeful of one last "great" performance. Unfortunately that is not delivered in this album. I did find the album notes very interesting reading but was very disappointed in the quality of the recording itself. Having listened to most of the earlier "live" concert albums including 1964's "Back in Town" (also recorded at the Hungry i) I became accustomed to a certain "quality" of the production. Even given that there would be more than usual of trivial "banter" since this was the Trio's final performance, ... Read More: Rating: - A Piece of History"The Final Concert" is for folk music fans something like "Intolerance" is for movie fans: an essential historical artifact, but not really an entertainment. It is unedited as far as I can tell, and no "production values" have been added. The songs are familiar. The reason to listen to this album is just to Be There... to be part of the audience at the Hungry i as the Trio -- relegated to pop history by the British invasion and the rise of heavily-amplified "folk rock" -- played its last live set. (We are well aware that one of the original Trio members, Dave Guard, was not in attendance.) I still have my vinyl version of the Trio's first album, and I wanted to complete the circle. If you're like me, this album is an essential part of the collection. ... Read More: Rating:  - Last Round for The Kingston Trio I guess you just had to be there to really enjoy this performance. I want to see Dean "Mad Dog" Reilly in the chicken suit. These guys were my favorite group growing up and I have heard all the recorded live shows before but this one is my favorite. Sad and sentimental during their last performance? Not really. The songs are really nice but merely interludes between the show's highlight which is after each one when they goof on each other or make fun of people they know in the crowd. Most funny...crowd chanting "more, more!" early in the show and John shouting back "go to hell more"! I wish I had seen it. Rating: - Kingston Trio the final concertI liked this CD but I prefer the Kingston Trio recorded in a studio. Rating:  - The Last GigI saw the KT a lot at the end of their ten-year run. Saw them at the Melodyland theatre in Anaheim four weeks before this final gig, in fact. And swear to God, they were one of the greatest acts to see live. Hysterically funny, interacting with the audience like nobody's business. (Nick Reynolds stopping to lecture late arriving show-goers: "All right. Let's see your tardy passes...") And the singing cooked. The playing cooked. The comedy was non-stop. What this disk does is give you the audio: the tight harmonies, the robust guitar playing. What it doesn't give you is the visual, the animal magnetism radiating with a blue-white heat from the stage. The delight at being up there performing. (And I'll be frank: ... Read More: |
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