The Kingston Trio Close-Up 1961 Capitol Records First Pressing NMint Vinyl LP
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The Kingston Trio
Close-Up
1961 Original First Pressing
12" 33 RPM Vinyl Record Album
Capitol Records # T-1642 Hi Fidelity
R.I.P. Bob Shane, last of the original Kingston Trio
[b. February 1, 1934; d. January 26, 2020]
Includes Original Capitol Records Inner Sleeve Imprinted: : WRITE-A-LONG WITH AMERICA'S TOP COMPOSERS
You Can Win A Song-Writing Contract ! Cash Prizes ! The Chance to Have Your Entry Recorded by a Capitol Artist !
in CAPITOL'S "SONG WITHOUT WORDS" CONTEST
"Just write lyrics to one or more of the special songs included in Capitol's "Songs Without Words" contest album: No. T-1601 (mono), ST-1601 (stereo)."
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
and three
Official Entry Blanks To send in to Capitol Records with your song lyrics.
"Ten winners will be paid $500.00 advance against royalties
for publication rights to their prize-winning lyrics, and will receive a contract calling for additional lyricist's royalties as earned. Each winning song will be published in sheet music form. At least three of the ten winners will be chosen as Bonus Winner and will have their songs recorded by a Capitol artist."
Close-Up is the eleventh album by the American Folk Music group the Kingston Trio, released in September 1961. It was the first release by the group after the departure of founding member Dave Guard. The Trio now consisted of Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and Guard's replacement John Stewart. Close-Up peaked at number three on the Billboard charts. The lead-off single was "Coming from the Mountains" backed with a non-LP track, "Nothing More to Look Forward To". Close-Up was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1961 for Best Performance by a Vocal Group.
Allmusic praised the album, writing: "the album showed the trio to be in solid musical shape, harmonizing beautifully, and with a new songwriting talent in their midst in the guise of John Stewart, whose haunting, slightly bluesy ballad "When My Love Was Here" was the highlight of the record. Close Up, although not as groundbreaking as the trio's self-titled debut three years earlier, showed a surprisingly undiminished group and is a good representation of where popular folk music was in late 1961... this melodic and aesthetically pleasing album was perfect for its time and still evokes that relatively innocent and calm period in our past.
Tracks
side one WHEREVER WE MAY GO SAIL AWAY TAKE HER OUT OF PITY DON'T YOU WEEP, MARY THE GYPSY ROVER O KEN KARENGE
side two JESSE JAMES BABY BOY WHEN MY LOVE WAS HERE KARU BENEATH THE WILLOW RUBEN JAMES
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