Back in Town (The Kingston Trio album)

Back in Town
Back in Town
Live album by The Kingston Trio
Released	June 1964
Recorded	March 23–31, 1964
Venue	The hungry i, San Francisco, California
Genre	Folk
Label	Capitol
Producer	Voyle Gilmore
The Kingston Trio chronology

Back in Town is a live album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1964. It reached number 22 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and is the final principal album recorded by the Trio for Capitol Records. The Trio's seven-year contract with Capitol ended in February 1964 with one album due. Unable to negotiate another contract, the group released this live album and moved to Decca Records.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Record Mirror	^[1]

Reissues edit

Back in Town was reissued along with Something Special on CD by Collectors Choice Records in 2000. A bonus track, "C'mon Betty Home", which was written by Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary is included.^[3]
In 2000, all of the tracks from Back in Town were included in The Stewart Years 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records.

Track listing edit

Side one edit

"Georgia Stockade" (Reynolds, Shane, J Stewart) – 2:33
"Ann" (Billy Edd Wheeler) – 2:39
"Ah Woe, Ah Me" (Reynolds, Shane, J Stewart) – 2:27
"Walkin' This Road to My Town" (Al Shackman) – 2:37
"The World I Used to Know" (Rod McKuen) – 2:49
"Salty Dog" (Traditional, Reynolds, Shane, J Stewart) – 2:22

Side two edit

"Let's Get Together" (Chet Powers) – 2:46
"Isle in the Water" (McKuen) – 2:58
"Farewell Captain" (Mike Stewart) - 2:40
"Tom Dooley" (Alan Lomax, Frank Warner) – 3:17
"Them Poems" (Mason Williams) – 2:03
"So Hi" (Reynolds, Shane, J Stewart) – 2:09

Personnel edit

Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar, conga
John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
Dean Reilly – bass
Glen Campbell – guitar

Production notes edit

Voyle Gilmore – producer
Pete Abbott – engineer
Ken Veeder – cover photo

Chart positions edit

Year	Chart	Position
1964	Billboard Pop Albums	22

References edit

^ Jones, Peter (18 September 1964). "The Kingston Trio: Back In Town" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 184. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Blake, B., Rubeck, J., Shaw, A. (1986) The Kingston Trio On Record. Kingston Korner Inc, ILL: ISBN 0-9614594-0-9
^ Allmusic entry for reissue of Something Special/Back in Town.

[1] Jones, Peter (18 September 1964). "The Kingston Trio: Back In Town" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 184. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[ktor-2] Blake, B., Rubeck, J., Shaw, A. (1986) The Kingston Trio On Record. Kingston Korner Inc, ILL: ISBN 0-9614594-0-9

[3] Allmusic entry for reissue of Something Special/Back in Town.

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