The Stewart Years

04/25/2000 | Bear Family 

All Music Guide Review

The departure of Dave Guard could have dealt a death blow to the Kingston Trio, but they added John Stewart and soldiered on, making some great popular folk music before being made obsolete by the very trends they instigated. The Stewart Years is a gorgeous ten-disc box set with hardbound book that collects everything the Trio recorded during Stewart's tenure, including numerous unreleased tracks and live performances. The Stewart version of the trio was more pop-oriented, political, and experimental (some unsuccessful attempts at folk-rock are preserved for posterity here). While they had their successes ("Reverend Mr. Black," "Greenback Dollar"), their clean-cut collegiate image could never quite adapt to the counterculture and protest folk movement. Studio recordings are on the first six discs, followed by four discs of live recordings. The Stewart Years is a beautiful, comprehensive, and expensive artifact suitable for libraries and affluent fans. ~ Greg Adams, All Music Guide

Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Jesse James
  • 2:39
  • 2
  • Glorious Kingdom
  • 3:14
  • 3
  • The Whistling Gypsy
  • 3:05
  • 4
  • Reuben James
  • 3:04
  • 5
  • O Ken Karanga
  • 2:57
  • 6
  • Karu
  • 1:56
  • 7
  • Oh, Sail Away
  • 3:02
  • 8
  • Don't You Weep, Mary
  • 2:13
  • 9
  • When My Love Was Here
  • 3:17
  • 10
  • Take Her Out of Pity
  • 2:40
  • 11
  • Coming from the Mountains
  • 2:26
  • 12
  • Weeping Willow
  • 3:24
  • 13
  • Nothing More to Look Forward To
  • 2:30
  • 14
  • Water Boy
  • 3:14
  • 15
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
  • 3:05
  • 16
  • Chilly Winds
  • 2:35
  • 17
  • Oh, Miss Mary
  • 3:02
  • 18
  • Roddy McCorley
  • 2:57
  • 19
  • Five Hundred Miles
  • 3:07
  • 20
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
  • 3:26
  • 21
  • Goin' Away for to Leave You
  • 2:33
  • 22
  • Rocky (German)
  • 2:18
  • 23
  • Old Kentucky Land (German)
  • 1:59
  • 24 (2)
  • Old Joe Clark
  • 1:55
  • 25 (2)
  • Jane, Jane, Jane
  • 2:50
  • 26 (2)
  • One More Town
  • 2:55
  • 27 (2)
  • All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
  • 3:21
  • 28 (2)
  • Little Boy
  • 2:31
  • 29 (2)
  • Strange Day
  • 3:52
  • 30 (2)
  • She Was Too Good to Me
  • 2:45
  • 31 (2)
  • Away Rio
  • 2:55
  • 32 (2)
  • Pullin' Away
  • 3:16
  • 33 (2)
  • Brown Mountain Light
  • 2:45
  • 34 (2)
  • Portland Town
  • 1:58
  • 35 (2)
  • Darlin' Are You Dreaming
  • 3:01
  • 36 (2)
  • Tell It on the Mountain
  • 1:52
  • 37 (2)
  • O Willow Waly
  • 2:44
  • 38 (2)
  • C'mon Betty Home
  • 1:59
  • 39 (2)
  • Allentown Jail
  • 2:28
  • 40 (2)
  • To Be Redeemed
  • 2:21
  • 41 (2)
  • Genny Glenn
  • 2:32
  • 42 (2)
  • Some Fool Made a Soldier of Me
  • 2:13
  • 43 (2)
  • Adios Farewell
  • 2:47
  • 44 (2)
  • My Lord What a Mornin'
  • 2:29
  • 45 (2)
  • The New Frontier
  • 2:22
  • 46 (2)
  • Poor Ellen Smith
  • 2:24
  • 47 (2)
  • Honey, Are You Mad at Your Man?
  • 1:59
  • 48 (2)
  • Green Grasses
  • 2:08
  • 49 (2)
  • Long Black Veil
  • 2:27
  • 50 (2)
  • Greenback Dollar
  • 2:51
  • 51 (2)
  • Dogie's Lament
  • 2:17
  • 52 (2)
  • The First Time
  • 2:49
  • 53 (2)
  • Greenback Dollar
  • 2:45
  • 54 (3)
  • Run the Ridges
  • 2:42
  • 55 (3)
  • Road to Freedom
  • 2:18
  • 56 (3)
  • Ballad of the Quiet Fighter
  • 3:22
  • 57 (3)
  • Big Ball in Town
  • 2:02
  • 58 (3)
  • One More Round
  • 2:51
  • 59 (3)
  • Oh Joe Hannah
  • 1:40
  • 60 (3)
  • Reverend Mr. Black
  • 3:01
  • 61 (3)
  • Mark Twain
  • 2:35
  • 62 (3)
  • Love Has Gone
  • 2:56
  • 63 (3)
  • River Run Down
  • 2:39
  • 64 (3)
  • Try to Remember
  • 3:11
  • 65 (3)
  • Low Bridge
  • 2:07
  • 66 (3)
  • Softly as I Leave You
  • 2:34
  • 67 (3)
  • La Bamba
  • 2:09
  • 68 (3)
  • Jackson
  • 2:30
  • 69 (3)
  • Desert Pete
  • 2:48
  • 70 (3)
  • Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen (Doesn't Anybody Know My Name)
  • 2:58
  • 71 (3)
  • Blowin' in the Wind
  • 2:46
  • 72 (3)
  • Rider
  • 2:57
  • 73 (3)
  • Those Who Are Wise
  • 2:53
  • 74 (3)
  • Goo Ga Gee
  • 1:53
  • 75 (3)
  • Desert Pete (Continuation)
  • 2:39
  • 76 (3)
  • Ballad of the Thresher
  • 2:57
  • 77 (3)
  • Sing Out
  • 1:58
  • 78 (3)
  • Marcelle Vahine
  • 1:44
  • 79 (3)
  • Woody's Song
  • 1:45
  • 80 (3)
  • Those Brown Eyes
  • 2:23
  • 81 (4)
  • Ally Ally Oxen Free
  • 2:02
  • 82 (4)
  • Four Strong Winds
  • 2:55
  • 83 (4)
  • Ann
  • 2:48
  • 84 (4)
  • Hobo's Lullaby
  • 3:13
  • 85 (4)
  • Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
  • 2:12
  • 86 (4)
  • Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
  • 3:34
  • 87 (4)
  • Four Strong Winds
  • 2:41
  • 88 (4)
  • Turn Around
  • 2:44
  • 89 (4)
  • No One to Talk My Toubles To
  • 2:29
  • 90 (4)
  • Coal Tattoo
  • 2:33
  • 91 (4)
  • These Seven Men
  • 2:30
  • 92 (4)
  • Song for a Friend
  • 2:40
  • 93 (4)
  • If You Don't Look Around
  • 2:50
  • 94 (4)
  • The Patriot Game
  • 2:55
  • 95 (4)
  • Seasons in the Sun
  • 2:58
  • 96 (4)
  • Let's Get Together (Studio Version)
  • 2:34
  • 97 (4)
  • Midnight Special
  • 2:13
  • 98 (4)
  • Love's Been Good to Me
  • 3:09
  • 99 (4)
  • Poverty Hill
  • 3:22
  • 100 (4)
  • Some Day Soon
  • 2:46
  • 101 (4)
  • Gotta Travel On
  • 3:21
  • 102 (4)
  • Hope You Understand
  • 2:20
  • 103 (4)
  • My Ramblin' Boy
  • 3:40
  • 104 (4)
  • Love Comes a Trickling Down
  • 2:40
  • 105 (4)
  • Long Time Blues
  • 2:21
  • 106 (4)
  • More Poems
  • 1:44
  • 107 (4)
  • Farewell (Fare Thee Well)
  • 3:20
  • 108 (4)
  • I'm Going Home
  • 2:25
  • 109 (4)
  • Little Play Soldiers
  • 2:20
  • 110 (5)
  • Stories of Old
  • 2:53
  • 111 (5)
  • Yes I Can Feel It
  • 2:56
  • 112 (5)
  • Gonna Go Down the River
  • 2:04
  • 113 (5)
  • Hanna Lee
  • 3:13
  • 114 (5)
  • Bottle of Wine
  • 2:00
  • 115 (5)
  • Where I'm Bound
  • 2:40
  • 116 (5)
  • If You See Me Go
  • 2:04
  • 117 (5)
  • If I Had a Ship
  • 3:30
  • 118 (5)
  • Dooley
  • 1:54
  • 119 (5)
  • Rusting in the Rain
  • 2:39
  • 120 (5)
  • Stay Awhile
  • 2:15
  • 121 (5)
  • Three Song
  • 2:11
  • 122 (5)
  • Yes I Can Feel It
  • 2:27
  • 123 (5)
  • Early Morning Rain
  • 2:36
  • 124 (5)
  • Red River Shore
  • 2:29
  • 125 (5)
  • Where Are You Going Little Boy?
  • 2:23
  • 126 (5)
  • She Belongs to Me
  • 2:05
  • 127 (5)
  • Verandah of Millium August
  • 2:28
  • 128 (5)
  • The Last Thing on My Mind
  • 3:06
  • 129 (5)
  • They Are Gone
  • 2:47
  • 130 (5)
  • Runaway Song
  • 2:04
  • 131 (5)
  • Long Time Blues
  • 2:15
  • 132 (5)
  • Interchangeable Love
  • :51
  • 133 (5)
  • Go Tell Roger
  • 1:52
  • 134 (5)
  • Parchment Farm Blues
  • 2:19
  • 135 (5)
  • Dancing Distance
  • 2:36
  • 136 (6)
  • Children of the Morning
  • 2:41
  • 137 (6)
  • Hit and Run
  • 2:15
  • 138 (6)
  • When You've Been Away for a Long Time
  • 3:09
  • 139 (6)
  • Lei Pakalana
  • 2:17
  • 140 (6)
  • Gaze on Other Heavens
  • 2:34
  • 141 (6)
  • A Taste of Honey
  • 1:47
  • 142 (6)
  • A Little Soul Is Born
  • 2:58
  • 143 (6)
  • Put Your Money Away
  • 2:45
  • 144 (6)
  • Lock All the Windows
  • 3:19
  • 145 (6)
  • Less of Me
  • 2:27
  • 146 (6)
  • Come Gather the Time
  • 2:31
  • 147 (6)
  • The Spinnin' of the World
  • 2:04
  • 148 (6)
  • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
  • 2:20
  • 149 (6)
  • Texas Across the River
  • 1:49
  • 150 (6)
  • Babe, You've Been on My Mind
  • 2:46
  • 151 (6)
  • Little Light
  • :37
  • 152 (6)
  • Little Light
  • 2:28
  • 153 (6)
  • Coplas Revisited
  • :53
  • 154 (6)
  • Coplas Revisited
  • 2:59
  • 155 (6)
  • Chilly Winds
  • 1:41
  • 156 (6)
  • Chilly Winds
  • 2:44
  • 157 (6)
  • Oh, Miss Mary
  • 3:14
  • 158 (6)
  • Laredo
  • 1:35
  • 159 (6)
  • O Ken Karanga
  • :37
  • 160 (6)
  • O Ken Karanga
  • 2:32
  • 161 (6)
  • Roddy McCorley
  • :24
  • 162 (6)
  • Roddy McCorley
  • 3:17
  • 163 (6)
  • M.T.A.
  • :38
  • 164 (6)
  • M.T.A.
  • 2:54
  • 165 (6)
  • Five Hundred Miles
  • 3:14
  • 166 (6)
  • Ballad of the Shape of Things
  • :44
  • 167 (6)
  • Ballad of the Shape of Things
  • 4:18
  • 168 (6)
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
  • 3:39
  • 169 (6)
  • Goin' Away for to Leave You
  • :47
  • 170 (6)
  • Goin' Away for to Leave You
  • 2:41
  • 171 (7)
  • Hard Ain't It Hard
  • :19
  • 172 (7)
  • Hard Ain't It Hard
  • 2:47
  • 173 (7)
  • Reuben James
  • 1:01
  • 174 (7)
  • Reuben James
  • 2:50
  • 175 (7)
  • Pullin' Away
  • :53
  • 176 (7)
  • Pullin' Away
  • 3:16
  • 177 (7)
  • Farewell Captain
  • 2:12
  • 178 (7)
  • Farewell Captain
  • 2:54
  • 179 (7)
  • Georgia Stockade
  • 2:33
  • 180 (7)
  • Ann
  • :49
  • 181 (7)
  • Ann
  • 2:39
  • 182 (7)
  • Ah Woe, Ah Me
  • :45
  • 183 (7)
  • Ah Woe, Ah Me
  • 2:27
  • 184 (7)
  • Walkin' This Road to My Town
  • 2:37
  • 185 (7)
  • The World I Used to Know
  • :59
  • 186 (7)
  • The World I Used to Know
  • 2:49
  • 187 (7)
  • Salty Dog
  • :39
  • 188 (7)
  • Salty Dog
  • 2:22
  • 189 (7)
  • Let's Get Together
  • 2:46
  • 190 (7)
  • Isle in the Water
  • :49
  • 191 (7)
  • Isle in the Water
  • 2:58
  • 192 (7)
  • Tom Dooley
  • 3:17
  • 193 (7)
  • Them Poems
  • :45
  • 194 (7)
  • Them Poems
  • 2:03
  • 195 (7)
  • So Hi
  • 2:09
  • 196 (8)
  • Little Light
  • 3:06
  • 197 (8)
  • Coplas Revisited
  • 3:56
  • 198 (8)
  • Reuben James
  • 3:27
  • 199 (8)
  • Pullin' Away
  • 4:01
  • 200 (8)
  • M.T.A.
  • 5:13
  • 201 (8)
  • Chilly Winds
  • 4:04
  • 202 (8)
  • The Ballad of the Shape of Things
  • 5:09
  • 203 (8)
  • Hard Ain't It Hard
  • 3:12
  • 204 (8)
  • Tom Dooley
  • 4:14
  • 205 (8)
  • Wimoweh
  • 1:59
  • 206 (8)
  • The Merry Minuet
  • 2:48
  • 207 (8)
  • Scotch and Soda
  • 2:37
  • 208 (8)
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
  • 4:40
  • 209 (8)
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • 2:46
  • 210 (8)
  • Goin' Away for to Leave You
  • 2:53
  • 211 (8)
  • Weeping Willow
  • 3:22
  • 212 (8)
  • Weeping Willow
  • 3:22
  • 213 (8)
  • Nothing More to Look Forward To
  • 2:29
  • 214 (8)
  • Water Boy
  • 3:06
  • 215 (8)
  • Water Boy
  • 3:08
  • 216 (8)
  • Jane, Jane, Jane
  • 2:55
  • 217 (8)
  • One More Town
  • 3:09
  • 218 (8)
  • Little Boy
  • 2:28
  • 219 (9)
  • Strange Day
  • 3:43
  • 220 (9)
  • She Was Too Good to Me
  • 2:47
  • 221 (9)
  • Away Rio
  • 2:57
  • 222 (9)
  • Pullin' Away
  • 3:19
  • 223 (9)
  • Pullin' Away
  • 3:18
  • 224 (9)
  • Brown Mountain Light
  • 3:05
  • 225 (9)
  • Portland Town
  • 2:02
  • 226 (9)
  • Darlin' Are You Dreaming
  • 3:04
  • 227 (9)
  • Tell It on the Mountain
  • 1:56
  • 228 (9)
  • O Willow Waly
  • 2:46
  • 229 (9)
  • Run the Ridges
  • 2:45
  • 230 (9)
  • Road to Freedom
  • 2:18
  • 231 (9)
  • Big Ball in Town
  • 2:02
  • 232 (9)
  • One More Round
  • 2:51
  • 233 (9)
  • Oh Joe Hannah
  • 1:39
  • 234 (9)
  • Reverend Mr. Black
  • 3:07
  • 235 (9)
  • Mark Twain
  • 2:36
  • 236 (9)
  • River Run Down
  • 2:48
  • 237 (9)
  • Low Bridge
  • 2:08
  • 238 (9)
  • La Bamba
  • 2:11
  • 239 (9)
  • Desert Pete
  • 2:49
  • 240 (9)
  • Blowin' in the Wind
  • 3:02
  • 241 (9)
  • Rider
  • 2:56
  • 242 (9)
  • Those Who Are Wise
  • 2:54
  • 243 (9)
  • Goo Ga Gee
  • 1:54
  • 244 (9)
  • Ballad of the Thresher
  • 3:06
  • 245 (9)
  • Sing Out
  • 1:59
  • 246 (9)
  • Marcelle Vahine
  • 1:44
  • 247 (9)
  • Those Brown Eyes
  • 2:23
  • 248 (10)
  • Hard Travelin'
  • :27
  • 249 (10)
  • Hard Travelin'
  • 2:22
  • 250 (10)
  • Early Morning Rain
  • 1:12
  • 251 (10)
  • Early Morning Rain
  • 2:58
  • 252 (10)
  • M.T.A.
  • :48
  • 253 (10)
  • M.T.A.
  • 3:05
  • 254 (10)
  • Tomorrow Is a Long Time
  • 1:03
  • 255 (10)
  • Tomorrow Is a Long Time
  • 3:33
  • 256 (10)
  • Rovin' Gambler/This Train
  • :43
  • 257 (10)
  • Rovin' Gambler/This Train
  • 1:56
  • 258 (10)
  • Police Brutality
  • 1:02
  • 259 (10)
  • One Too Many Mornings
  • 2:14
  • 260 (10)
  • Colours
  • :11
  • 261 (10)
  • Colours
  • 2:35
  • 262 (10)
  • A Day in Our Room
  • :54
  • 263 (10)
  • Wimoweh
  • 2:19
  • 264 (10)
  • Tom Dooley
  • :39
  • 265 (10)
  • Tom Dooley
  • 3:02
  • 266 (10)
  • Goodnight Irene
  • :31
  • 267 (10)
  • Goodnight Irene
  • 2:57
  • 268 (10)
  • Hard, Ain't It Hard
  • :27
  • 269 (10)
  • Hard, Ain't It Hard
  • 2:45
  • 270 (10)
  • Get Away John
  • :49
  • 271 (10)
  • Get Away John
  • 2:37
  • 272 (10)
  • Ballad of the Shape of Things
  • :54
  • 273 (10)
  • Ballad of the Shape of Things
  • 4:38
  • 274 (10)
  • Greenback Dollar
  • 3:24
  • 275 (10)
  • Babe, You've Been on My Mind
  • 1:27
  • 276 (10)
  • Babe, You've Been on My Mind
  • 2:23
  • 277 (10)
  • The Tijuana Jail
  • 1:28
  • 278 (10)
  • The Tijuana Jail
  • 2:24
  • 279 (10)
  • Silicone Bust
  • 1:37
  • 280 (10)
  • I'm Going Home
  • 2:38
  • 281 (10)
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
  • :29
  • 282 (10)
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
  • 3:13
  • 283 (10)
  • Scotch and Soda
  • :59
  • 284 (10)
  • Scotch and Soda
  • 2:31
  • 285 (10)
  • Blind Date
  • 2:34
  • 286 (10)
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • 2:29
  • Credits

    • Nick Reynolds
    • Arranger, Bongos, Conga, Illustrations, Photography, Vocals


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