Super-Rare KINGSTON TRIO Stereo 33 Jukebox Xmas Salesman Sample Set - MINT
$
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Description
Offered is an unused salesman's sampler of CAPITOL XE-1448 "Last Month of the Year", by the Kingston Trio, released in 1960. This is the Automatic Music Incorporated Stereo 33 Single edition, made to be played in jukeboxes. Included is the outer envelope, the 6"x7" display art for the jukebox and five unused title strips, plus the original Capitol sleeves . The outer envelope is slightly worn. The set of five 7-inch records appears to have never been played. Selections include:
- Mary Mild
- Bye, Bye, Thou Little Tiny Child
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas/A Round About Christmas
- The Last Month of the Year
- Sing We Noel
- Go Where I Send Thee
- The White Snows of Winter
- All Through The Night
- Follow Now, Oh Shepherds
- Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail
"The Last Month of the Year" is considered their most musically ambitious and also one of the Trio's least known. It was recorded in June 1960 between shows at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. and was the first Kingston Trio album to fall below expected sales. Capitol withdrew the album from circulation shortly after its release.
Nick Reynolds stated in an interview: "It wasn't your standard Christmas album. That's why we called it "The Last Month of the Year". It was a pretty complicated little album, some very intricate stuff. Dave (Guard) brought in a lot of the arrangements with stuff like bouzouki instrumentation; Buckwheat (David Wheat, the Trio's bassist) played some wonderful gut-string guitar. We really worked hard on that one, laying down a lot of the instrumental tracks before we did the vocals, working on harmonies over and over. David (Guard) was responsible for a lot of that album, but we all brought things in... Musically, it came off very well; it just didn't sell."
Got a jukebox? This would be great at Christmastime. But if you don't own a jukebox, the incredible fidelity of these recordings will sound amazing on any record player.
GOOD LUCK!
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