The Kingston Trio: The Stewart Years is a compilation of The Kingston Trio

The Kingston Trio

The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds...

's recordings when John Stewart was a member of the Trio along with Bob Shane

Bob Shane

Bob Shane is an American singer and guitarist and, with Nick Reynolds' passing in October 2008, the only surviving founding member of The Kingston Trio. In that capacity, Shane became a seminal figure in the revival of folk and other acoustic music as a popular art form in the U.S...

 and Nick Reynolds

Nick Reynolds

Nick Reynolds was an American folk musician and recording artist. Reynolds was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio, whose largely folk-based material captured international attention during the late fifties and early sixties.- Early life :Growing up in Coronado, California, his...

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The Stewart Years is a 10-CD box set and was released in 2000. It contains 286 songs, many of them are previously unissued and live tracks. The set includes a hardcover book containing photos and stories of the group, recording sessions, and notes on the songs.

Reception

Allmusic critic Greg Adams was equivocal about the extent of the package, writing: "The Stewart Years is a gorgeous ten-disc box set with hardbound book that collects everything the Trio recorded during Stewart's tenure... 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... their clean-cut collegiate image could never quite adapt to the counterculture and protest folk movement... The Stewart Years is a beautiful, comprehensive, and expensive artifact suitable for libraries and affluent fans."

Personnel

• Bob Shane
  Bob Shane
  Bob Shane is an American singer and guitarist and, with Nick Reynolds' passing in October 2008, the only surviving founding member of The Kingston Trio. In that capacity, Shane became a seminal figure in the revival of folk and other acoustic music as a popular art form in the U.S...
  
   – vocals, guitar, banjo
• Nick Reynolds
  Nick Reynolds
  Nick Reynolds was an American folk musician and recording artist. Reynolds was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio, whose largely folk-based material captured international attention during the late fifties and early sixties.- Early life :Growing up in Coronado, California, his...
  
   – vocals, tenor guitar, bongos, conga
• John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar, harmonica
• Dean Reilly – bass
• Andy Belling – organ
• George Callender – bass
• Randy Cierley – guitar, percussion
• Irving Cottler – drums
• John Chambers – drums
• Jerry Granelli – drums
• Modesto Duran – percussion
• Harold Hensley – fiddle
• Jack Marshall – guitar
• Allan Reuss – guitar
• Manuel Stevens – trumpet
• Anthony Terran – trumpet
• John Rotella – reeds
• Art Smith – reeds
• Ben Kanter – reeds
• William Hinshaw – french horn
• Darrel Terwilliger – violin
• Tibor Zelig – violin
• Leonard Malarsky – violin
• Sidney Sharp – violin
• Myron Sandler – viola
• Harry Hyams – viola
• Alexander Neiman – viola
• Joseph DiFiore – viola
• Emmet Sargeant – cello
• Jimmie Haskell – arranger, leader

Production notes

• Voyle Gilmore
  Voyle Gilmore
  Voyle Gilmore was an American record producer and arranger. He was best known for his work with Frank Sinatra and The Kingston Trio on Capitol Records...
  
   – producer
• Frank Werber – producer
• Paul Surratt – reissue producer, photography, illustrations
• Adam Skeaping – mastering
• Jay Ranellucci – mixing
• Richard Weize – tape research, discography
• R. A. Andreas – photography, illustrations
• Henry Diltz
  Henry Diltz
  Henry Stanford Diltz is a folk musician and photographer, who has been active since the 1960s....
  
  – photography, illustrations
• George Karras – photography, illustrations
• Wolfgang Taubenauer – artwork
• Holger Von Bargen – art direction
• Ben Blake – discography, song notes
• Bill Bush – biographical information
• Russ Wapensky – discography