Looking for the Sunshine
Looking for the Sunshine | ||||
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Studio album by The Kingston Trio | ||||
Released | 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Studio | Wizzard Recording Studio, Hollywood, California and Eddy Offord Studio, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Xeres | |||
Producer | Mike Settle | |||
The Kingston Trio chronology | ||||
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Looking for the Sunshine is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).[1] It was the first release comprising mostly new material since Children of the Morning in 1966. The album had little distribution, failed to chart and the two singles released from it were used for promotional purposes only.[2] It is out of print.
History
Through the years following Bob Shane's acquisition of the Kingston Trio name in 1976, the personnel in the group changed several times, though Shane and George Grove remained constants. Shane's Kingston Trio relied heavily on a "greatest hits formula" augmented by a number of other songs acquired through the years that fans had accepted as part of the group's repertoire. Roger Gambill died shortly after the release of Looking for the Sunshine and was replaced by Bob Haworth.[2] In March 2004, a month after his seventieth birthday, Shane suffered a debilitating heart attack that forced him into a retirement from touring and performing for the first time in 47 years. Future releases after Looking for the Sunshine by the various line-ups of the group (including the return of original member Nick Reynolds) would consist of recordings of live performances and a large number of compilations of their Capitol and Decca recordings.
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Track listing
Side one
- "Looking for the Sunshine" (Mickey Newbury)
- "Hawaiian Nights" (Harold Payne, Edgar Pease, Mike Scarpiello)
- "I Like to Hear the Rain" (Alex Harvey)
- "Big Ship Glory" (Charlie Merriam)
- "Sometimes Love Is Better When It's Gone" (Mike Settle)
- "I'm a Rake and a Ramblin' Boy"
Side two
- "The World Needs a Melody" (Johnny Slate, Larry Henley, H. Delaughter)
- "The Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin)
- "Will You Love Me If I Don't do Coke?" (Harold Payne)
- "Cortelia Clark" (Mickey Newbury)
- "A Rolling Stone" (Stan Wilson)
- "Easy to Arrange" (Jak Kelly)
Personnel
- Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
- Roger Gambill – vocals, guitar
- George Grove – vocals, banjo, guitar
- Stan Kaess – bass
- Tom Green – drums, percussion
- Ben Schubert – fiddle, banjo, tenor guitar
- John Sebastian – autoharp, harmonica
- Mike Settle – piano ("Looking for the Sunshine")
- Jane Watson – harmony vocals ("I Like to Hear the Rain")
- Brian Mann – synthesizer ("Hawaiian Nights")
- Wilkins Hy Ching – ukulele ("Hawaiian Nights")
- David Benoit – piano ("The World Needs a Melody")
Production notes
- Mike Settle – producer
- Nick Heyl – executive producer, producer ("Will You Love Me If I Don't do Coke?")
- Jane Heyl – executive producer
- Hank Doing – engineer
- Eddy Offord – engineer
- Ross Neurer – photography, art director
- Nick Reynolds – liner notes
References
External links
- Liner Notes
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- Mike Marvin
- Tim Gorelangton
- Buddy Woodward
- Bob Shane
- Nick Reynolds
- Dave Guard
- John Stewart
- Jim Connor
- Pat Horine
- Roger Gambill
- George Grove
- Bob Haworth
- Bill Zorn
- Rick Dougherty
- Josh Reynolds
- Don Marovich
- The Kingston Trio
- At Large
- Here We Go Again!
- Sold Out
- String Along
- The Last Month of the Year
- Make Way
- Goin' Places
- Close-Up
- Something Special
- New Frontier
- The Kingston Trio #16
- Sunny Side!
- Time to Think
- The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John)
- Stay Awhile
- Somethin' Else
- Children of the Morning
- The World Needs a Melody
- Aspen Gold
- Looking for the Sunshine
- The Lost 1967 Album: Rarities Vol. 1
- Turning Like Forever: Rarities Vol. 2
- ...From the Hungry i
- Stereo Concert
- College Concert
- Back in Town
- Once Upon a Time
- Everybody's Talking
- An Evening with The Kingston Trio
- Live at Newport
- Live at the Crazy Horse
- The Final Concert
- Live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- Twice Upon a Time
- Capitol Collectors Series
- Treasure Chest
- The Capitol Years
- The Lost Masters 1969–1972
- The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years
- The Best of the Decca Years
- The Kingston Trio: The Stewart Years
- The Decca Years
- Once Again