Coming From The Mountains/Oh Sail Away/Take Her Out Of Pity/Don’t You Weep Mary/The Whistling Gypsy/O Ken Karanga/Jesse James/Glorious Kingdom/When My Love Was Here/Karu/Weeping Willow/Reuben James
Close-Up was notable as the first Kingston Trio album with new member John Stewart who provided several of the songs. The change of personnel had no discernible effect on their popularity. (US:3)
“Close-Up is the first of the albums with John Stewart. As with most Trio albums, there are a couple of songs that don't 'grab me', but the vast majority of the album is a good example of the Trio as masters of their style of music. They have different international flavours included in their repertoire, and their voices, harmonies and instruments are well rehearsed, finely tuned, and wonderfully exhibited here. Their version of Reuben James, might be their very best recording."
“Having a new songwriter in the group clearly made a difference, Stewart wrote the best track on the album, When My Love Was Here along with the first track, Coming From The Mountains, but there are also some traditional standards, the best of which is their cover of Reuben James. This is not a great Kingston Trio album, but given the concerns their fans had about the group's future there was no doubt they were going to turn out just fine.”
“Close-Up departed from previous KT albums with only one novelty cut and introduced John as a writer of more reflective songs. It produced no singles that charted, but it is underrated in the quality of these studio performances, and its release certainly kept KT fans happy.”
“The Close-Up recording is really, really good early 60s folk music, but it often reminds me how much Dave Guard's contribution was missed. All in all, though, it is a worthwhile purchase for the KT fan.”
“Close-Up is, I believe, John Stewart debut album with the trio. They didn't miss a step in replacing Dave Guard. The KT sound with Stewart is different to that with Guard, but no less satisfying. They write a lot of their own material on this one and the songs are well executed. You'll enjoy having this in your collection.”
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