Time To Think – THE KINGSTON TRIO****

The Patriot Game/Coal Tattoo/Hobo’s Lullaby/Seasons In The Sun/These Seven Men/Ally Ally Oxen Free/ Deportee/No One To Talk My Troubles To/If You Don’t Look Around/Turn Around/Song For A Friend/Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream

The enormously popular folk band The Kingston Trio made their final US top twenty album chart entry with Time To Think. Recorded in the wake of the Kennedy assassination it is probably the most political of their albums. The folk baton was now passing to a new generation of singers, Peter, Paul & Mary and most notably, Bob Dylan. (US:18)

"Time To Think, where the title tries to give the game away. Here we have Patriot Game, Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream and Woody Guthrie's Deportee and the haunting Song For A Friend, written immediately in the wake of JFK's assassination."

"The Kingston Trio should be heard not just for the hits. These guys can play guitar and banjo pretty fine also. Plus their harmonies are not too shabby."

"Song For A Friend was inspired by the then recent assassination of President John F. Kennedy."

"This album was released near the end of a much more civil period in our history than the time which soon followed. The gentle sounds and thoughtful lyrics are to be treasured."

"Time To Think is the most mature and truly emotion laden albums The Kingston Trio ever did, regardless of the groups composition. I consider it one of the top five folk albums ever made and certainly The Kingston Trio's ultimate achievement and finest contribution to truly American folk music."

"Time To Think was member John Stewart's finest moment ever in his long singing career since he is prominent on many songs on this album."

"Time To Think was Stewart's memorial to the late president. The mix of songs is extremely diverse and, if not the group's ideal repertory, shows off their ability to deal with folk music in a multitude of moods and settings."