Chad Mitchell - The Best Of The Chad Mitchell Trio: The Mercury Years
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Artist: Chad MitchellEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-03-17
Music Label: Fontana Island
Soundtracks:
- Dubarry Done Gone Again
- The Marvelous Toy
- Alma Mater
- Bonny Streets Of Fyve-io
- Four Strong Winds
- What Did You Learn In School Today
- The Tarriers Song
- Barry's Boys
- The Banks Of Sicily
- Medley: In The Summer Of His Years/Rally Round The Flag
- I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
- Stewball And Griselda
- An African Song (On The Great Civilized Morning)
- A Dying Business
- The Draft Dodger Rag
- Waves On The Sea
- Cherry Tree Carol
- The Natural Girl For Me
- That's The Way It's Gonna Be
- For Bobbi
- Your Friendly, Liberal, Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan
- Dark Shadows And Empty Hallways
- Stay With Me
- Like To Deal With The Ladies
- She Loves You
Music reviews of The Best Of The Chad Mitchell Trio: The Mercury Years
Music Review: Good, but not a great collection
Rating: 4 Stars
The Chad Mitchell Trio (CMT) was far and away the best folk group of the 60's, and being trained as classical singers probably had a lot to do with that. Like many of their peers, the members of CMT (Chad Mitchell, Joe Frazier and Mike Kobluk) met in college, but despite their young ages, their arrangements and harmonies are the most stylized and professional of all the artists of that era, outclassing fellow folk groups such as The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary by an extremely wide margin.
While their first three albums on the Kapp label are good, they were just appetizers for what was to come. The CMT really came into their own when they moved to Mercury, greatly expanding their range, which this collection covers fairly well. Some wonderful examples of this incredible part of their career include "Four Strong Winds", "African Song", and "Bonny Streets of Fyve-IO", and biting satires like "Barry's Boys", "Alma Mater" and "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan" are good but sound somewhat dated today.
Unfortunately, this CD is missing several outstanding tracks from the Mercury albums, particularly the many traditional folk, gospel and blues tunes they recorded (like "Tell Old Bill"). It's great to see "Marvelous Toy" and "Draft Dodger Rag" here, but other classics such as "The Last Thing On My Mind" and "The Hip Song" are sorely missed. Even when Chad Mitchell left the group to pursue a solo career in 1966, the group soldiered on with John Denver, who although he could never replace Chad, still managed to create stunning efforts with the group. Their version of The Beatles' "She Loves You" is a prime example, and the best cover of that song I've ever heard!
The Kapp records have all been re-released on CD, but unfortunately the ones from Mercury have not, which is most unfair. If you're not familiar with any of the CMT's catalogue, either "best of" collection is a good place to start (see also The CMT Collection: Original Kapp Recordings), but I would highly recommend spending some time in used record shops looking for copies of the Mercury LP's. You'll have to dust off that phonograph that's been sitting in your closet for years of course, but it's well worth the effort.
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