The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years
| The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years | ||||
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| Released | August 19, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | February 5, 1958 – January 16, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Bear Family BCD 16160 JK | |||
| Producer | Voyle Gilmore Paul Surratt & Richard Weize (reissue producers) | |||
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The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years is a compilation of The Kingston Trio's recordings when Dave Guard was a member of the Trio along with Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds.
The Guard Years is a 10-CD box set and was released in 1997. It contains 240 songs, 17 of them are previously unissued live tracks from 1958-59. The set included a 108-page hardcover book containing photos and stories of the group, recording sessions, and notes on the songs. All the albums were originally released on Capitol Records from 1958 to 1961, the year Guard left the group and formed the Whiskeyhill Singers with former Trio bassist David "Buck" Wheat.