The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years

The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years
Compilation album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 1997
RecordedFebruary 5, 1958 – January 16, 1961
GenreFolk
LabelBear Family BCD 16160 JK
ProducerVoyle Gilmore
Paul Surratt & Richard Weize (reissue producers)
The Kingston Trio chronology
The Lost Masters 1969–1972
(1997)
The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years
(1997)
The Best of the Decca Years
(1998)

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.