Something Special (The Kingston Trio album)
# Something Special (The Kingston Trio album)

Something Special is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). It reached number 7 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The lead-off single was a non-album track "C'mon Betty Home" b/w "Old Joe Clark". "One More Town" b/w "She Was Too Good to Me" was released as a single later the same year. Neither single made the Top 40. Something Special was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Recording category.

A notable feature of Something Special is that it was highly orchestrated, using strings, brass instruments and a choir.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |

Allmusic music critic Bruce Eder wrote the album "was the oddest of all the Kingston Trio's albums... a marked departure from previous work by the trio... The results aren't bad so much as they are strange at times."

## Reissues

* Something Special was reissued along with Back in Town on CD by Collectors Choice Records in 2000. A bonus track, "C'mon Betty Home" is included.
* In 2000, all of the tracks from Something Special were included in The Stewart Years 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records. This collection also includes eleven tracks without Jimmie Haskell's orchestral overdubs; the twelfth cut, "Old Joe Clark," appeared on the album as it was originally recorded.

## Track listing

### Side one

* "Brown Mountain Light" (Scotty Wiseman) – 2:48
* "One More Town" (John Stewart) – 2:57
* "Oh Willow Waley" (Georges Auric, Paul Dehan) – 2:46
* "Tell it on the Mountain" (Traditional, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, Stewart) – 1:55
* "Little Boy" (Mike Settle) – 2:33
* "Strange Day" (Stewart, George Yanok) – 3:55

### Side two

* "Away Rio" (Reynolds, Shane, Stewart) – 2:57
* "Pullin' Away" (Reynolds, Shane, Stewart) – 3:17
* "She Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:46
* "Jane, Jane, Jane" (Stan Wilson) – 2:51
* "Portland Town" (Stewart) – 1:59
* "Old Joe Clark" (Traditional) – 1:58

## Personnel

* Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
* Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar, bongos, conga
* John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
* Dean Reilly – bass

## Production notes

* Voyle Gilmore – producer
* Pete Abbott – engineer
* Jimmie Haskell – arrangements, conductor

## Chart positions

| Year | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - |
| 1962 | Billboard Pop Albums | 7 |
