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John Denver Fans Might Want To Check This One

Walter L. Manger | Fayetteville, AR USA | 07/26/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"These two albums were released in 1966 as the Mitchell Trio reflecting the replacement of Chad Mitchell by John Denver. The songs on the albums are a good mixture of the humor, social satire, political commentary and ballads that characterized the group and pleased their fans. If you're a MT fan, you already know these albums from their original vinyl releases on the Mercury label, and you won't be disappointed.



Not a MT fan? These albums provide a glimpse of contemporary folk music, and one of its more popular groups, toward the end of that era, but I'd suggest trying a CMT/MT compliation first: either the The CMT Collection (Kapp Releases) or The Best of the CMT: The Mercury Years, both available on CD. If you get hooked, most of the CMT/MT discography is also available on CD.



If you're a John Denver fan, you might want to pick-up this two album CD. It contains two great solos by John of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Idries Davies/Pete Seeger's "Bells of Rhymney." It also contains the MT performing "For Bobbi," the first recorded song written by John Denver. All three cuts are excellent.



We can thank Collector's Choice for once again providing a two album CD of one of the better contemporary folk groups of the 1960s.





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Great for John Denver Fans!

K. D. Haanaes | Oslo, Norway | 01/04/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Being a long standing JD fan I was looking to replace my lp "Beginnings with the Mitchell Trio" from 1974 with a CD. Unfortunately that lp is unavailable as a CD but luckily all but 2 of the songs (Like to Deal With the Ladies and She Loves You) are on this CD! Although I normally prefer hearing John singing solo, which he does on Bells Of Rhymney (this version I think is better than Pete Seeger's), the harmonies of the Mitchell Trio are excellent especially on For Bobbi (For Baby)! This CD is a must for those JD fans wanting to hear John's early work.

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My Dad Hated This Group's Songs

GrannyBooks | Frankfort, OH USA | 09/05/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When most of my schoolmates were listening to The Beach Boys, The Supremes or the bands that came over with the British Invasion, I was listening to Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Tom Lehrer, and The Chad Mitchell Trio. In those days before most people had headphones for their Hi-Fi, my father found some of the songs so irritating that playing them was forbidden. They were, to his mind, anti-government, subversive, maybe even communist. I found them sharp, funny, and, in many cases, dead on the mark and thought provoking. I owned -- and still own -- every LP this group released. I was incensed when The Mitchell Trio put out "That's The Way It's Gonna Be" without Chad Mitchell but with some short blond guy named John Denver who, if the light was bad and you stood far enough away and squinted, sort of looked like Chad Mitchell. Well, to my surprise, the replacement worked out just fine and that replacement went on to bigger things pretty quickly. This CD holds both albums the Mitchell Trio made with John Denver and it's great to have the music on CD so I no longer have to worry that my old vinyl will wear out and I will lose these memories forever."