''Make Way'' is the ninth album by the

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folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1961 (see

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). It reached number two on the Billboard charts, despite there being no US singles released from the album. ("En El Agua" was released as a B-side in the US but as an A-side in Great Britain).Liner notes: ''Make Way'' and ''Goin' Places'' Capitol Records reissue. Liner notes by Ben Blake, 1992.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, critic Bruce Eder called the album "...a beautiful if relatively low-key selection of a dozen songs, mostly traditional tunes adapted by the group" despite noting that the liveliest songs were misplaced on the album's track sequence."

Reissues

* ''Make Way'' was reissued in 1992 on CD by Capitol with ''Goin' Places''. Allmusic entry for reissue./ref> *In 1997, all of the tracks from ''Make Way'' were included in '' The Guard Years'' 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records. * ''Make Way'' was reissued in 2001 by Collectors' Choice Music with ''Goin' Places''. This reissue has three bonus tracks: "The Golden Spike", "The Wines of Madeira" and "Don't You Weep, Mary".

Track listing

Side one

# "En El Agua" (Antonio Fernandez) # " Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies" (Traditional, Dave Guard, Gretchen Guard) # "A Jug of Punch" (

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, Francis McPeake) # "Bonny Hielan' Laddie" (Dave Guard, Joe Hickerson) # "Utawena" (Nick Reynolds, Adam Yagodka) # "Hard Travelin'" ( Woody Guthrie)

Side two

# " Hangman" (Traditional, Nick Reynolds, Adam Yagodka) # "Speckled Roan" ( Jane Bowers) # "

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" (Traditional, Reynolds) # "Oh, Yes, Oh" (Traditional, Guard, Guard) # "Blow the Candle Out" (Tom Drake, Bob Shane) # "Blue Eyed Gal" (Drake, Shane, Miriam Stafford)

Personnel

* Dave Guard – vocals, banjo, guitar *

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– vocals, guitar * Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar, bongos, conga * David "Buck" Wheat – bass, guitar * Mongo Santamaría – percussion on "Utawena" *Willie "Bobo" Colon – percussion on "Utawena"

Chart positions

References

External links

Kingston Trio Timeline.
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