''The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters'' is a live album by the American folk music group,

The Limeliters The Limeliters are an American folk music group, formed in July 1959 by Lou Gottlieb (bass violin/bass), Alex Hassilev (banjo/baritone), and Glenn Yarbrough (guitar/tenor). The group was active from 1959 until 1965, and then after a hiatus of s ...

, a trio made up of

Lou Gottlieb Louis Gottlieb (October 10, 1923 – July 11, 1996) credited as Lou Gottlieb, was an American bassist and comic spokesman for music trio The Limeliters. He held a PhD in musicology and was considered one of the so-called "new comedy" performers, ...

, Alex Hassilev, and

Glenn Yarbrough Glenn Robertson Yarbrough (January 12, 1930 – August 11, 2016) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He was the lead singer (tenor) with the Limeliters from 1959 to 1963 and also had a prolific solo career. Yarbrough had a restless ...

.It was recorded in Berkeley, California and released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LPM-2393). The album debuted on '' Billboard'' magazine's pop album chart on October 9, 1961, peaked at No. 8, and remained on the chart for 22 weeks.

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gave the album a rating of three stars. Reviewer William Ruhlmann wrote that "it was the group's ability to mix different moods (along with their sheer singing talent) that made their act such a success in concert, a success transferred so effectively to disc that it seemed they should record nothing but live albums."

Reception

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'' magazine reviewed the album positively, saying that "soon every college band in the country will be trying its hand at the tricky arrangements of ''Hard Ain't It Hard'', ''Western Wind'', and ''Aravah, Aravah''". ''

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'' magazine was also praising, describing the album as marked by "boisterous sophistication". The 1998 book ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' praised Yarborough's singing on the album. The song "Harry Pollitt" on the album, the lyrics of which lampoon the former leader of the Communist Party of Great Britain, was heavily criticised in Marxism Today (the official journal of that party) as "sickening" and "full of the vilest insults".

Track listing

Side A # "Western Wind" :16# "Medley: Hard Travelin'; Mount Zion" :37# "Lass from the Low Country" :19# "Gunslinger" :36# "Curimã" :26# "Vikki Dougan" :39 Side B # "Aravah, Aravah" :21# "Whistling Gypsy" :51# "The Time of Man" :53# "

Harry Pollitt Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960. Pollitt spent ...

" :18# "Hard Ain't It Hard" :43# "Mama Don't 'Low" :16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slightly Fabulous Limeliters 1961 live albums The Limeliters albums