Covers of Kingston Trio songs by Japanese folk groups

I downloaded these tunes from a couple of sites I found. As a lot of you know, The Kingston Trio, as well as The Brothers Four, are very popular in Japan. As far as I can see, American folk music in general is very popular there. So I thought I'd post these covers so you could hear how our Japanese friends and Trio fans interpret the Trio's music. My take is... very well. They nail the instrumentals in most cases, and it even sounds like they strive to sound like the individual members of the Trio. Give a listen and see what you think. My apologies to you, and the performers who made these recordings, in that I didn't get the names of the groups.

Cindy

Early Morning Rain

Everybody's Talking

Gotta Travel On

Hard Ain't It Hard, version 1

Hard Ain't It Hard, version 2

Hope You Understand

Last Thing On My Mind

M.T.A.

One More Town

Road To Freedom

The First Time

They Are Gone

Tom Dooley

Where Have All the Flowers Gone



 

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