New Frontier (album)

New Frontier is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, their third album released in 1962. It reached number 16 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The lead-off single was "Greenback Dollar" b/w "New Frontier".

Reception

Allmusic critic Bruce Eder contrasts the release of New Frontier and its optimism with the more political and topical material of Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary that was just beginning to be noticed by the folk music world. Eder called the album "...basically cheerful, optimistic music celebrating youth, nowhere more so than on John Stewart's title song, a bold, optimistic celebration of the Kennedy era."

Reissues

New Frontier was reissued along with Time to Think on CD by Collectors Choice Records in 2000. The reissue includes both versions of "Greenback Dollar" – the album track and the single with the word "damn" covered up with a guitar chord.
In 2000, all of the tracks from New Frontier were included in The Stewart Years 10-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records.

Track listing

Side one

"Greenback Dollar"
"Some Fool Made a Soldier of Me"
"To Be Redeemed"
"Honey, Are You Mad at Your Man?"
"Adios Farewell"
"Poor Ellen Smith"

Side two

"My Lord What a Mornin'"
"Long Black Veil"
"Genny Glenn"
"The First Time"
"Dogie's Lament"
"The New Frontier"

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