The Chad Mitchell Trio would subsequently do better work than what's represented on this album, but Trio Arrives was the first full-length (well, 28 minutes) release by the group, cut immediately after the trio's Carnegie Hall appearance with Harry Belafonte. Milt Okun and Henry Krasnow produced this recording, supposedly cut at a New York club but showing no special room ambience and definitely no audience, and also displaying some studio contrivance. The singing is pretty enough, as are...   [ read more ]

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If there were any liner notes to this album, they might explain that this is a recording of a reunion concert that the Chad Mitchell Trio taped for PBS in 1987, though the copyright date is 1992 and this audio version was issued in 1996. In any case, the trio proves to be in good voice and good humor after 22 years apart, singing many of the songs that its audiences loved in the early '60s, including "The John Birch Society" and "Lizzie Borden." Since many of the Chad Mitchell Trio's origina...   [ read more ]

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The first Chad Mitchell Trio album after their appearance at Carnegie Hall with Harry Belafonte showed that their benefactor had taken charge of the youngsters' recording productions. Brought on board for this album were arranger Milton Okun, producer Bob Bollard, engineer Bob Simpson, and even photographer Peter Perri, all from Belafonte's stable. Their sole accompanist on guitar and banjo was a young musician named Jim McGuinn, who in later years, would change his name to Roger...   [ read more ]

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