| Aspen Gold | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | The Kingston Trio |
| Cover: | Aspen Gold Kingston Trio.jpg |
| Released: | May 1979 |
| Recorded: | January 25–26, 1979 |
| Studio: | Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California |
| Genre: | Folk |
| Label: | Nautilus Records |
| Producer: | Steve Clark |
| Prev Title: | Once Upon a Time |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Looking for the Sunshine |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Aspen Gold is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). The group consisted of the line up of Bob Shane, George Grove, and Roger Gambill.[1]
Aspen Gold included re-recordings of nine previously released songs done regularly by the Trio in their live act along with two new songs — "Aspen Gold" and "Longest Beer of the Night" — the latter two released as a single but distributed only for radio promotional purposes. The album was minimally distributed and did not chart. It is out of print although Folk Era has essentially reissued the album as Once Again with the inclusion of the 1977 single "Johnson Party of Four" b/w "Big Ship Glory".
While noting that Once Again is a reissue of Aspen Gold with two additional tracks, Allmusic critic Steve Leggett noted "It is interesting to hear a hard-charging, drum-paced version of "Greenback Dollar," and both "Aspen Gold" and the group's version of Gordon Lightfoot's classic "Early Morning Rain" are pleasantly done, but Aspen Gold/Once Again is hardly essential unless you're a die-hard fan."
"California" was previously recorded under the title "I'm Goin' Home".[2]