Folk Matinee

Folk Matinee is a studio album by the American folk music group, The Limeliters, a trio made up of Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough. It was released in 1962 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LSP-2547).[2][3]

Folk Matinee
Studio album by
The Limeliters
Released1962
GenreFolk
LabelRCA Victor
The Limeliters chronology
Through Children's Eyes
(1962)		 Folk Matinee
(1962)		 Makin' a Joyful Noise
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Record Mirror[1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top 40 pop album chart on October 13, 1962, peaked at No. 21, and remained on the chart for six weeks.[4]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Cary Ginell wrote that the eclectic album was "not their best, but this studio album does have its moments."[3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Sing Hallelujah" [2:06]
  2. "Sweet Water Rolling" [2:28]
  3. "Funk" [2:15]
  4. "Blue Mountain Lake" [2:11]
  5. "Tamborito" [2:07]
  6. "Uncle Benny's Celebration" [2:19

Side B

  1. "Wake Up, Dunia" [2:06]
  2. "Die Gedanken Sind Frei" [2:07]
  3. "To Everything There Is A Season (Turn! Turn! Turn!)" [2:09]
  4. "Reedy River" [2:49]
  5. "Those Were The Days" [3:06]
  6. "The Minstrel Boy" [2:11]

References
  1. Watson, Jimmy (27 July 1963). "The Limeliters: Folk Matinee" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 124. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. "The Limeliters – Folk Matinee". Discogs. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. "Folk Matinee". AllMusic. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 182. ISBN 0823076318.
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