Two albums that had significant impact were the first two by the Kingston Trio:

* The Kingston Trio    the album that had Tom Dooley sold over a million copies and is credited with starting the whole folk boom.

* The Kingston Trio at Large       this album had the MTA on it, the song that turned many on to what a banjo was. An overall superb second effort by the group that exposed more people and was the entry way into the world of folk music.