One of the beautiful things we can do with computers and mass storage devices and CD burners is to make comparisons. Recently I loaded the same songs by The Kingston Trio and The Chad Mitchell Trio and recorded them after each other.
    The Chad Mitchell Trio certainly has more polish and a better sense of harmony than the KT. The KT had a flare that the CMT didn't. Then comparisons of similar songs with the Limeliters showed a different, maybe more sophisticated flavor. All of them good in their way and all of them worth hearing.
    I have had the chance to hear these groups live except for TCMT and the memory of those shows is still vibrant over time. Nothing can beat a live performance done by good performers.
    Frank is 100% correct there is room for all styles and genres.

Don