My son recently down loaded a mess of songs from the 60's trios well have a love/hate relationship with. I listened to them and I have to say that The Chad Mitchell Trio seems to have the edge on the others. More polish than the Kingston Trio. More politcally direct as well.
   The Limeliters seemed to be Flanders and Swan wannabees altho' vocally they may have been the best of the lot. And they were very funny. I have to admit I liked the Gottlieb Hasilev and Grammer configuration of some years ago best of all.
   The Kingston Trio had then and still have the Bad Frat image. I have seen them in concert only once and that was one of the very best shows I have ever seen.
   But The Chad Mitchell Trio seems to have had the very best of all the trios and I give them an edge. Good voices, great arrangements, satire at its finest. I still howl at the "I was Not A Nazi Polka"
   I don't for a momment confuse any of them with folksingers. They were no more folksingers than the original The Sons of the Pioneers were cowboy singers. (The Pioneers are my favorite harmony band of all time.) But they fit an entertainment niche back then that introduced many of us to folkmusic.

Don