It was the first Kingston Trio principal album to miss the charts completely.

The liner notes mention the "amazing new sound" of the Kingston Trio, referring to the use of a backing band on this release.

[1] In his Allmusic review, music critic Bruce Eder compared the Trio's sound to the folk-rock acts taking over the airwaves.

The result was an awkward but sometimes quite beautiful hybrid... On the other hand, there were sides that didn't sound much like the Kingston Trio at all, most notably "Parchment Farm Blues" (which, astonishingly, became the single off the album), with its up-front percussion and organ-dominated accompaniment, which came off like the work of some L.A. garage band parodying the Kingston Trio.

"[2] "Jack Splittard" is an alias for Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and John Stewart.