Presenting the New Christy Minstrels
| Presenting the New Christy Minstrels | ||||
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| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Recorded | April 1962 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 32:01 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jim Harbert | |||
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Presenting the New Christy Minstrels, also known as Exciting New Folk Chorus, is the debut studio album by the acoustic American folk music group the New Christy Minstrels. It was recorded in mid-April 1962 and released by Columbia Records in October 1962.
Presenting the New Christy Minstrels won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus in 1962 and occupied the Billboard 200 album chart for two years, peaking at number 19. The album included a cover version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1962.
The album, along with the group's next, The New Christy Minstrels in Person, was reissued on a single CD, with two bonus tracks, by Collectors' Choice Music in 2003 under the title Presenting & In Person.