Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger

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Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger
Studio album by Burl Ives
Released 1941
Genre Folk
Label Okeh Records
Note: This article is linked to the discography in the Burl Ives article.

Released in August 1941, Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger (Okeh K-3) is an album consisting of four 10-inch records (78 rpm, 6315-6318) by Burl Ives. This record set marked Ives's debut as a recording artist. He accompanies himself on the guitar as he sings twelve folk songs.[1]

The same collection of songs was released as The Wayfaring Stranger under the Columbia label (C-103) on four 10-inch records (78 rpm, 36733-36736) in August 1944, with cover art by Jim Flora.[2]

It was released again under the Columbia Label (CL 6109) on one 10-inch microgroove record (33 1/3 rpm) in 1950, also with Flora's cover art. [3]

In a 1990 interview, Flora said, "Burl Ives was a troublemaker. His wife handled his affairs and if you forgot some da-da-da, she was on the phone to the president of Columbia. I don’t know whether we had to do this over again or what."[4]



Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Record 1 (Okeh 6315; Columbia 36733)

1944 Columbia album with Flora's cover art
1944 Columbia album with Flora's cover art
Track Song Title
1. Wee Cooper O'Fife
2. Riddle Song
3. Cowboy's Lament

[edit] Record 2 (Okeh 6316; Columbia 36734)

Track Song Title
1. Tam Pierce
2. I Know Where I'm Going
3. I Know My Love

[edit] Record 3 (Okeh 6317; Columbia 36735)

Track Song Title
1. Peter Gray
2. Sweet Betsy from Pike
3. On Top of Old Smoky

[edit] Record 4 (Okeh 6318; Columbia 36736)

Track Song Title
1. Darlin' Cory
2. Leather-Winged Bat
3. Cotton-Eyed Joe

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Howard Taubman, "Records; The Smokies. Mountain Melodies--and More Folksongs--Speech and Poetry--Other Releases," New York Times, August 21, 1941, p. X6; Library of Congress Online Catalog, LCCN 2001580800
  2. ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog, LCCN 00534844; William R. Daniels, The American 45 and 78 RPM Record Dating Guide, 1940-1959, Westport: Greenwood, 1985, p. 37
  3. ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog, LCCN 93704386; Galen Gart, ARLD: The American Record Label Directory and Dating Guide, 1940-1959, Milford, NH: Big Nickel Publications, 1989, p. 49
  4. ^ Angelynn Grant, "Jim Flora Interview," 1990: link
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