The Wayfaring Stranger (album)

The Wayfaring Stranger
Studio album by Burl Ives
Released 1944
Genre Folk
Label Asch

The Wayfaring Stranger (Asch 345) is an album consisting of three 10-inch records by Burl Ives. It was released in 1944, but it should not be confused with Ives' The Wayfaring Stranger (Columbia Records Set C-103), which was also released in 1944 but contains different songs. The Asch album includes the first releases of two signature songs by Ives: "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" and "The Blue Tail Fly."

The same collection of songs was reissued in 1947 on the Stinson label as a 78-rpm album (Stinson 345), then a 10-inch LP (Stinson SLP-1) in 1949, a 12-inch LP circa 1954 (also with catalog number Stinson SLP-1), retitled Blue Tail Fly and Other Favorites, and finally a cassette tape (Stinson CA-1). All of the Stinson releases with the exception of the 78-rpm album had two bonus tracks: "The Fox" and "Brennan on the Moor."

Contents

Track listing (Asch or Stinson 345)

Record 1 (Asch or Stinson 345-1 )

Track Song Title
1. Poor Wayfaring Stranger
2. Buckeye Jim
3. The Bold Soldier
4. The Sow Took the Measles

Record 2 (Asch or Stinson 345-2)

Track Song Title
1. The Foggy Foggy Dew
2. Black Is the Color

Record 3 (Asch or Stinson 345-3)

Track Song Title
1. Henry Martin
2. The Blue Tail Fly

Track listing (Stinson SLP-1, both versions)

Side One (Stinson SLP-1A)

Track Song Title
1. Poor Wayfaring Stranger
2. Black Is The Color
3. The Foggy Foggy Dew
4. Buckeye Jim
5. The Bold Soldier

Side Two (Stinson SLP-1B)

Track Song Title
1. The Sow Took The Measles
2. The Blue Tail Fly
3. Henry Martin
4. The Fox (Bonus Track)
5. Brennan on the Moor (Bonus Track)

Trivia

The Asch album was selling for $2.89 in 1944.[1]

The Stinson 12-inch LP album was selling for $3.98 in 1966 [2]

References

  1. ^ Display ad, New York Times, April 2, 1944, p. X5.
  2. ^ Stinson Records Catalogue, 1966