The Best of Burl Ives: 20th Century Masters (Millennium Collection [Original recording remastered]

Burl Ives | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00005O6JZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,171 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

These 12 delights trace the Decca career of one of our most heartwarming song stylists. Here are his hits Blue Tail Fly (with Andrews Sisters); Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly); The Wild Side of Life; A Little Bitty Tear; Funny Way of Laughin'; Call Me Mr. In-Between; Mary Ann Regrets , and more.

Customer Reviews

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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars skimpy, many songs improved over Greatest Hits CD & 5 more, December 21, 2001

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Bradley Olson (Bemidji, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Burl Ives: 20th Century Masters (Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

This CD of 12 of Burl's biggest hits is very skimpy (as with all of these US domestic Millennium Collections have in common) but it has a few tracks with improved sound over the 1996 Greatest Hits CD plus does have 5 songs that aren't on the 1996 Greatest Hits CD and they are "Mary Ann Regrets," "The Same Old Hurt," "Foggy, Foggy Dew," "Goober Peas," and "Wild Side of Life," and all songs come from clean masters. Some of the tracks that have noticeably improved sound over the 1996 Greatest Hits CD include "Lavender Blue," "Blue Tail Fly," "Big Rock Candy Mountain" but fans should still keep their 1996 CD anyway for many more classics in fact only 7 of these 12 songs are on the 1996 CD anyway. This disc is highly recommended for several of the tracks in improved sound over the 1996 CD entitled "Greatest Hits" and for the 5 songs not on that CD.

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I love Burl Ives, but..., February 28, 2004

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Burl Ives: 20th Century Masters (Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

This is simply not a good selection of Ives' songs. Several of the versions are grossly inferior earlier cuts with poor sound quality. I refer particularly to the incomparably lovely "Lavender Blue" and "Goober Peas." The versions included here were recorded in the late 1940's and later versions by Burl are infinitely superior. The only stellar cuts are "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Maryann Regrets." The rest of the songs were not big hits and are poor filler material.

Burl Ives was an American treasure and his best work has aged well and is still wonderful music. However, you won't find it on this weak compilation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Essence Of Burl Ives, October 15, 2008

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I. C. Leggott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Burl Ives: 20th Century Masters (Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

This brought back memories from my childhood.

The quality of the recording was superb