The Singing Wayfarer [Import]

Burl Ives | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Primo
• ASIN: B000P46PRS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,937 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Big Rock Candy Mountain

2. The Foggy, Foggy Dew

3. Blue Tail Fly (With The Andrews Sisters)

4. Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly)

5. On Top Of Old Smokey

6. Aunt Rhody

7. The Erie Canal

8. Po' Boy

9. The Turtle Dove

10. I'm Sad And I'm Lonely

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Disc: 2

1. The Wayfaring Stranger

2. I Know An Old Lady (Who Swallowed A Fly)

3. Git Along Little Dogies

4. Wild Side Of Life

5. Old Bangum

6. The Golden Vanity

7. Hear The Nightingale Sing

8. The Wealthy Old Maid

9. Great White Bird

10. Barbara Allen

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Editorial Reviews

2007 anthology release by the versatile distinguished stage & screen actor/folk singer. This 2CD collection showcases his prowess at performing largely traditional folk songs in his thoroughly accessible style.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Magic Of Burl Ives..., February 28, 2011

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R. Webb "minstrel man" (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews
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Nobody could sing a folk ballad like Burl Ives, stylist, storyteller, most of all sincerity. Here Ives is featured on this Primo collection consisting of two disc with forty songs. The audio is excellent and the songs are his original recordings (probably decca) from the forties and fifties. Some favorites featured are "Blue Tail Fly", "Molly Malone", "Down In The Valley", "Cowboy's Lament", "Roger Young", "Devilish Mary", "Goober Peas", "Foggy, Foggy, Dew", "Rock Candy Mountain", and Ives' personal favorite, "I Know An Old Lady (Who Swallowed A Fly)"...for the most part it's just Burl and his guitar, "On Top Of Old Smokey" is live but it's good. The last six tracks are live performances from the Royal Festival Hall in London. This import from The Czech Republic is a quality set, and showcases one of the greatest singers of our time, nobody sounded like Burl Ives, the singing wayfarer.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I was looking for, November 15, 2009

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Jane Bull - See all my reviews
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I needed specific music, (Burl Ives) and the choice at Amazon was wide. The Singing Wayfarer did not disappoint.....Burl Ives at his very best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Singing Wayfarer, July 28, 2011

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Bernieintexas (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

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I had forgotten that Burl Ives was also an exemplary Musicologist and the Master Minstrel of American Folk Music! The catalogue of songs are expertly performed with perfect timing, pitch, and grace. I believe that I was originally introduced to this in 1961 by an honored teacher. Not only did this CD bring back fond memories, I was able to enjoy some outstanding songs!