On Top of Old Smoky

Burl Ives | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Special Product
• ASIN: B00005CEPJ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #962,084 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

2. Leather-Winged Bat/Cotton-Eyed Joe

3. Jolie Jacqueline

4. Got the World by the Tail

5. Wee Cooper O'Fife/Riddle Song

6. Mule Train

7. Cowboy's Lament

8. Colorado Trail/Roving Gambler

9. Darlin' Cory

10. On Top of Old Smokey

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars HERE'S THE SONG LIST FOR THIS CD:, June 22, 2001

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This review is from: On Top of Old Smoky (Audio CD)

1) Riders In The Sky 3:05; 2) Leather-Winged Bat / Cotton-Eyed Joe 2:07; 3) Jolie Jacqueline 2:44; 4) Got The World By The Tail 2:26; 5) Wee Cooper O' Fife / Riddle Song 2:59; 6) Mule Train 2:38; 7) Cowboy's Lament 2:36; 8) Colorado Trail / Roving Gambler 2:20; 9) Darlin' Cory 3:21; 10) On Top Of Old Smoky [with Percy Faith Orch/Chor] 2:31 --and that's it.

A very strange mishmash of radically different styles, and not enough of anything to be able to call it a fair overview of Ives. The songs bundled into single tracks were originally recorded separately. Exceedingly unattractive & offputting cover art, even worse than Sony's grotesque "A Twinkle In Your Eye" (which purports to be a children's collection, but is no substitute for the lovely but now withdrawn "Little White Duck"). For good & fully packed CDs of Ives' folk & kids' music, largely self-accompanied with solo guitar, but also including some orchestrated pops, go to Collectables' reissues of "The Wayfaring Stranger" and "Return of the Wayfaring Stranger", and Jasmine's "Lavender Blue" - unlike Flapper's "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (which is taken from 78s, and is much more useful as an Ives document than for casual listening) all of these have consistently excellent sound. For orchestrated pops, try MCA's "Greatest Hits". The people at Sony nowadays have no concept of who Ives was or what he did, and are just trading on his name by throwing together sparse tidbits at random.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Complaint, May 14, 2001

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Dr. Max Marco Tejeda Nichols - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Top of Old Smoky (Audio CD)

I wish you'd have a list of the songs in the CD so I could decide whether I want to buy it or not.

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just asp iss, June 24, 2001

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Axel Theemroach-Boom (Hibbert's, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Top of Old Smoky (Audio CD)

Wot kind of passer are you (Nurse)Nichols (?) you ape(?) of gramen. No shortage of passing I see you passer. Grung totally, oss well¬! King cage then whither of wolf. Doctor i am.