''The Wayfaring Stranger'' (Asch 345) is an album consisting of three 10-inch, 78 rpm records by
Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American musician, actor, and author with a career that spanned more than six decades.
Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own rad ...
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* Asch (surname)
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* Aš, Czech Republic
* Asch (Netherlands), a village
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in 1944. It should not be confused with Ives' 1944 album for
Columbia Records (C-103) – also called ''
The Wayfaring Stranger'' and itself a re-release of a 1941 album on
Okeh Records – which contains different songs. The Asch album includes the first releases of two
signature songs by Ives: "
Poor Wayfaring Stranger" and "
The Blue Tail Fly
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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 c. 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
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In 1948
Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American musician, actor, and author with a career that spanned more than six decades.
Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own rad ...
also released an autobiography with the same title.
Ives, Burl (1948). Wayfaring stranger. Whittlesey House, New York, 253 pages
Track listing
Track listing
References
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1944 albums
Burl Ives albums