Burl Ives (180g Vinyl)

Artist: BURL IVES
Format: LP
Bar-code: 5060397602640
Cat No: CATLP264

£8.40

At the start of the Fifties Miles Davis’ career had hit a barrier which, for a period of time, seemed insurmountable, but by mid-decade, with his substance-abuse troubles behind him, he had established himself as one of the major artists on the modern jazz scene. ‘Kind Of Blue’ can often be found at the very top of jazz record polls and, despite competing claims, is probably the best-selling jazz record of all time. The listener should be in no doubt that they now own some of the most essential music of the twentieth century and on gleaming blue vinyl!

SIDE ONE

1. Funny Way Of Laughin’
2. A Little Bitty Tear
3. Big Rock Candy Mountain
4. Wild Side Of Life
5. Riders In The Sky
6. Marianne
7. John Henry
8. Brooklyn Bridge
9. Call Me Mr. In-Between

SIDE TWO

1. On Top Of Old Smoky
2. Blue Tail Fly
3. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
4. Delia
5. Mary Ann Regrets
6. True Love Goes On And On
7. Billy The Kid
8. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
9. The Long Black Veil

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Burl Ives was a renowned diligent collector of folk songs. Criss-crossing America during the 1930s and 1940s, he was a travelling contemporary of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. In fact, Big Rock Candy Mountain was a song Burl heard the hobos singing while on the road during the Great Depression. Across the airwaves and on record, Burl Ives readily demonstrated his comprehensive knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, fine but forgotten folk songs. And it was largely due to him that such traditional songs as Delia, On Top Of Old Smoky and John Henry were passed on down to the next generation of folk singers. Burl also helped popularise such classic cowboy ballads as Riders In The Sky and Billy The Kid. Burl officially retired in 1989 and died in 1995. But this collection of eighteen songs is a timely reminder of the wide-ranging talent of the renowned troubadour, Burl Ives…

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