The Wayfaring Stranger (1944 Asch album)

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Name = The Wayfaring Stranger
Type = studio
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Artist = Burl Ives


Released = 1944
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Genre = Folk
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Label = Asch
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:"Note: This article is linked to the discography in the Burl Ives article".

"The Wayfaring Stranger" (Asch 345) is an album consisting of three 10-inch records by Burl Ives. It was released in 1944, but it should not be confused with "The Wayfaring Stranger" (Columbia Set C-103), which was also released in 1944 but contains different songs. The Asch album includes the first releases of two signature songs by Ives: "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" and "The Blue Tail Fly."

The same collection of songs was later reissued on the Stinson label as a 78 rpm album (Stinson 345), a 10-Inch LP (Stinson SLP-1), a 12-inch LP (also with catalog number Stinson SLP-1), 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."

Track listing (Asch or Stinson 345)

Record 1 (Asch or Stinson 345-1 )

Track listing (Stinson SLP-1, both versions)

ide One (Stinson SLP-1A)

ide Two (Stinson SLP-1B)

Trivia

The Asch album was selling for $2.89 in 1944. [Display ad, "New York Times", April 2, 1944, p. X5.]

The Stinson 12-inch LP album was selling for $3.98 in 1966 [Stinson Records Catalogue, 1966]

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