| Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Burl Ives |
| Cover: | Okehk3.jpg |
| Released: | August 1941 |
| Genre: | Folk |
| Label: | Okeh |
Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger (Okeh K-3) is a 1941 album by Burl Ives consisting of four 10-inch records (78 rpm, 6315-6318). This set marked Ives' debut as a recording artist. He accompanies himself on the guitar as he sings 12 folk songs.[1]
The same collection of songs was re-released as The Wayfaring Stranger by Columbia Records (C-103) on four 10-inch records (78 rpm, 36733-36736) in August 1944, with cover art by Jim Flora.[2] This collection should not be confused with Ives' album The Wayfaring Stranger released on Asch in 1944 with different songs.
It was released again on Columbia (CL 6109) on one 10-inch microgroove record (33 rpm) in 1950, also with Flora's cover art.[3]
In a 1990 interview, Flora said, "Burl Ives was a troublemaker. His wife handled his affairs and if you forgot some da-da-da, she was on the phone to the president of Columbia. I don’t know whether we had to do this over again or what."[4]
| Track | Song Title | |
| 1. | 1. | “Wee Cooper O'Fife” |
| 1. | 2. | “Riddle Song” |
| 2. | 1. | “Cowboy's Lament” |
| Track | Song Title | |
| 1. | 1. | “Tam Pierce” |
| 2. | 1. | “I Know Where I'm Going” |
| 2. | 2. | “I Know My Love” |
| Side | Track | Song Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. | “Peter Gray” |
| 2. | 1. | “Sweet Betsy from Pike” |
| 2. | 2. | “On Top of Old Smoky” |
| Side | Track | Song Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. | “Darlin' Cory” |
| 2. | 1. | “Leather-Winged Bat” |
| 2. | 2. | “Cotton-Eyed Joe” |