Little Bitty Tear: The Concert Collection [Prism]

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Release Date

July 15, 1997

Duration

41:55

Genre

Styles

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Burl Ives

Little Bitty Tear: The Concert Collection [Prism]

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A deceptively packaged 16 song collection, ultra-budget priced and with the right song line-up, but that's the best that can be said for it. Seemingly drawn from television, judging from the sound, it features Ives in front of some kind of live audience, doing songs like the title tune as well as "Blue Tail Fly," "Big Rock Candy Mountain," "Green Grass of Home," "Billy Brown" etc. The cheat is that he's got strings and a chorus accompanying him, and this is obviously a very late appearance, because Ives's singing isn't terribly good or strong. That said, it is a handy if virtually non-essential addendum to his best work, highlighted by his occasional comments around the songs.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Traditional
Burl Ives
2:20
2
Traditional
Burl Ives
1:51
3
Burl Ives
2:54
4
Burl Ives
3:04
5
Traditional
Burl Ives
1:43
6
Hank Cochran
Burl Ives
1:58
7
Burl Ives
2:12
8
Shel Silverstein
Burl Ives
3:11
9
Hank Cochran
Burl Ives
1:51
10
Burl Ives
2:53
11
Merchant
Burl Ives
3:03
12
Burl Ives
2:41
13
Gene MacLellan
Burl Ives
3:05
14
Burl Ives
Burl Ives
2:43
15
Burl Ives
3:09
16
Burl Ives
3:17
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