A classic folk album by Burl Ives (vocal and guitar), The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger (Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 C-186) is an 78-rpm set consisting of four 10-inch discs. Released in 1949, the album was concurrently presented as a 10-inch LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

, assigned the catalog number CL-6058. On February 28, 1955, Columbia expanded to 12 inches The Wayfaring Stranger (monaural catalog number: CL 628; 1964 simulated-stereo catalog number: CS 9041), a Burl Ives album dating back to 1941, originally containing twelve tunes and initially called Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger

Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger

Released in August 1941, Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger is an album consisting of four 10-inch records by Burl Ives. This record set marked Ives's debut as a recording artist...

. Included in the 1955 collection were all nine songs from The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger. In August 1960, Columbia, using a slightly shortened title, Return of the Wayfaring Stranger, released a 12-inch LP of 13 different selections recorded by Burl Ives between 1949 and 1951. The 12-inch versions of The Wayfaring Stranger and Return of the Wayfaring Stranger were transferred to CD format by Collectables Records

Collectables Records

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 on November 14, 2000. Each disc contains bonus tracks. Currently, both CDs are in print.

Record 1

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	On Springfield Mountain Rattlesnake Mountain (song) Rattlesnake Mountain, also known as On Springfield Mountain is a tradition American folk song. Roud Folk Song Index number 431. Laws G16. It is supposed to be based on an actual incident which occurred on August 7, 1761.-Recordings:...
2.	1.	Little Mohee

Record 2

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	Troubador Song
2.	1.	Lord Randall Lord Randall "Lord Randall", or "Lord Randal", is an Anglo-Scottish border ballad, a traditional ballad consisting of dialogue. The different versions follow the same general lines: the primary character is poisoned, usually by his sweetheart; this is revealed through a conversation where he reports on the...

Record 3

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	Bonnie Wee Lassie
2.	1.	Colorado Trail
2.	2.	Roving Gambler

Record 4

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	John Hardy John Hardy (song) "John Hardy" is a traditional American folk song based on the life of a railroad worker in West Virginia. The historical John Hardy killed a man during a craps game, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and was hanged on January 19, 1894....
2.	1.	The Divil and the Farmer