Sweet Sad & Salty

When it comes to Burl Ives, the world has (kind of) got it wrong. Justifiably renowned as a folk troubadour, yuletide and children's entertainer, what you may not know is that Burl could drink anybody under the table, possessed a sharp social conscience and a temper like a trooper. Hounded by Senator Joseph McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee, Ives ended up in (of all places) Nashville. Once you hear this disc it all just might make sense. Craven materialism, alcoholism, polygamy, murder, pornography, psychedelic communes (and more) are all here examined on this 31 track CD with a jocular tone and a twinkle in Burl's cheeky eye. Amassed from his prodigious 1960s and early 1970s Decca/MCA Nashville recordings, forgotten 45s, overlooked album cuts and previously unreleased tracks, is a vivid portrait of an almost unknown Ives. Deluxe collector's edition remastered from the original tapes with exclusive liner notes and rare photos. Tracks:1. The Almighty Dollar Bill 2. Forty Hour Week 3. Bury the Bottle with Me 4. Mama Don't Want No Peas, No Rice 5. Lynching Party 6. Who Done It?7. Lower Forty 8. Time to Bum Again 9. Born for Trouble 10. I'm the Boss 11. Wishin' She Was Here (Instead of Me)12. Hard Luck And Misery 13. Unemployment Check 14. Hobo Jungle 15. The Atlantic Coastal Line 16. Poor Boy in a Rich Man's Town 17. a Hundred And Twenty Miles from Nowhere 18. That's All I Can Remember 19. Ninety Nine 20. What You Gonna Do, Leroy?21. a Little Bitty Tear 22. Lenora, Let Your Hair Hang Down 23. The Long Black Veil 24. Delia 25. Oh, My Side 26. Girlie Magazine 27. Back to Nashville, Tennessee 28. Mean, Mean Man 29. All Aboard 30. The Sixties 31. Mrs. Johnson's Happiness Emporium.