Lot #5: Burl Ives Lot of 9 Vintage LP Records Folk Country Christmas Decca UA “Ballads with Guitar” “Pearly Shells” “Wild Side of Life” VG

This is a nine album Burl Ives vinyl LP lot featuring a mix of folk, country, Christmas, and children’s records from the 1950s–60s, mostly on Decca and United Artists. Titles and labels • Ballads With Guitar – United Artists UAS-6060 stereo folk LP. • Burl – Decca DL-74361 country/folk LP from 1963. • Burl Ives Sings Pearly Shells – Decca DL-74578, Hawaiian themed country LP • Twelve Days of Christmas – traditional Christmas LP, issued on various labels including Decca/Precision; classic Burl Ives holiday material. • The Best of Burl’s for Boys and Girls – Decca children’s compilation LP. • Decca folk/country LP with close up pipe portrait (likely one of the mid 1960s Decca vocal albums; confirm catalog number on spine/label). • Women – Decca DL country/novelty concept LP about women and relationships. • It’s Just My Funny Way of Laughin’ – Decca DL-4317, features the hit title track. • The Wild Side of Life – Decca DL-8107 country LP featuring the title track and other honky tonk songs. These LPs date primarily from the late 1950s through mid 1960s, representing Ives’s key Decca and United Artists period and covering folk ballads, country hits, Hawaiian influenced tunes, Christmas music, and children’s songs. Pickup category timeslot {A}