Big Rock Candy Mountain (from Sing Out Sweet Land)

~ Recording by Burl Ives

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Big Rock Candy Mountain?:??Burl IvesBig Rock Candy MountainBurl IvesSingle
Decca Records23439
1.6Big Rock Candy Mountain2:40Burl IvesThe Very Best OfBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
Sound Waves (Manchester, UK based record)SOW 708
1.9Big Rock Candy Mountain (from Sing Out Sweet Land)2:43Burl IvesThe Magic of the Musicals: Original Cast RecordingsVarious ArtistsOther + Compilation
Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK)MCCD162
1.1Big Rock Candy Mountain2:40Burl IvesGreatest HitsBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-02-21
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)
1.1Big Rock Candy Mountain2:40Burl IvesThe Big Rock Candy MountainVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-07-05
Half MoonHMNCDX 102
1.5Big Rock Candy Mountain2:44Burl IvesLavender Blue: Songs of Charm, Humour & SincerityBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-01-10
Jasmine Records (UK label)JASMCD 3524
1.8Big Rock Candy Mountain2:42Burl IvesBroadway's Greatest Leading MenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-05-23
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)
3.4The Big Rock Candy Mountain2:38Burl IvesAmerican Roots: A History of American Folk MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Best Music International24857
1.10Big Rock Candy Mountain2:40Burl Ives20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Burl IvesBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-09-25
Decca Records088 112 656-2
1.1Big Rock Candy Mountain2:41Burl IvesUforglemmelige KlassikereBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
Norske Gram35316062
1.3Big Rock Candy Mountain2:39Burl IvesChildren's Favourites: 23 Original Hit Recordings From the Classic Radio ShowVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-05-28
1.1Big Rock Candy Mountain2:40Burl IvesGreatest HitsBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-02-01
Geffen Records
1.2Big Rock Candy Mountain2:39Burl IvesMusic Inspired By Oh! Brother, Where Art Thou?Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2007
Not Now MusicNOT2CD203
1.2The Big Rock Candy Mountain2:38Burl IvesAmerican Folk AnthologyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008
Not Now MusicNOT2CD272
2.28Big Rock Candy Mountain2:40Burl IvesDust Bowl Blues: Essential American FolkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-07-11
Metro Select (sublabel of Union Square Music, METRSL cat prefix)METRSL017
1.1Big Rock Candy Mountain2:40Burl IvesAmerica’s Favorite BalladeerBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
DOVE7142
1.13Big Rock Candy Mountain2:39Burl IvesEight Classic AlbumsBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation
Real Gone (UK budget label active 2010–2015, issued mainly compilations of public domain music)RGMCD087
2.16Sing Out, Sweet Land: The Big Rock Candy Mountain2:39Burl IvesFront Row Center: The Broadway Gold Box 1935-1988Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1The Big Rock Candy Mountain2:36Burl IvesSongs From the Big Rock Candy MountainBurl IvesAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

arranger:Elie Siegmeister (American composer)
recording of:Big Rock Candy Mountain (cover)

Related works

Big Rock Candy Mountain

lyricist and composer:Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
later parody versions:Out in the Catskill Mountains
later translated versions:Bryniau Bro Afallon