Decca matrix NA 11448. A little bitty tear / Burl Ives

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Master renumbered by Decca as 110235.
Ruppli session personnel note: Burl Ives (vocals), with Orchestra directed by Owen Bradley: Floyd Cramer (piano), Thomas "Grady" Martin, Walter "Hank" "Sugarfoot" Garland, Harold Ray Bradley (guitar), Bob Moore (bass), Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. (drums), The Anita Kerr Singers (mixed vocal chorus).
Ruppli session note: Both titles also issued on Decca DL(7)-4152, MCA MCA2-4089, CD Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15667/1.
Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master Decca 9-31330 45-rpm
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master Decca ED-2714 45-rpm
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master MCA MCA-60036 45-rpm
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master Brunswick (U.K.) OE 9489 45-rpm
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master Decca DL7-4152 LP
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master Decca DL7-4850 LP
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master MCA MCA-114 LP
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master MCA MCA2-4089 LP
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master Coral (England) CDL-8023 LP
2/15/1961 Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley Film and Recording Studio [A] Master Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15667/1 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix NA 11448. A little bitty tear / Burl Ives," accessed January 2, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000349534/NA_11448-A_little_bitty_tear.

Decca matrix NA 11448. A little bitty tear / Burl Ives. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 2, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000349534/NA_11448-A_little_bitty_tear.

"Decca matrix NA 11448. A little bitty tear / Burl Ives." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 2 January 2026.

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