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The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4
Woody Guthrie
SFW40112
This is the finest Woody Guthrie Collection ever assembled. These 105 songs, including many of his best-known compositions and some of his most unususal, were all recorded in the 1940's by Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. Carefully selected, exquisitely remastered, and painstakingly annotated in over 100 pages of text in four illustrated booklets. Contains four CDs originally issued as separate volumes. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon. Four hours and 43 minutes.
Country(s)
United States
Culture Group(s)
Anglo-American
Keyword(s)
Folk songs--United States
;
Folksong revival
;
Music--Juvenile
;
Wit and humor
Instrument(s)
Banjo
;
Fiddle
;
Guitar
;
Harmonica
;
Mandolin
;
Vocals
Language(s)
English
Year of Recording
1999
Record Label
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits
Recorded by Moses Asch ; Artist Woody Guthrie ; Produced by Jeff Place ; Produced by Guy William Logsdon ; Liner Notes by Guy Logsdon ; Liner Notes by Jeff Place
Download Liner Notes
101
This Land is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
2:19
102
Car Song
Woody Guthrie
1:52
103
Rambling Round
Woody Guthrie
2:15
104
Talking Fishing Blues
Woody Guthrie
3:06
105
Philadelphia Lawyer
Woody Guthrie
2:32
106
Lindbergh
Woody Guthrie
3:13
107
Hobo's Lullaby
Woody Guthrie
2:25
108
Pastures of Plenty
Woody Guthrie
2:27
109
Grand Coulee Dam
Woody Guthrie
2:13
110
End of the Line
Woody Guthrie
2:52
111
New York Town
Woody Guthrie
2:30
112
Gypsy Davy
Woody Guthrie
2:33
113
Jesus Christ
Woody Guthrie
1:45
114
This Land is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
2:15
115
Do-Re-Mi
Woody Guthrie
3:05
116
Jarama Valley
Woody Guthrie
2:34
117
The Biggest Thing Man's Ever Done
Woody Guthrie
2:37
118
Picture from Life's Other Side
Woody Guthrie
2:51
119
Jesse James
Woody Guthrie
2:39
120
Talking Hard Work
Woody Guthrie
2:45
121
When That Great Ship Went Down
Woody Guthrie
2:32
122
Hard Ain't it Hard
Woody Guthrie
2:55
123
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Woody Guthrie
2:19
124
I Ain't Got Nobody
Woody Guthrie
3:08
125
The Sinking of the Reuben James
Woody Guthrie
3:00
126
Why, Oh Why?
Woody Guthrie
3:26
127
This Land is Your Land (reprise)
Woody Guthrie
3:20
201
Muleskinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
Woody Guthrie
2:44
202
The Wreck of the Old 97
Woody Guthrie
3:01
203
Sally Goodin'
Woody Guthrie
2:33
204
Little Black Train
Woody Guthrie
3:01
205
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
Woody Guthrie
3:28
206
Baltimore to Washington
Woody Guthrie
0:53
207
Rubber Dolly
Woody Guthrie
2:52
208
21 Years
Woody Guthrie
2:14
209
Sowing on the Mountain
Woody Guthrie
2:28
210
Bed on the Floor
Woody Guthrie
2:31
211
Take a Whiff on Me
Woody Guthrie
2:31
212
Stepstone
Woody Guthrie
2:56
213
Put My Little Shoes Away
Woody Guthrie
2:14
214
Hen Cackle
Woody Guthrie
3:16
215
Poor Boy
Woody Guthrie
2:26
216
Stackolee (Stagger Lee)
Woody Guthrie
2:24
217
Johnny Hart (John Hardy)
Woody Guthrie
2:44
218
Worried Man Blues
Woody Guthrie
2:56
219
Danville Girl
Woody Guthrie
2:47
220
Gambling Man
Woody Guthrie
2:19
221
Rye Straw
Woody Guthrie
2:29
222
Crawdad Song
Woody Guthrie
3:00
223
Ida Red
Woody Guthrie
2:30
224
Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
Woody Guthrie
3:00
225
Train 45
Woody Guthrie
3:00
301
Hard Travelin'
Woody Guthrie
2:21
302
Farmer-Labor Train
Woody Guthrie
2:50
303
Howdjado
Woody Guthrie
2:55
304
Ship in the Sky
Woody Guthrie
3:02
305
I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore
Woody Guthrie
2:46
306
Mean Talking Blues
Woody Guthrie
2:40
307
Better World A-Coming
Woody Guthrie
2:33
308
Miss Pavlichencko
Woody Guthrie
2:51
309
So Long It's Been Good to Know You (War Version)
Woody Guthrie
1:42
310
New Found Land
Woody Guthrie
2:35
311
Oregon Trail
Woody Guthrie
2:46
312
Vigilante Man
Woody Guthrie
3:47
313
1913 Massacre
Woody Guthrie
3:06
314
Talking Columbia
Woody Guthrie
2:31
315
Two Good Men
Woody Guthrie
2:46
316
Sally Don't You Grieve
Woody Guthrie
2:07
317
Talking Sailor (Talking Merchant Marine)
Woody Guthrie
2:47
318
What are We Waiting On?
Woody Guthrie
3:23
319
Railroad Blues
Woody Guthrie
3:38
320
Ludlow Massacre
Woody Guthrie
2:30
321
Ladies Auxilary
Woody Guthrie
3:48
322
Miner's Song
Woody Guthrie
2:25
323
When the Yanks Go Marching In?
Woody Guthrie
3:03
324
Union Maid (excerpt)
Woody Guthrie
2:08
325
The Rubaiyat (excerpt)
Woody Guthrie
3:16
326
The Many and the Few
Woody Guthrie
3:30
327
Hanukkah Dance
Woody Guthrie
2:12
401
Ranger's Command
Woody Guthrie
2:12
402
Buffalo Skinners
Woody Guthrie
2:48
403
Billy the Kid
Woody Guthrie
0:45
404
Cowboy Waltz
Woody Guthrie
3:42
405
Pretty Boy Floyd
Woody Guthrie
5:36
406
Along in the Sun and the Rain
Woody Guthrie
1:25
407
Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
Woody Guthrie
2:52
408
Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Woody Guthrie
3:18
409
Buffalo Gals
Woody Guthrie
2:02
410
I Ride an Old Paint
Woody Guthrie
2:05
411
Dead or Alive (Poor Lazurus)
Woody Guthrie
3:01
412
Slip Knot
Woody Guthrie
2:30
413
Cocaine Blues (Bad Lee Brown)
Woody Guthrie
2:50
414
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Woody Guthrie
3:29
415
Chisholm Trail
Woody Guthrie
2:37
416
Stewball
Woody Guthrie
2:58
417
Wild Cyclone
Woody Guthrie
2:54
418
Train Blues
Woody Guthrie
2:33
419
Red River Valley
Woody Guthrie
2:15
420
Fastest of Ponies
Woody Guthrie
2:51
421
Stewball
Woody Guthrie
2:26
422
Snow Deer
Woody Guthrie
3:28
423
When the Curfew Blows
Woody Guthrie
3:59
424
Little Darling (At My Window Sad and Lonely)
Woody Guthrie
3:34
425
Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road
Woody Guthrie
2:54
426
The Return of Rocky Mountain Slim and Desert Rat Shorty
Woody Guthrie
4:18
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