The Asch Recordings, Vols. 1–4

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Annotation

Copyright: © 1999 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
℗ 1999 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-07 17:31 UTC.

Tracklist

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1This Land Is Your Land #3
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
3.52:20
2Car Song
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Car Song
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
1:52
3Rambling Round
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
recording of:
Ramblin’ Round (in 1947)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:16
4Talking Fishing Blues
recording of:
Talking Fishing Blues
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Sanga Music, Inc.
3:07
5Philadelphia Lawyer
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Philadelphia Lawyer (on 1944-04-19)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:32
6Lindbergh
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
3:13
7Hobo’s Lullaby
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25)
cover recording of:
Hobo’s Lullaby (on 1944-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
Goebel Reeves
2:25
8Pastures of Plenty
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
recording of:
Pastures of Plenty (in 1947-04)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
2:28
9Grand Coulee Dam
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam (on 1944-04-19)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
2:13
10End of the Line
2:52
11New York Town
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
2:38
12Gypsy Davy
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
recording of:
Gypsy Davy (arr. Woody Guthrie) (in 1944-04)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
version of:
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies)
recording of:
Blackjack Davey (arr. Bob Dylan et al.)
miscellaneous support:
Debbie Gold (producer & manager) (task: supervised by)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) and Mike Seeger
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
version of:
Black Jack Davey (arr. Mike Seeger)
version of:
Gypsy Davy (arr. Woody Guthrie)
2:51
13Jesus Christ
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
recording of:
Jesus Christ (in 1944-04)
additional lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:40
14This Land Is Your Land #4
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1944-04)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
3.52:46
15Do‐Re‐Mi
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Do Re Mi
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:33
16Jarama Valley
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Jarama Valley
lyricist:
Alex McDade
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:55
17The Biggest Thing Man’s Ever Done
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done (on 1944-04-19)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:20
18Picture From Life’s Other Side
3:09
19Jesse James
recording of:
Jesse James
publisher:
Billy Gashade (in 1882)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:00
20Talking Hard Work
3:26
21When That Great Ship Went Down
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-25)
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (on 1944-04-25)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-25)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25)
recording of:
The Titanic (aka "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down") (on 1944-04-25)
publisher:
William & Versey Smith (in 1927)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (from 1915 until 1916)
3:21
22Hard Ain’t It Hard
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (from ????-04-16 until 1944-04-16) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-16)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-16)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-16)
recording of:
Hard, Ain't It Hard (on 1944-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:45
23Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
guitar, harmonica and background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-24)
mandolin:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-24)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-24)
recording of:
Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad (Woody Guthrie version) (on 1944-04-24)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) and Lee Hays
is based on:
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
3:01
24I Ain’t Got Nobody
recording of:
I Ain’t Got No Home
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1938)
2:34
25The Sinking of the Reuben James
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25)
recording of:
The Sinking of the Reuben James (on 1944-04-25)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1941-11) and Fred Hellerman (in 1941-11)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
3:02
26Why, Oh Why?
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
recording of:
Why Oh Why
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
3:29
27This Land Is Your Land (reprise)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
30:53
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