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1997 compilation album by Woody Guthrie
The Asch Recordings , recorded between 1944 and 1949,[ 1] are a series of albums featuring some of the most famous recordings of US folk musician Woody Guthrie . These sessions were recorded by Moses "Moe" Asch in New York City .
The songs recorded by Asch comprise the bulk of Guthrie's original material and several traditional songs. They were issued on a variety of labels over the years under the labels Asch, Asch-Stinson, Asch-Signature-Stinson, Disc, Folkways and Smithsonian Folkways. The tracks for Guthrie's Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child and Nursery Days were from these sessions.[citation needed ]
Many recordings have unknown session dates.[ 2] These are included in a list available at the United States Library of Congress titled "Surviving Recordings in the Smithsonian Folklife Archive Made by Woody Guthrie for Moses Asch". Moe Asch says Woody's kids songs were recorded sometime in early 1947 and the Sacco and Vanzetti ballads were recorded January 1947.[citation needed ]
The Smithsonian Folkways label repackaged and arranged these sessions in a series of 4 discs between 1997 and 1999. The first volume focuses on Guthrie's original compositions,[ 3] the second on folk and country covers,[ 4] the third on topical songs,[ 5] and the fourth on cowboy and western music.[ 6]
Note: A blank cell below a date indicates that the date is repeated on that row.
Title
Catalogue No.
Recording Date
Notes / Instrument
"Hard Ain't It Hard"
LM-1
April 16, 1944
"More Pretty Girls Than One"
LM-2
"Golden Vanity "
MA 1
April 19, 1944
Recordings on this date w/ Cisco Houston
"When the Yanks Go Marching In "
MA 2
So Long, It's Been Good to Know You
MA3
Dollar Down Dollar a Week
MA4
Hen Cackle
MA5
I Ain't Got Nobody
MA6
Ida Red
MA7
Columbus Stockade
MA8
Whistle Blowing
MA9
John Henry
MA10
Hammer Ring ("Union Hammer")
MA11
Muleskinner Blues ("New Road Line")
MA12
What are We Waiting On ("Bloody Fight")
LM-2
More Pretty Girls Than One
MA13
Ship in the Sky ("My Daddy")
MA14
The Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
MA15
Stewball
MA16
Grand Coulee Dam
MA17
Talking Sailor ("Talking Merchant Marine")
MA18
Talking Sailor ("Talking Merchant Marine")
MA19
Talking Sailor ("Talking Merchant Marine")
MA20
New York Town ("My Town")
MA21
Talking Sailor ("Talking Merchant Marine")
MA22
Reckless Talk
MA23
Reckless Talk
MA24
Last Nickel Blues
MA25
Guitar Rag
MA26
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet ("Don't Need No Man")
MA27
(Those) Brown Eyes
MA28
Chisholm Trail
MA29
Sowing on the Mountains
MA30
Sowing on the Mountains
MA31
Right Now
MA32
Train-Harmonica
MA33
Sally Don't You Grieve
MA34
Take a Wiff on Me
MA35
Philadelphia Lawyer
MA36
Kissing On ("Gave Her Kisses")
MA37
Little Darling
MA38
Baltimore to Washington ("Troubles Too")
MA39
Poor Boy
MA40
Poor Boy
MA41
Ain't Nobody's Business
MA42
Take Me Back Babe
MA43
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad ("Lonesome Road Blues")
MA44
Bed on the Floor
MA45
One Big Union ("Join It Yourself")
MA46
Worried Man Blues
MA47
What Did the Deep Say?
MA48
Foggy Mountain Top
MA49
21 Years
MA50
Roving Gambler ("Gambling Man")
MA51
Cindy
MA52
Into Season
MA53
Red River Valley
MA55
Dead or Alive ("Poor Lazarus")
MA56
Pretty Boy
MA57
John Hardy
MA58
Bad Lee Brown ("Cocaine Blues")
MA59
Whistle Blowing
MA66
Billy The Kid
MA67
Stagger Lee
MA68
Down Yonder
674
April 20, 1944
Guitar Blues
675
Harmonica Breakdown
676
Fox Chase
677
Train
678
Lost John
679
Pretty Baby
680
Old Dog a Bone
681
Turkey in the Straw
687
Give Me That Old Time Religion
688
Glory ("Walk and Talk with Jesus")
689
Hard Time Blues
690
Bus Blues
691
Devilish Mary
692
Cripple Creek
693
Sandy Land
694
Old Dan Tucker
695
April 24, 1944
Bile Them Cabbage Down
696
Old Joe Clark
697
Buffalo Girls
698
Rain Crow Bill
699
Skip to my Lou
700
Lonesome Train
701, 702
Blues, Harmonica Breakdown
703, 704
Harmonica Rag
705,706
Crawdad Hole
707
Bury Me Beneath the Willow
708
I Ride an Old Paint
709
Blue Eyes
710
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ("Lonesome Road Blues")
711
Old Dog a Bone
712
Having Fun
713
Blues
714
Talking Fishing Blues
MA75
April 25, 1944
Talking Sailor ("Talking Merchant Marine")
MA76
Union Burial Ground
MA77
Jesse James
MA78
Rangers Command
MA79
Sinking of the Ruben James
MA80
Put My Little Shoes Away
MA81
Picture From Life's Other Side
MA82
Will You Miss Me
MA83
Bed on the Floor
MA84
900 Miles
MA85
Sourwood Mountain
MA86
Hoecake Baking
MA87
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
MA88
Little Darling
MA89
Lonesome Day
MA90
Cumberland Gap
MA91
Fiddling Piece
MA92
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
MA93
Step Stone
MA94
House of the Rising Sun
MA96
Browns Ferry Blues
MA98
What Would You Give in Exchange For Your Soul?
MA99
When That Ship Went Down
MA99-1
Dust Bowl
MA100
Guitar Rag
MA101
I Ain't Got Nobody
MA102
Going Down This Road Feeling Bad ("Lonesome Road Blues")
MA103
Polly Wolly Doodle
MA104
Guitar Rag
1230
Blowin' Down This Old Dusty Road
1231
Hey Lolly Lolly
MA105
Budded Roses
MA106
House of the Rising Sun
MA107
I Don't Feel at Home in the Bowery
MA108
Hobo's Lullaby
MA109
Froggy Went a Courtin'
MA110
Bad Reputation
MA111
Snow Deer
MA112
Ladies Auxiliary
MA113
This Land is Your Land
MA114
Hang Knot ("Slip Knot")
MA115
Breakdown
MA116
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
MA117
Union Going to Roll
MA118
Who Broke the Lock on the Hen House Door
MA119
What Did the Deep Sea Say
MA120
Strawberry Roan
MA121-1
When the Yanks Go Marching in
MA122-1
Bed on the Floor
MA123-1
We Shall Be Free
MA124-1
Right Now
MA125-1
Jackhammer John
MA126-1
Woody
MA127-1,127-2
Keep Your Skillit Good and Greasy
MA129-1
Home
MA130-1
Lost You
MA131
Slip Knot ("Hang Knot")
MA134
Jesus Christ
MA135
Hobo Bill
MA136
Little Black Train
MA137
Cannon Ball
MA138
Gypsy Davy
MA139
Bile Them Cabbage Down
MA140
Woody
MA1240
May 8, 1944
Get Along Little Dogies
860
March 1, 1945
Waltz
861,862
Union Breakdown
863
Cackling Hen
864
Chishom Trail
865
Bed on Your Floor
866
Rye Whiskey
867
Old Joe Clark
868
March 23, 1945
Long Way to France
869
Woody Blues
870
Down Yonder
871
Gal I Left Behind
872
Mean Talking Blues
900
May 24, 1945
1913 Massacre
901
Ludlow Massacre
902
Buffalo Skinners
903
Harriet Tubman
904,905
^ a b Cahill, Greg (September 9, 1999). "Voice of America: Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie" . North Bay Bohemian . Retrieved February 1, 2021 .
^ Santeli, Davidson, Robert and Emily (1999). Hard Travelin' the Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie . Wesleyan, Hannover and London. pp. 247, 181–243. ISBN 0-8195-6391-9 .
^ a b Burger, Jeff. "This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 Review" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 18 September 2023 .
^ a b Burger, Jeff. "Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2 Review" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 18 September 2023 .
^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3 Review" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 18 September 2023 .
^ a b Burger, Jeff. "Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings, Vol.4 Review" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 18 September 2023 .
^ "This Land Is Your Land, The Asch Recordings, Vol.1" . SFW40100 1997 . Folkways.
^ "Muleskinner Blues, The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2" . SFW40101 1997 . Folkways.
^ "Hard Travelin', The Asch Recordings, Vol 3" . SFW40102 1998 . Folkways.
^ "Buffalo Skinners, The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4" . SFW40103 1999 . Folkways.