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Selected Discography
The following list of published sound recordings represents those that the curators of this
online presentation thought to be the most representative and readily available of Woody
Guthrie's work.
The recordings issued by the Recording Laboratory of the Library of Congress are currently
sold in cassette format only through the Public Services Office of the Motion Picture,
Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Selected titles are being reissued in CD format by Rounder Records in cooperation with the
Library of Congress.
- Anglo-American Ballads, Volume 1. Cambridge, Mass.: Rounder CD 1511, 1999.
- One CD with thirteen ballads performed by various artists. Reissue of Library of
Congress Recording Laboratory AFS L1,
Folk Music of the United States series, 1956. Recorded in various parts of the
United States by Alan Lomax and others, 1934-41. Edited by Alan Lomax.
Includes Woody Guthrie's performance of "Gypsy Davy," recorded by Alan Lomax
and John Langenegger in Washington, D.C., January 4, 1941 (AFS 4491B3).
- The Ballad Hunter, Parts I and II.
Folk Music of the United States.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Recording Laboratory AFS L49, 1958.
- One cassette containing two radio programs on American folk music with musical
illustrations. Narrated by John Lomax, 1941. Part I - Cheyenne: Songs from the Range
and the Hill Country. Part II - Blues and Hollers: "Being Lonesome" Songs.
Includes excerpts of Woody Guthrie performing "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies"
and "The Trail to Mexico," recorded by Alan Lomax and John Langenegger in Washington, D.C.,
January 4, 1941 (AFS 4491B1-2).
- The Ballad Hunter, Parts III and IV.
Folk Music of the United States.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Recording Laboratory AFS L50, 1958.
- One cassette containing two radio programs on American folk music with musical
illustrations. Narrated by John Lomax, 1941. Part III - Chisholm Trail: Cowboy Songs
Along the Famous Old Cattle Trail. Part IV - Rock Island Line: Woodcutter's Songs
and Songs of Prison Life. Includes "A Discussion of Blues" by Woody Guthrie, recorded
by Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax in Washington, D.C., March 22, 1940 (AFS 3416A1).
- The Ballad Hunter, Parts V and VI.
Folk Music of the United States.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Recording Laboratory AFS L51, 1958.
- One cassette containing two radio programs on American folk music with musical
illustrations. Narrated by John Lomax, 1941. Part V - Two Sailors: Sea Shanties and
Canal Boat Ballads. Part VI - Boll Weevil: Songs about the Little Bug that
Challenged King Cotton. Includes excerpts of Woody Guthrie performing "Boll Weevil
Song," recorded by Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax in Washington, D.C., March 21, 1940
(AFS 3409B2).
- Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings Volume 4. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Folkways CD SF 40103, 1999.
- One CD with twenty-six songs about cowboys, outlaws, and other western themes,
performed by Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston. Recorded by Moses Asch, ca. 1944-49.
Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.
- The Concert and Radio Series: The Ballad Operas: The Martins and the Coys.
The Alan Lomax Collection.
Cambridge, Mass.: Rounder CD 1819, 2000.
- One CD with thirty-seven songs and dialogue segments comprising the ballad opera about
legendary mountain families setting aside their differences to defeat Hitler during World
War II, composed by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax and produced for the British Broadcasting
Corporation, 1944. Includes six songs and three skits featuring Woody Guthrie as character
Alec Coy.
- Dust Bowl Ballads. Cambridge, Mass.: Rounder 1040, 1988.
- One LP with fourteen songs performed by Woody Guthrie. Recorded for RCA Victor, April
26, 1940. Reissue of RCA LP CPL1-2099 (Woody Guthrie: A Legendary Performer, 1977).
- Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings Volume 3 . Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Folkways CD SF 40102, 1998.
- One CD with twenty-seven topical songs composed and performed by Woody Guthrie.
Recorded by Moses Asch, ca. 1944-49. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.
- Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings Volume 2. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Folkways CD 40101, 1997.
- One CD with twenty-five American folk and country songs performed by Woody Guthrie.
Recorded by Moses Asch, primarily in April 1944. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and
Guy Logsdon.
- Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Folkways
CD SF 45935, 1991.
- One CD with eighteen children's songs composed and performed by Woody Guthrie. Recorded
by Moses Asch. Reissue of Folkways LP F-7015 (1956) with selections from Folkways LP F-7016
(1985).
- Struggle. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40025, 1990.
- One CD with twelve songs of the working classes performed by Woody Guthrie, Cisco
Houston, and Sonny Terry. Recorded by Moses Asch. Reissue of Folkways LP F-2485 (1976).
- That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40021, 1996.
- One CD with twenty-five patriotic songs featuring Woody Guthrie and the Almanac Singers,
Lead Belly, Tom Glazer, Cisco Houston, Pete Seeger, Josh White, and others, recorded
principally 1944-49. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.
- This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Volume 1 . Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Folkways CD SFW 40100, 1997.
- One CD with twenty-seven of Woody Guthrie's best-known songs taken from the original
masters. Recorded by Moses Asch, ca. 1944-47. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy
Logsdon.
- Woody Guthrie: Columbia River Collection . Cambridge, Mass.: Rounder CD 1036,
1987.
- One CD with seventeen songs presenting all the known recordings of Woody singing his
Columbia River songs, written on contract to the Bonneville Power Administration and
recorded in Portland, Oregon, May 1941.
- Woody Guthrie: Library of Congress Recordings. Cambridge, Mass.: Rounder CD
1041-1043, 1989.
- Three CDs with twenty-nine songs and spoken commentary by Woody Guthrie, interviewed
for the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song by Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax
over a three-day period in March 1940. Reissue of Elektra LPs EKL 271/272 (1964).
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