The Asch Recordings (Woody Guthrie Album)
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Recorded in 1944 and 1945, The Asch Recordings are possibly Woody Guthrie's most famous recordings, conducted over a series of days 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 since under the labels Asch, Asch-Stinson, Asch-Signature-Stinson, Disc, Folkways and Verve/Folkways. The tracks for Guthrie's Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child
and Nursery Days
were from this session.
label repackaged and arranged these sessions in a series of 4 discs from 1997 - 1999; this is the most current release of these recordings.
Many recordings have unknown session dates. 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 song were recorded sometime in early 1947 and the Sacco and Vanzetti ballads were recorded January 1947.
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. 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 since under the labels Asch, Asch-Stinson, Asch-Signature-Stinson, Disc, Folkways and Verve/Folkways. The tracks for Guthrie's Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child
Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child
Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child is a collection of children's music by folk singer Woody Guthrie. Recorded in 1947 and first released in 1956, a remastered recording was issued by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 1991. Several songs in the collection are instructional, helping children...
and Nursery Days
Nursery Days
Nursery Days is the second set from a collection of children's songs by Woody Guthrie. First released in 1956, a remastered recording was issued by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 1991. Several songs in the collection are instructional, helping children learn to count...
were from this session.
Folkways Release
The Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways...
label repackaged and arranged these sessions in a series of 4 discs from 1997 - 1999; this is the most current release of these recordings.
| Year | Title | Record Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | This Land Is Your Land, The Asch Recordings, Vol.1 | Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways... |
| 1997 | Muleskinner Blues, The Asch Recordings, Vol.2 | Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways... |
| 1998 | Hard Travelin', The Asch Recordings, Vol.3 | Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways... |
| 1999 | Buffalo Skinners, The Asch Recordings, Vol.4 | Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways... |
Recording Detail
- Note: A blank cell below a date indicate that the date is repeated on that row.
Many recordings have unknown session dates. 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 song were recorded sometime in early 1947 and the Sacco and Vanzetti ballads were recorded January 1947.
| 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 Nickle 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 Take a Whiff on Me "Take a Whiff on Me" is an American folk song, with references to the use of cocaine. It is also known as "Take a Whiff ", "Cocaine Habit", and "Cocaine Habit Blues".-History:... |
MA35 | ||
| Philadelphia Lawyer Philadelphia Lawyer (song) Philadelphia Lawyer is a Woody Guthrie song about a divorce lawyer from Philadelphia who is shot by a jealous husband. It is a folksong version of a lawyer joke. It is also known by the title Reno Blues.-Recordings:... |
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 Boil Them Cabbage Down "Boil Them Cabbage Down" is an American folk song.... |
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 Cumberland Gap (folk song) "Cumberland Gap" is an Appalachian folk song that likely dates to the latter half of the 19th century and was first recorded in 1924. The song is typically played on banjo or fiddle, and well-known versions of the song include instrumental versions as well as versions with lyrics... |
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 My 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 |