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The Asch Recordings

Woody Guthrie · 1999

289 min · 105 tracks · country · folk · American folk music

A raw collection of folk anthems capturing the spirit of American struggles and dreams.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • short tracks for quick listening
  • sing-along anthems with friends
  • nostalgic reflections on american life
  • stories of struggle and resilience
  • for road trip sing-alongs

Maybe skip if you want

  • seekers of polished production
  • prefer longer, cohesive albums

Where this album fits

Career context
The Asch Recordings, released in 1999, compiles Woody Guthrie's early works from the late 1930s, before his rise to prominence. This album showcases Guthrie's evolution as a voice for the marginalized, solidifying his role in American folk music while he was posthumously gaining recognition as a cultural icon.
Stylistic neighbors
Pete Seeger· Bob Dylan· Lead Belly

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 This Land Is Your Land 2:19
  • 2 Car Song 1:52
  • 3 Ramblin’ Round 2:15
  • 4 Talking Fishing Blues 3:06
  • 5 Philadelphia Lawyer 2:31
  • 6 Lindbergh 3:12
  • 7 Hobo’s Lullaby 2:25
  • 8 Pastures of Plenty 2:27
  • 9 Grand Coulee Dam 2:13
  • 10 End of the Line 2:52
  • 11 New York Town 2:37
  • 12 Gypsy Davy 2:51
  • 13 Jesus Christ 2:39
  • 14 This Land Is Your Land (alternate take) 2:45
  • 15 Do‐Re‐Mi 2:32
  • 16 Jarama Valley 2:55
  • 17 The Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done 2:19
  • 18 Picture From Life’s Other Side 3:08
  • 19 Jesse James 3:00
  • 20 Talking Hard Work 3:25
  • 21 When That Great Ship Went Down 3:20
  • 22 Hard, Ain’t It Hard 2:44
  • 23 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 3:01
  • 24 I Ain’t Got Nobody 2:33
  • 25 Sinking of the Reuben James 3:01
  • 26 Why, Oh Why? 3:28
  • 27 This Land Is Your Land (reprise) 0:53

Disc 2

  • 1 Muleskinner Blues 2:52
  • 2 Wreck of the Old 97 2:14
  • 3 Sally Goodin’ 2:28
  • 4 Little Black Train 2:31
  • 5 Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet 2:31
  • 6 Baltimore to Washington 2:56
  • 7 Rubber Dolly 2:14
  • 8 21 Years 3:16
  • 9 Sowing on the Mountain 2:26
  • 10 Bed on the Floor 2:24
  • 11 Take a Whiff on Me 2:44
  • 12 Stepstone 2:56
  • 13 Put My Little Shoes Away 2:47
  • 14 Hen Cackle 2:19
  • 15 Poor Boy 2:29
  • 16 Stackolee 3:00
  • 17 Johnny Hart 2:30
  • 18 Worried Man Blues 3:00
  • 19 Danville Girl 3:00
  • 20 Gambling Man 2:21
  • 21 Rye Straw 2:50
  • 22 Crawdad Song 2:54
  • 23 Ida Red 3:02
  • 24 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy 2:46
  • 25 Train 45 2:40

Disc 3

  • 1 Hard Travelin’ 2:32
  • 2 Farmer‐Labor Train 2:51
  • 3 Howdjadoo 1:42
  • 4 Ship in the Sky 2:34
  • 5 I Ain’t Got No Home in This World Anymore 2:46
  • 6 Mean Talking Blues 3:47
  • 7 Better World A‐Comin’ 3:06
  • 8 Miss Pavlichenko 2:30
  • 9 So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You (WWII version) 2:46
  • 10 New Found Land 2:07
  • 11 Oregon Trail 2:47
  • 12 Vigilante Man 3:23
  • 13 1913 Massacre 3:38
  • 14 Talking Columbia 2:29
  • 15 Two Good Men 3:48
  • 16 Sally, Don’t You Grieve 2:25
  • 17 Talking Sailor 3:03
  • 18 What Are We Waiting On? 2:08
  • 19 Railroad Blues 3:16
  • 20 Ludlow Massacre 3:30
  • 21 Ladies Auxiliary 2:12
  • 22 Miner’s Song 2:12
  • 23 When the Yanks Go Marching In 2:48
  • 24 Union Maid (excerpt) 0:45
  • 25 Rubaiyat (excerpt) 3:42
  • 26 The Many and the Few 5:36
  • 27 Hanukkah Dance 1:25

Disc 4

  • 1 Ranger’s Command 2:52
  • 2 Buffalo Skinners 3:18
  • 3 Billy the Kid 2:02
  • 4 Cowboy Waltz 2:05
  • 5 Pretty Boy Floyd 3:01
  • 6 Along in the Sun and the Rain 2:30
  • 7 Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Get Along Liittle Dogies 2:50
  • 8 Froggie Went a‐Courtin’ 3:29
  • 9 Buffalo Gals 2:36
  • 10 I Ride an Old Paint 2:58
  • 11 Dead or Alive 2:54
  • 12 Slipknot 2:33
  • 13 Cocaine Blues 2:15
  • 14 Go Tell Aunt Rhody 2:51
  • 15 Chisholm Trail 2:26
  • 16 Stewball 3:28
  • 17 Wild Cyclone 3:59
  • 18 Train Blues 3:34
  • 19 Red River Valley 2:54
  • 20 Fastest of Ponies 4:18
  • 21 Stewball 2:30
  • 22 Snow Deer 2:33
  • 23 When the Curfew Blows 1:45
  • 24 Little Darling 2:15
  • 25 Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road 3:05
  • 26 The Return of Rocky Mountain Slim and Desert Rat Shorty 2:34

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