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Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 Audio CD

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Woody Guthrie Band: Woody Guthrie
Title: This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1
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Release Date: 1997-02-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: This Land Is Your Land 2: Riding in My Car (Car Song) 3: Ramblin' Round 4: Talking Fishing Blues 5: Philadelphia Lawyer 6: Lindbergh 7: Hobo's Lullaby 8: Pastures of Plenty 9: Grand Coulee Dam 10: End of the Line 11: New York Town 12: Gypsy Davy 13: Jesus Christ 14: This Land Is Your Land [#] 15: Do-Re-Mi 16: Jarama Valley 17: Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done 18: Picture from Life's Other Side 19: Jesse James 20: Talking Hard Work 21: When That Great Ship Went Down 22: Hard, Ain't It Hard 23: Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 24: I Ain't Got Nobody 25: Sinking of the Reuben James 26: Why Oh Why 27: This Land Is Your Land

my favorite
this is my favorite of the Asch Recordings, I just wish it also included the more "radical" version of This Land is Your Land. the one with lyrics about people in bread lines.


Great stuff
The greatest poet of our time, Dylan, heard the ring of authentic original artistry in this the minute he heard it and used it as the starting point for many of his own songs. Guthrie records his world with love and a wonderful ear for the folks around him. I just wish I had bought the whole set.


Biting political and social commentary
He supports the unions. Woody emphatically claims that we all have equal claim to this country, not just the rich or powerful. He bemoans the grief of the dustbowl, the prejudice of the police, the closed doors against the poor, and other early to mid-20th century problems. He gives several shout outs to our soldiers fighting in WW2. He lauds power dams and the opportunity they represent.


best single CD of Woody there is
"This Land Is Your Land," included here with the extremely rare extra verse version, presents the song as he wrote it--a searing stab at the caste system, buried beneath the beauty of America's plains and mountains. This CD, in my opinion, represents the most cutting protest songs Guthrie wrote and performed. Heard in this light, the song to me is no longer the light-hearted children's song we learned in grade school--it is a frightening message delivered via Guthrie's razor-sharp wit. The song sounds stark, forbidden, stifled.

This album is the beginning of it all. The recording quality is dubious at times, and Guthrie's plaintative singing and guitar playing only add to the ambience. These songs aren't easy to listen to, but this CD is an essential component of any collection, ranking with the Sun recordings in historical importance.


A true legend

All I can hope to do is add my voice to others in praising a wonderful singer / songwriter / activist / human being, who was very much a concience for his day and for ours. What can be said about Woody Guthrie that has not already been said, and probably better than I possibly could.
I was so pleased to learn that his series of Asch Recodings are available today on CD. His music is collected in the Smithsonian Institute,
Washington - and deservedly so. I love his easy style, it's like he is sitting with you round the fire just strumming and singing out his wonderful mesages. The messages are truly timeless.
He, Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Leadbelly, and others influenced a whole generation of folk - Dylan, Baez, and many others. Please keep them available Amazon. They are still important and relevant.


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