This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1

The first in a series of four, this recording presents many of Woody Guthrie's best known songs taken from the original masters. Included here is the original version of Woody's anthem "This Land Is Your Land," which contains never-before issued lyrics. A major force in the urban folk song revival, Guthrie created an intimate portrait of America—its land and people. He has influenced many contemporary artists, among them Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Billy Bragg, and Bruce Springsteen. During the 1930s and 40s, Woody Guthrie wrote more than a thousand songs, recording hundreds of them for Folkways founder Moses Asch. The surviving masters now reside in the Folkways archive at the Smithsonian Institution. Running time: 72 minutes; 36-page booklet includes historical and biographical notes on Woody Guthrie. Compiled by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon. "The single finest Guthrie Collection Available." — Music Central

Track Listing

101	This Land is Your Land (1)	Woody Guthrie	02:19
102	Car Song	Woody Guthrie	01:52
103	Rambling Round	Woody Guthrie	02:15
104	Talking Fishing Blues	Woody Guthrie	03:06
105	Philadelphia Lawyer	Woody Guthrie	02:32
106	Lindbergh	Woody Guthrie	03:13
107	Hobo's Lullaby	Woody Guthrie	02:25
108	Pastures of Plenty	Woody Guthrie	02:27
109	Grand Coulee Dam	Woody Guthrie	02:13
110	End of the Line	Woody Guthrie	02:52
111	New York Town	Woody Guthrie	02:37
112	Gypsy Davy	Woody Guthrie	02:51
113	Jesus Christ	Woody Guthrie	02:39
114	This Land is Your Land (2)	Woody Guthrie	02:45
115	Do-Re-Mi	Woody Guthrie	02:32
116	Jarama Valley	Woody Guthrie	02:55
117	The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done	Woody Guthrie	02:19
118	A Picture from Life's Other Side	Woody Guthrie	03:08
119	Jesse James	Woody Guthrie	03:00
120	Talking Hard Work	Woody Guthrie	03:26
121	When That Great Ship Went Down	Woody Guthrie	03:20
122	Hard, Ain't it Hard	Woody Guthrie	02:44
123	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	Woody Guthrie	03:01
124	I Ain't Got Nobody	Woody Guthrie	02:33
125	The Sinking of the Reuben James	Woody Guthrie	03:01
126	Why, Oh Why?	Woody Guthrie	03:28
127	This Land is Your Land (Reprise)	Woody Guthrie	00:53