Original Folk: The Best of Woody Guthrie

~ Release by Woody Guthrie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
42:18
2Pastures of Plenty
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
recording of:
Pastures of Plenty (in 1947-04)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:27
3House of the Rising Sun
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
3:00
4Hard Travellin'
2:13
5So Long It's Been Good to Know You
recording of:
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:46
6Car Song
recording of:
Car Song
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
1:50
7Hard, Ain't It Hard
recording of:
Hard, Ain't It Hard
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:42
8I Ride an Old Paint
2:33
9John Henry
2:45
10The Gypsy Davy
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
recording of:
Gypsy Davy (arr. Woody Guthrie) (in 1944-04)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
version of:
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies)
recording of:
Blackjack Davey (arr. Bob Dylan et al.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) and Mike Seeger
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
version of:
Black Jack Davey (arr. Mike Seeger)
version of:
Gypsy Davy (arr. Woody Guthrie)
2:51
11Do Re Mi
recording of:
Do Re Mi
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:31
12Pretty Boy Floyd
3:01
13Grand Coulee Dam
recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
2:11
14Ramblin' Round
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
recording of:
Ramblin’ Round (in 1947)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:15
15Billy the Kind
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-04-19)
recording engineer:
Moses Asch (on 1944-04-19)
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
cover recording of:
Billy the Kid
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:02
16Ship in the Sky
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Ship in the Sky (on 1944-04-19)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:34
17Jesus Christ
recording of:
Jesus Christ
additional lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:38
18Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad)
2:56
19Sally Goodin'
2:27
20Buffalo Skinners
recording of:
Buffalo Skinners (Woody Guthrie lyrics)
additional lyricist:
Ephraim Braley (Canadian logger in the mid 1850's) and Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Buffalo Skinners
version of:
Buffalo Skinners
3:18
21New Found Land
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
2:07
22Jarama Valley
recording of:
Jarama Valley
lyricist:
Alex McDade
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:54
23Chisholm Trail
2:25
24Jesse James
recording of:
Jesse James
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
2:59
25Better World A-Comin'
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) and Cisco Houston
mandolin:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
3:05
CD 2
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1Sinking of the Reuben James
recording of:
The Sinking of the Reuben James
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1941-11) and Fred Hellerman (in 1941-11)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
3:01
2Sally Don't You Grieve
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
lead vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Sally Don't You Grieve (on 1944-04-19)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:23
3Talking Dust Bowl Blues
3:27
4The Dust Pneumonia Blues
2:41
5Buffalo Gals
2:34
6Dead or Alive (Poor Lazarus)
recording of:
Dead or Alive
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd. and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
2:54
7A New York Town
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
2:37
8Massacre 1913
3:37
9Ranger's Command
recording of:
Ranger's Command
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:51
10Muleskinner Blues
recording engineer:
Moses Asch (on 1944-04-19)
banjo:
Pete Seeger (on 1944-04-19)
guitar and lead vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
2:51
11Two Good Men
recording of:
Two Good Men
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
3:48
12Worried Man Blues
guitar and background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
mandolin:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
3:05
13Cumberland Gap
recording of:
Cumberland Gap
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
2:20
14The Bury Me Beneath the Willow
2:28
15Old Time Religion
recording of:
Old-Time Religion (Gospel song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:34
16Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
recording of:
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
composer:
William Levi Dawson (composer)
2:14
17Wreck of the Old 97
2:13
18Talking Sailor
3:03
19When the Curfew Blows (Curfew Blow)
1:44
20Philadelphia Lawyer
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Philadelphia Lawyer (on 1944-04-19)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:30
21Tom Joad, Part 2
3:30
22Baltimore to Washington
recording engineer:
Moses Asch (on 1944-04-19)
guitar and background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
2:57
23Farmer-Labour Train
recording of:
Farmer-Labor Train
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:51
24Dig My Life Away
2:14
25Picture From Life's Other Side
3:06

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Release

ASIN:UK: B001CVMDPG [info]