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Woody Guthrie's discography was a bit of a mess already before the 1990s began and his 50-year-old recordings began to go out of copyright in Europe. After the formal studio sessions for RCA Victor Records that produced the two three-disc 78 rpm albums Dust Bowl Ballads, Vol. 1 and Dust Bowl Ballads, Vol. 2 (later combined onto a single LP and CD) in 1940, Guthrie recorded hundreds of tracks for Moses Asch in the mid-'40s that Asch later released on his Folkways Records label, although some of them escaped to other hands in the wake of a 1947 bankruptcy, such that, when Guthrie became widely popular in the '60s, LPs of widely varying quality came out on various labels. After the Smithsonian Institution acquired the Folkways catalog in the '80s, some order began to emerge. But European copyright law once again opens the floodgates to low-quality, unauthorized, but technically legal Guthrie reissues. The British Prism Leisure label exists primarily to take advantage of the copyright limit, and Pastures of Plenty selects more or less randomly from material recorded for RCA and Asch, including tracks that later turned up on such labels as Stinson. The carelessness with which the tracks have been chosen is suggested by the inclusion of "Tom Joad, Pt. 2," the second half of a song Guthrie was forced to break into two parts for RCA because of the time limitations of a 78 disc, even though "Tom Joad, Pt. 1" is not included here. There are no annotations to speak of, only a brief biographical essay by Tony Watts that contains factual errors. (For example, Arlo Guthrie is not the progeny of Woody Guthrie's first marriage, contrary to Watts' contention.) This is hardly the ideal way to encounter Woody Guthrie, but the collection does provide value for the money if purchased at the modest price at which it was being offered in mail-order catalogs in the U.S. upon release (even though, technically, it should not be available for purchase in the U.S., where copyrights last much longer).
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Talking Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Composer, Performer
2004 Naxos
Blowin' Down This Road (Woody Guthrie)
Lee Hays, Composer - Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Tom Joad (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Dusty Old Dust (So long, it's been good to know ya) (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Talking Sailor (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Composer, Performer
2004 Naxos
Grand Coulee Dam (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Gypsy Davy (arr. W. Guthrie) (Traditional)
Woody Guthrie, Performer - Traditional, Composer
2004 Naxos
Jesus Christ (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Composer, Performer
2004 Naxos
New York Town (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer - Cisco Houston, Performer
2004 Naxos
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Traditional)
Woody Guthrie, Performer - Cisco Houston, Performer - Traditional, Composer
2004 Naxos
Mule Skinner Blues (Jimmie Rodgers)
PETE SEEGER, Performer - Woody Guthrie, Performer - Jimmie Rodgers, Composer - Cisco Houston, Performer
2004 Naxos
Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Composer, Performer
2004 Naxos
Ludlow Massacre (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Composer, Performer
2004 Naxos
1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Composer, Performer
2004 Naxos
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Ramblin' Blues (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Composer, Performer
2004 Naxos
Talking Columbia Blues (Woody Guthrie)
Woody Guthrie, Lyricist, Performer
2004 Naxos
Album review
Woody Guthrie's discography was a bit of a mess already before the 1990s began and his 50-year-old recordings began to go out of copyright in Europe. After the formal studio sessions for RCA Victor Records that produced the two three-disc 78 rpm albums Dust Bowl Ballads, Vol. 1 and Dust Bowl Ballads, Vol. 2 (later combined onto a single LP and CD) in 1940, Guthrie recorded hundreds of tracks for Moses Asch in the mid-'40s that Asch later released on his Folkways Records label, although some of them escaped to other hands in the wake of a 1947 bankruptcy, such that, when Guthrie became widely popular in the '60s, LPs of widely varying quality came out on various labels. After the Smithsonian Institution acquired the Folkways catalog in the '80s, some order began to emerge. But European copyright law once again opens the floodgates to low-quality, unauthorized, but technically legal Guthrie reissues. The British Prism Leisure label exists primarily to take advantage of the copyright limit, and Pastures of Plenty selects more or less randomly from material recorded for RCA and Asch, including tracks that later turned up on such labels as Stinson. The carelessness with which the tracks have been chosen is suggested by the inclusion of "Tom Joad, Pt. 2," the second half of a song Guthrie was forced to break into two parts for RCA because of the time limitations of a 78 disc, even though "Tom Joad, Pt. 1" is not included here. There are no annotations to speak of, only a brief biographical essay by Tony Watts that contains factual errors. (For example, Arlo Guthrie is not the progeny of Woody Guthrie's first marriage, contrary to Watts' contention.) This is hardly the ideal way to encounter Woody Guthrie, but the collection does provide value for the money if purchased at the modest price at which it was being offered in mail-order catalogs in the U.S. upon release (even though, technically, it should not be available for purchase in the U.S., where copyrights last much longer).
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:32
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Woody Guthrie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: Naxos Jazz Legends
2004 Naxos 2004 Naxos
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