A brand new assortment of beforehand unheard Woody Guthrie house recordings will quickly see the sunshine of day. Woody at Dwelling – Quantity 1 & 2 arrives August 14th on Shamus Information and contains 22 beforehand unreleased tracks, amongst them a rendition of “This Land Is Your Land” that includes new verses.
The contents of Woody At Dwelling had been recorded from 1951 to 1952 in his Gravesend, Brooklyn house. Of the 22 tracks, 13 of them had been solely ever recorded at this New York residence. Guthrie employed one microphone and a reel-to-reel tape machine to seize the collected songs.
Steve Rosenthal transferred and produced the album whereas Jessica Thompson dealt with mixing and mastering duties. The duo utilized “pioneering software program and vintage tape machines to de-mix and blend the voice and guitar,” on Woody At Dwelling to attain a homespun however clearer sound.
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“For Woody, to be at house producing his music at his leisure allowed a special focus and sense of security,” a press launch famous. “His inspirations would possibly come from a newspaper article, a film, a dialog, or simply from observing individuals… Being a songwriter was extra a matter of getting one thing to say than growing particular abilities for Woody.”
Rosenthal famous the politics of our period as a purpose for releasing the undertaking now. “With current developments in sound restoration expertise together with the present political local weather, I consider that is the suitable time to launch Woody’s house tapes,” he stated. “These are usually not skilled studio recordings, however as a substitute, highlights from Woody’s audio sketchbooks. These are his phrases and music, shared together with his writer Howie Richmond in 1951, and fortunately in 2025 with us.”
The compilation is in the stores as a single CD, 1X LP, and digital obtain. It is going to even be accessible on streaming platforms. The discharge may even be accompanied by household images, artwork, and lyric sheets that includes Guthrie’s margin notes.
Afterward July 14th, Shamus Information will launch “Deportee (Woody’s Dwelling Tape)” (identified to some as “Airplane Wreck at Los Gatos”), the one identified recording of the observe, as the gathering’s sole single. The track was written in 1948 a few airplane crash that killed 32 individuals, lots of whom had been farm laborers.
Guthrie handed away in 1967 following an extended wrestle with Huntington’s illness.
Woody At Dwelling – Quantity 1 & 2 Art work:
Woody At Dwelling – Quantity 1 & 2 Tracklist:
Quantity 1
Facet A
01. This Land Is Your Land (Woody’s Dwelling Tape)
02. Largest Factor That Man Has Ever Accomplished
03. Howie, I’d Like To Speak To Yuh (spoken phrase)
04. Deportee (Woody’s Dwelling Tape)
05. Nice Ship
06. Pastures of Lots
Facet B
07. Jesus Christ
08. I’m a Little one Ta Battle
09. Harmless Man
10. I’ve Received To Know
11. Backdoor Bum and the Large Landlord
Quantity 2
Facet A
01. I Simply Need To Inform You Fellers (spoken phrase)
02. Peace Name
03. Ain’t Afraid To Die
04. Buoy Bells from Trenton
05. Einstein Theme Track (with spoken phrase)
06. One Little Factor An Atom Can’t Do
Facet B
07. Forsaken Lover
08. My Id & My Ego
09. Lifebelt Washed Up
10. Humorous Mountain
11. You Higher Git Prepared
