A brand new assortment of beforehand unheard Woody Guthrie residence 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 have been recorded from 1951 to 1952 in his Gravesend, Brooklyn residence. Of the 22 tracks, 13 of them have 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 residence producing his music at his leisure allowed a unique 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 folks… Being a songwriter was extra a matter of getting one thing to say than creating particular expertise for Woody.”
Rosenthal famous the politics of our period as a cause for releasing the challenge now. “With current developments in sound restoration know-how together with the present political local weather, I imagine that is the suitable time to launch Woody’s residence tapes,” he mentioned. “These will not be skilled studio recordings, however as a substitute, highlights from Woody’s audio sketchbooks. These are his phrases and music, shared along 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’s going to even be out there on streaming platforms. The discharge may also be accompanied by household images, artwork, and lyric sheets that includes Guthrie’s margin notes.
In a while July 14th, Woody Guthrie Publications will launch “Deportee (Woody’s Dwelling Tape),” (identified to some as “Aircraft Wreck at Los Gatos”) the one identified recording of the monitor, as the gathering’s sole single. The track was written in 1948 a couple of aircraft crash that killed 32 folks, lots of whom have been farm laborers.
Guthrie handed away in 1967 following an extended battle with Huntington’s illness.
Woody At Dwelling – Quantity 1 & 2 Art work:
Woody At Dwelling – Quantity 1 & 2 Tracklist:
Quantity 1
Aspect A
01. This Land Is Your Land (Woody’s Dwelling Tape)
02. Greatest Factor That Man Has Ever Carried out
03. Howie, I’d Like To Speak To Yuh (spoken phrase)
04. Deportee (Woody’s Dwelling Tape)
05. Nice Ship
06. Pastures of A lot
Aspect B
07. Jesus Christ
08. I’m a Little one Ta Battle
09. Harmless Man
10. I’ve Obtained To Know
11. Backdoor Bum and the Large Landlord
Quantity 2
Aspect 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 Tune (with spoken phrase)
06. One Little Factor An Atom Can’t Do
Aspect B
07. Forsaken Lover
08. My Id & My Ego
09. Lifebelt Washed Up
10. Humorous Mountain
11. You Higher Git Prepared