Library of Congress Recordings
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Identifier:
IA.ITM.002647
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Description
The Library of Congress Recording Sessions refers to a March 1940 session of recordings Woody Guthrie made in Washington DC, for Alan Lomax. They were catalogued in the US Library of Congress. They are the notable as the first recordings made by Woody Guthrie.
While these were not intended to be commercial recordings, some were later released on an Elektra Records three-LP set in 1964.
Rounder Records rereleased the recordings in full in 1988 on both LP and compact disc.
Each track is recorded live and contains interviews before and after each track.