The Library of Congress Recording Sessions refers to a March 1940 session of recordings Woody Guthrie made in Washington, D.C., for Alan Lomax. They were catalogued in the United States Library of Congress. They are notable as the first recordings made of Woody Guthrie. They contain several traditional songs and three of Guthrie's best known songs, "So Long It's Been Good to Know You", "Talking Dust Bowl Blues" and "Do-Re-Mi". The session is also interesting for Guthrie's autobiographical memories of Oklahoma, riding the freight trains and observations on life and America's Great Depression in conversation with Lomax.

These were not intended to be commercial recordings, but some tracks were later released on an Elektra Records three-LP set titled Woody Guthrie: Library of Congress Recordings in 1964.Woody Guthrie: Library Of Congress Recordings. Amazon.com, 1964. Elektra Records, Retrieved on February 13, 2008Allmusic. [ Library Of Congress Recordings]. Retrieved on February 13, 2008.

Rounder Records released the recordings in 1988 on both LP and compact disc.

Track listing Track Song Title Other 1. Lost Train Blues Traditional 2. Railroad Blues Traditional 3. Rye Whiskey Traditional 4. Old Joe Clark Traditional 5. Beaumont Rag Traditional 6. Texas Oil Field Traditional 7. Greenback Dollar Traditional 8. Boll Weevil Song Traditional 9. So Long, It's Been Good to Know You Guthrie 10. Talking Dust Bowl Blues Guthrie 11. Do Re Mi Guthrie 12.Hard TimesGuthrie 13.Pretty Boy FloydGuthrie 14.They Laid Jesus Christ in His GraveGuthrie 15.Jolly BankerGuthrie 16.I Ain't Got No HomeGuthrie 17.Dirty OverhallsGuthrie 18.Chain Around My LegGuthrie 19.Worried Man BluesTraditional 20.Lonesome ValleyGuthrie 21.Walking Down That Railroad LineGuthrie 22.Going Down the Road Feeling BadGuthrie 23.Dust Storm DisasterGuthrie 24.Foggy Mountain TopTraditional 25.Dust Pneumonia BluesGuthrie 26.California BluesGuthrie 27.Dust Bowl RefugeeGuthrie 28.Will Rogers HighwayGuthrie 29.Los Angeles New Year's FloodGuthrie

See also Woody Guthrie discography Alan Lomax

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