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  1. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    Woody Guthrie Tribute Box l
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    In 1972, Columbia Records and Warner Bros. Records each released separate “Tribute to Woody Guthrie” albums, a rare cooperative effort between rival labels that speaks to the high reverence that Woody Guthrie was held. However, those albums (as well as the subsequent cassette and CD versions) edited and intermingled tracks from the two events. Now, exactly 50 years after Guthrie’s death, Bear Family Records will present what took place on those two iconic evenings in the original, scripted order.

    Bear Family’s comprehensive three-CD box set Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts, due out on September 22, has one 33-track disc of the 1968 Carnegie Hall event, while discs two and three contain 45 tracks from the 1970 Hollywood Bowl tribute. Pre-order here.

    The three-plus hours of concert material showcase most of Guthrie’s finest songs: “So Long, It’s Been Good To Know You,” “Goin’ Down the Road,” “Oklahoma Hills,” “This Train Is Bound for Glory,” “Deportee,” and, of course, “This Land Is Your Land,” which closed both concerts. In addition to commemorating 50 years since Woody Guthrie passed away, this release marks the 50th anniversary of the Committee to Combat Huntington’s Disease, renamed the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, founded by Woody Guthrie’s wife, Marjorie Guthrie in September 1967.

    Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger and Odetta all played at Carnegie Hall, where actors Will Geer and Robert Ryan served as narrators. Seeger, Havens, Guthrie and Odetta also performed at the Hollywood Bowl along with Joan Baez, Country Joe McDonald, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Earl Robinson; Peter Fonda shared narrator duties with Geer.

    The boxed set offers two illustrated books containing historic liner notes, a Guthrie biography, and essays by Will Kaufman, Wenzel and Sean Wilentz. There also is a reproduction of the original 1972 TRO Concert Book, which includes historic and concert photos with music notations and lyrics, along with original show reviews and photographs, attendees interviews, artists bios, and concert ephemera as well as never-before-seen stills from the Hollywood Bowl show film masters for a still-unreleased concert documentary.

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    L-R: Mike Bloomfield, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan, backstage at Carnegie Hall

    Complete track list

    CD 1: At Carnegie Hall

    1. Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie (harmonica) with Full Cast: Intro This Train Is Bound For Glory
    2. Robert Ryan: Narration
    3. Will Geer: Narration
    4. Arlo Guthrie: Oklahoma Hills *
    5. Will Geer: Narration
    6. Judy Collins: So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)
    7. Robert Ryan: Narration
    8. Woody Guthrie: Riding In My Car
    9. Will Geer: Narration
    10. Pete Seeger: Curly Headed Baby
    11. Robert Ryan: Narration
    12. Odetta: Ramblin’ Round *
    13. Will Geer: Narration
    14. Pete Seeger, Judy Collins & Arlo Guthrie: Goin’ Down The Road (I Ain’t Gonna Be Treated This A-Way) *
    15. Robert Ryan: Narration
    16. Tom Paxton: Pretty Boy Floyd *
    17. Will Geer: Narration
    18. Richie Havens: Blues For Woody *
    19. Will Geer: Narration
    20. Judy Collins: Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)
    21. Richie Havens: Vigilante Man
    22. Tom Paxton: Pastures Of Plenty
    23. Bob Dylan: Grand Coulee Dam
    24. Bob Dylan: Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
    25. Bob Dylan: I Ain’t Got No Home
    26. Judy Collins: Roll On Columbia (Part 1)
    27. Robert Ryan: Narration
    28. Judy Collins: Roll On Columbia (Part 2)
    29. Pete Seeger & Richie Havens: Jackhammer John
    30. Tom Paxton: Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum)
    31. Judy Collins & Pete Seeger: Union Maid
    32. Robert Ryan/Will Geer/Judy Collins: Narration
    33. Odetta, Will Geer, Arlo Guthrie with Full Cast: This Land Is Your Land
    CD 2: At The Hollywood Bowl, Part 1

    1. Full Cast: Intro This Train Is Bound For Glory
    2. Peter Fonda & Will Geer: Narration
    3. Arlo Guthrie: Oklahoma Hills
    4. Will Geer: Narration
    5. Joan Baez & Pete Seeger: So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh *
    6. Peter Fonda: Narration
    7. Country Joe McDonald, Arlo Guthrie, Jack Elliott & Pete Seeger: Goin’ Down The Road (Ain’t Gonna Be Treated This A-Way) *
    8. Peter Fonda & Will Geer: Narration
    9. Joan Baez: Hobo’s Lullaby
    10. Peter Fonda: Narration
    11. Odetta: Ramblin’ Round
    12. Will Geer: Narration
    13. Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: I Ain’t Got No Home (Woody Guthrie) *
    14. Peter Fonda: Narration
    15. Country Joe McDonald: Pretty Boy Floyd *
    16. Richie Havens: Nine Hundred Miles *
    17. Will Geer & Peter Fonda: Narration
    18. Joan Baez: Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee) *
    19. Peter Fonda: Narration
    20. Odetta: John Hardy *
    21. Will Geer: Narration
    22. Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Earl Robinson, Country Joe McDonald & Arlo Guthrie: Hard Travelin’ *
    23. Will Geer: Narration
    24. Richie Havens: Vigilante Man *
    25. Peter Fonda: Narration
    26. Jack Elliott: 1913 Massacre
    27. Arlo Guthrie: Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie)
    28. Will Geer: Narration
    29. Joan Baez: Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie) *
    30. Peter Fonda: Narration
    31. Earl Robinson & Pete Seeger: Roll On Columbia *
    CD 3: At The Hollywood Bowl, Part 2 / Bonus Tracks

    1. Will Geer: Narration
    2. Odetta with Will Geer & Peter Fonda: Why Oh Why & Narration
    3. Earl Robinson: Mail Myself To You
    4. Jack Elliott: Howdido
    5. Peter Fonda: Narration
    6. Country Joe McDonald: Woman At Home (Woody Guthrie – Country Joe McDonald)
    7. Will Geer: Narration
    8. Pete Seeger: The Sinking Of The Reuben James *
    9. Will Geer: Narration
    10. Arlo Guthrie: Jesus Christ
    11. Arlo Guthrie & Joan Baez (Background vocals: Odetta, John Pilla & Gib Guilbeau): I’ve Got To Know *
    12. Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Joan Baez & Pete Seeger: This Train Is Bound For Glory *
    13. Peter Fonda & Joan Baez: Narration
    14. Full Cast: This Land Is Your Land / So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh *
    BONUS TRACKS:

    1. Arlo Guthrie: ”The only thing I really remember…”
    2. Arlo Guthrie: ”These events with a multitude of people…”
    3. Judy Collins: ”First of all, your mom…”
    4. Jack Elliott: ”I received an invitation…”
    5. Jack Elliott: ”I was very excited about the whole thing…”
    6. Rick Robbins: ”It was a mob scene…”
    7. Rick Robbins: ”When he came out…”
    8. Judy Collins: ”I was very nervous…”
    9. Rick Robbins: ”I was very moved by…”
    10. Tom Paxton: ”I was invited by…”
    11. Tom Paxton: ”We all went on stage together…”
    12. Tom Paxton: ”Oh, I look at pictures of me…”
    13. Rick Robbins: ”And then after the show was more memories…”
    14. Phil Ochs: ”The Woody Guthrie concert was my last straw…”
    15. Arlo Guthrie: ”The second time I had more of a hand…”
    16. Country Joe McDonald: ”Well at the rehearsal…”
    17. Country Joe McDonald: ”The soundcheck for the show I was sitting…”
    18. Arlo Guthrie: ”One of the great things…”
    19. Arlo Guthrie: ”I was with Warner Brothers at the time…”
    20. Arlo Guthrie: ”The records were made taking bits and pieces…”
    21. Pete Seeger: “Woody lives on…”
    22. Bob Dylan: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
    * Previously Unreleased Songs
     
  2. Svein Arne

    Svein Arne Forum Resident

    Location:
    Norway
    Here you can read more about these concerts and others:
    Search | Smithsonian Institution
    A tribute cd you might be interested in:
    Woody Guthrie's Roll Columbia (2CD): Amazon.co.uk: Music
     
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  3. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    Has there STILL been no replacement DVD for the faulty manufactured DVD in the Roy Acuff Box? What happened to Bear Family's customer service?

    The DVD stops abruptly part way through. Analysis shows the data is not on the disc
     
  4. Rick Bartlett

    Rick Bartlett Forum Resident

    another one of my favourites:
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  5. Reader

    Reader Senior Member

    Location:
    e.s.t. tenn.
    Has Bear Family made any statement about this defective dvd? I've tried to be patient and give them time to correct the problem but it's been about 6 months hasn't it? The Acuff set is too expensive for this not to be taken care of. What is going on at BF?
     
  6. cdwolf

    cdwolf Forum Resident

    Location:
    South Carolina
    Have you tried contacting them? They have always been very good at replacing defective discs. [email protected]
     
  7. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    Planning on ordering Jerry Reed's Here I Am at some point. One of those cases where I prefer an artist's forgotten early work to the later stuff they became known for.

    One of his earliest songwriting successes after it was covered by Johnny Cash:

     
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  8. Reader

    Reader Senior Member

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    Did contact them but haven't got a reply yet. No one else has said if BF has responded about this either.

    Are all the Acuff DVDs bad? Did anyone get one that plays correctly? Has anyone received a replacement disc that works?
     
  9. Svein Arne

    Svein Arne Forum Resident

    Location:
    Norway
    Jerry Recorded some songs for columbia before Capitol.:tiphat:
     
  10. hotshotskings

    hotshotskings Forum Resident

    Location:
    USA
    I'll test mine this weekend and let you know
     
  11. Svein Arne

    Svein Arne Forum Resident

    Location:
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  12. The Killer

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    Found this one mis-labeled on Amazon, took a punt and it's the one, not quite your $1 bargain but a bargain still. The music on this is fantastic, he's got a great voice, nice relaxed delivery and top notch songwriting skills. Don't know if you've had a look in the booklet, not much info, lyrics and musicians, but there's also some photos including one of Talley and others playing at a music festival in 1974, on left is Steve Young looking very cool.
     
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  13. Kevin55

    Kevin55 Forum Resident

    This "American Songwriter" article has a track list with * Previously Unreleased Songs (it shows 20 as previously unreleased which seems unlikely???)

    Listen to a New Track from Forthcoming Woody Guthrie Tribute Box Set « American Songwriter
     
  14. Rick Bartlett

    Rick Bartlett Forum Resident

    another one I think is brilliant, the highly underated:
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  15. Svein Arne

    Svein Arne Forum Resident

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    Norway
    Here is another great one,look at that cover:

    The Open Mind of...: Amazon.co.uk: Music



    It's My Time: Amazon.co.uk: Music
    John D. Loudermilk - Road Hog

    John D. Loudermilk - Sittin' In The Balcony - Amazon.com Music
    John D Loudermilk - Tobacco Road

    Lots of information about John D Loudermilk:
    John D. Loudermilk / Johnnie Dee - 1956-1960

    If only Richard Weize/Bear family could release the rest of the RCA recordings.
    :righton::tiphat:
     
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  16. Rick Bartlett

    Rick Bartlett Forum Resident

    Hey Svein. Got them All! I love this guy!
     
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  18. The Killer

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    The Cotswolds
    So frustrating BF haven't bought out a box of Paycheck's Little Darlin' records.
     
  19. Rick Bartlett

    Rick Bartlett Forum Resident

    I'm pissed off to be honest, it's the best part of his musical career. I even emailed 'Bear' a couple years back,
    and they had no plans.
     
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  20. Rick Bartlett

    Rick Bartlett Forum Resident

    I enquired about a Roger Miller boxset too, still no result....
     
  21. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    These definitive box sets of classic country music legends seem less and less likely these days. The Acuff and Jones boxes were in the works for a long time.
     
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  22. Mr. H

    Mr. H Forum Resident

    To be fair, as the two most recent sets they've released i would also say two of their best.
     
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  23. melstapler

    melstapler Reissue Activist

    In recent years, BF seem more interested in releasing box sets along the lines of "history of washboard players from Boar Tush, Alabama," etc. *Btw, that's a real city in Alabama, but BF haven't actually released such a box set as of yet. The lack of artist-focused box sets is both angering and frustrating.
     
  24. melstapler

    melstapler Reissue Activist

    How neat! You can never have enough mention of Steve Young. Have you bought the recent 1CD Complete Seven Bridges Road compilation on Ace?
     
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  25. Svein Arne

    Svein Arne Forum Resident

    Location:
    Norway
    I got it:righton:

    :tiphat:
     
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