Library of Congress Recordings

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{{Infobox album

| name = Woody Guthrie: Library of Congress Recordings

| type = Album

| artist = Woody Guthrie

| cover = Library Of Congress Recordings Woody Guthrie.jpg

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| released = 1964

| recorded = March 21 and 27, 1940

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| genre = Folk

| length =

| label = Elektra

| producer = Alan Lomax

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| prev_year =

| next_title = Dust Bowl Ballads

| next_year = 1940

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{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Amazon.com

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000002QZ Amazon.com review]

|rev2 = Allmusic

|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r106656|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

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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. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000002QZ Amazon.com], 1964. Elektra Records, Retrieved on February 13, 2008Allmusic. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r106656|pure_url=yes}} Library Of Congress Recordings]. Retrieved on February 13, 2008.

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